Re: [luv-talk] 5 craziest Texas Republican policies

Quoting Jason White (jason@jasonjgw.net):

And this, as I remember, is precisely Paul Krugman's central argument in "The Conscience of a Liberal", except that he thinks racist politics in the U.S. has played a major role in encouraging people to vote against their own best interests.

I think we've discussed that here before, so I'll leave it there.

You'll probably be not in the least surprised to hear that I'm a regular reader of Krugman's writings. ;-> Bonus Krugman, from the World Science Fiction Convention in 2009 (Montreal), a conversation with Charlie Stross, that I witnessed live at the convention: http://vimeo.com/6900065