“This is a serious analysis of a ridiculous subject, which is of course the opposite of what is usual in economics.”

— Paul Krugman, The Theory of Interstellar Trade

Of his paper "The Theory of Interstellar Trade"; quoted in The Economist, 26 October 2013, p. 86

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