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Very Serious Question [1]

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Date: 2012-02-12

I use the phrase “Very Serious People” a lot; it seems to me to capture the way respectable opinion keeps demanding utterly foolish policies. But where did I get the phrase?

Well, it’s not original; I’m sure I stole it from someone. But when I look the phrase up on the web, it gets attributed to … me.

So where did I get it from? If anyone knows, please weigh in.

Update: So it appears to be Atrios. Actually, Duncan Black is a great coiner of phrases, all of which I like. Unfortunately, VSP seems to be the only one I can use in the Times.

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[1] Url: https://archive.nytimes.com/krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/12/very-serious-question/

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