[AndyJackson]

guess what Krugboy suggests as a remedy when geography ''interferes'' with what he describes as ''normal patterns of trade''.

The paper as I read it is merely a description of Krugman's analytical contributions to understanding the observed patterns of trade and are does not discuss any policy prescriptions. I simply see nothing "Marxist" in the article.

[SAJ]

Andy, I believe we may have read different papers. Don't know. Hard to explain the divergence between our views.

(shrug)

[AndyJackson]

I read the paper at the link. I don't know what you read. I also went to Krugman's website and read some of the papers there - not his political crap, but his professional economics stuff.

Furthermore, I have long been familiar with Krugman's brilliance at creating simple mathematical models to explain complex economic behavior, which is what he is really famous for.

The Marxist view of his Times writings is dumb, and he discredits himself by writing that trash, but he is a brilliant economic analyst.