“In the course of describing my formative moment in 1978, I have already implicitly given my four basic rules for research. Let me now state them explicitly, then explain. Here are the rules:1. Listen to the Gentiles
2. Question the question
3. Dare to be silly
4. Simplify, simplify”

—  Paul Krugman

" How I Work http://web.mit.edu/krugman/www/howiwork.html", American Economist (1993)
How I Work (1993)

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