PAUL KRUGMAN: Do the math

PAUL KRUGMAN: Do the math

Will Andrew Yang, the current front-runner, become New York City’s next mayor? If he wins, would he be any good at the job? I have no idea, although I’m skeptical about the latter.

My guess is that the mayoral office needs an effective political brawler, not an intellectual, and Yang, who has never held office, owes his prominence largely to his reputation as a thought leader, with big ideas about economics and policy.

I do know that Yang’s big ideas are demonstrably wrong. Shouldn’t that be cause for concern?Yang’s claim to fame is his argument that we’re facing social and economic […]

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