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The point I tried to make in my e-mail was that Krugman confuses mathematical rigor with science.
Dangerous Company levies a powerful indictment against management consulting, but in doing so it confuses a symptom with the disease.
It confuses 1) the valid observation that Microsoft often has a haughty attitude in general; 2) the at least arguable contention that it has run afoul of antitrust law; 3) the plausible suggestion that hiring more lobbyists, etc., would be a smart thing to do; and 4) the entirely absurd notion that refusing to pay tribute inside the Beltway amounts to some kind of ethical failing.
Yet one of his unfortunate if unintentional legacies was a style of thought--call it vulgar Keynesianism--that confuses and befogs economic debate to this day.
This critique confuses different dimensions of "judgment" and "breaking the rules."