another -ista coinage

[Dan Goncharoff]

Where's "here"?
DanG


On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 3:46 PM, Michael Newman
<michael.newman at qc.cuny.edu>wrote:

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> Krugman does not necessarily use -ista  to demean.
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> Here he opposes "inflationistas" (those who worry about inflation) with
> "deflationistas" who worry about deflation. He considers himself a
> deflationista.
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> Perhaps Larry's on to something about with point about trendiness. Anyway,
> it's clear that Krugman is an -istaista
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> 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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> > JL
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> > On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 8:10 AM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at gmail.com>
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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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> >> DanG
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> >> On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 2:09 AM, Michael Newman
> >> <michael.newman at qc.cuny.edu>wrote:
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> >>> I haven't seen Krugman use this term before, and I doubt anyone else
> has
> >> =
> >>> (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.
> >>>
> >>> 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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