Kevin_Kennedy
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- Aug 27, 2008
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Libertarians frustrated by what they view as the lack of engagement by arch-Keynesian Paul Krugman with their arguments have come up with a clever ploy: they're promising to donate $100,000 to the Fresh Food Program of FoodBankNYC.org if Krugman will debate one of their stars.
The idea is meant to bribe and shame Krugman into debating Robert Murphy, an economist trained in the Austrian school of economics.
Basically, if Krugman refuses to debate Murphy, it will be tantamount to depriving the FoodBank of $100,000. What good liberal would want that on his conscience?
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My guess is that Krugman will simply ignore this.