another -ista coinage

[Michael Newman]

Sorry, smart me forgot to copy link:


http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/30/inflationistas-and-deflationistas/


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



On May 11, 2012, at 10:01 PM, Dan Goncharoff wrote:

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> Where's "here"?
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> On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 3:46 PM, Michael Newman
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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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>> Michael Newman
>> Associate Professor of Linguistics
>> Queens College/CUNY
>> michael.newman at qc.cuny.edu
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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>
>> 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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>>>> 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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>>>>> Michael Newman
>>>>> Associate Professor of Linguistics
>>>>> Queens College/CUNY
>>>>> michael.newman at qc.cuny.edu
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