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I think his columns would be a lot more compelling if they switched format. My favorite NYT columnists are Greenhouse and Edsall. They're also academics writing for the popular set. The difference is that they don't write at regular intervals. They write once every two weeks on average, I'd estimate, and they get to write way longer pieces. Krugman suffers from the problem that he has to bang something out every Monday and Friday, and they are usually only about 500 words. If he took his time and wrote 2000-2500 word columns, I think they'd be a lot more interesting and informative. Often, I have deja vu when I read him, and it gets annoying....as usual Krugman didn't convince me of a whole lot.