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 :::::Okay, this has gotten way out of hand; everybody needs to take a step back, drink some tea (coffee, etc. according to preference), and chill the eff out.  It is one word.  This is not a big deal; we are seriously making mountains out of molehills.  The phrase ""austrain/ron paul types"" is not libelous. I mean, really.  I don't see any bullying, and what might (might) pass as personal attacks have been relatively evenly distributed, so let's lay off that line of inquiry and stick to the content, shall we?  I really don't follow Kjmonkey's points about undue weight; I don't see how the word affects the weight of Krugman's quote-in-a-quote one way or the other.  It's just additional information that provides an interesting contrast between his and Schiff's views on things.  That said, Kjmonkey did provide some pretty convincing evidence that calling Krugman a Keynesian is not a mischaracterization (even though he says that he doesn't agree with everything Keynes said).  It's relevant.  So, let's just drop the stick, let the friggin' thing stay, and move on.  It's really not that important in the grand scheme of things (the scheme doesn't even have to be that grand, really).   "