, Columnist
The Trouble With Populism? It Isn’t That Popular
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Democrats, presumably craving a respite from discussing health-care reform, are having one of their periodic fights over how liberal to be. With confidence in the government’s competence and integrity at low ebb, many in the party believe that the time is right for a decisive shift to the left.
The progressive movement’s conscience and leading intellectual, Paul Krugman, has congratulated President Barack Obama on finally getting it. In a recent speech, the president laid more stress than usual on inequality. “Go populism go,” said Krugman, a professor at Princeton University and a columnist for the New York Times, speaking on behalf of the common man.