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Submitted by John Gillis (United States), Jul 17, 2014 17:58

Just one data point is worth calculating here: 417% / 15 years = 27.8% raise per year. While one can argue with certain nuances of the underlying data, the fact that the NY Times has, on average, gone up over 25% per year is a pretty stunning repudiation of Krugman.


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Call it whatever you want? Who cares.. [84 words]JHXJul 19, 2014 22:45
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⇒ doing the math [50 words]John GillisJul 17, 2014 17:58
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