https://freerepublic.com/tag/paultheperv/ en-us Wed, 10 Jun 2020 20:21:32 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3854211/posts New York Times columnist Paul Krugman has joined forces with a number of professors seeking an economist's removal from his top job at an academic journal. Harald Uhlig was called out after he criticized calls to defund police and was accused of 'trivializing' the Black Lives Matter's campaign. Uhlig, a professor of economics of the University of Chicago, tweeted Monday: 'Too bad, but #blacklivesmatter per its core organization @Blklivesmatter just torpedoed itself, with its full-fledged support of #defundthepolice' A newly resurfaced blog post he authored in 2017 also asked: 'Would you defend football players waving the confederate flag and dressing... UK Daily Mail https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3854211/posts#comment Wed, 10 Jun 2020 20:21:32 GMT