A few years ago, I was an editorial writer at one of the newspapers where I worked. So I know it's not always easy making those unsigned editorials sound both smart and interesting at the same time.

But one of my favorite past times lately has been to watch the Wall Street Journal's notoriously conservative and free market editorial page contort itself into defending the government's slapdown of laissez faire economics in recent weeks.

Even if I don't always agree with what the paper's editorial board says, I often think they make very smart and well researched arguments. Lately, not so much.

Today's takes the cake. Here's my favorite shapeshifting line: "The government that helped to create the mess has to play a role in cleaning it up."

Take a read.

categories: Fun With Economics

9:51 - October 9, 2008

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