Let’s be honest: If you’re reading a Paul Krugman column, you’re not perusing it out of an earnest pursuit for intellectual honesty and curiosity. You’re doing it for the hilarity.
His latest blog post is an example of watching a Michael Bay picture: Each word you consume, you shatter some little gray cells.
Krugman recently filed an article, titled “Too Much Choice is Hurting America.” He contends that Americans do not possess the time or capacity to perform due diligence on every aspect of their lives since they have children, jobs, and lives to live.
He adds: “And in the real world, too much choice can be a big problem… I’d suggest that an excess of choice is taking a psychological toll on many Americans, even when they don’t end up experiencing disaster…”
What the heck is he prattling on about?
Choice is bad? Should the government intervene and prevent businesses from offering choice?
Where is he going with this?
All of this asinine writing was for something more nefarious: His hatred of deregulation.
“So the next time some politician tries to sell a new policy — typically deregulation — by claiming that it will increase choice, be skeptical. Having more options isn’t automatically good, and in America we probably have more choices than we should,” Krugman wrote.
It is as ridiculous thinking as Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) who whined that there were too many deodorant and sneaker choices.
Ostensibly, a Krugman utopia is less choice, more government, and statues of the Keynesian it-girl on every corner.
lottopol says
only goods and services such as healthcare and electricity, where the sellers face inelastic demand have to be regulated.