another -ista coinage

[Michael Newman]

Krugman does not necessarily use -ista  to demean.

Here he opposes "inflationistas" (those who worry about inflation) with "deflationistas" who worry about deflation. He considers himself a deflationista.

Perhaps Larry's on to something about with point about trendiness. Anyway, it's clear that Krugman is an -istaista


Michael Newman
Associate Professor of Linguistics
Queens College/CUNY
michael.newman at qc.cuny.edu



On May 11, 2012, at 3:23 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:

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> "Normalista" on the Veep thread was clearly not intended as a compliment.
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> On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 8:10 AM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Why would I think anything other than Krugman is using the -ista to demean
>> those whom he disagrees with?
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>> On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 2:09 AM, Michael Newman
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>>> I haven't seen Krugman use this term before, and I doubt anyone else has
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>>> (though of course I don't know that). In any case, I think he's doing =
>>> his best to make -ista more productive. The question is did he avoid =
>>> -ist because of the other meanings of structuralist? Or is it taking on =
>>> a a specific meaning? see inflationista but not austerianista, which is =
>>> actual austerian.
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>>> So what=92s with the obsessive push to declare our problems =
>>> =93structural=94? And, yes, I mean obsessive. Economists have been =
>>> debating this issue for several years, and the structuralistas won=92t =
>>> take no for an answer, no matter how much contrary evidence is =
>>> presented.
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>> http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/11/opinion/krugman-easy-useless-economics.h=
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>>> Queens College/CUNY
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