Paul Krugman - New York Times Blog   
       
      
    September 15, 2013, 7:14 pm   
      
      
         Freedom's Just Another Word For Nothing Left To Lose   
      
    So Larry Summers has withdrawn from the Fed race. No profound   
    thoughts here, except that it's really, really hard to see how   
    Obama can justify not picking Janet Yellen at this point. Nobody   
    else is as qualified; any other choice would look like spite.   
      
    Just a personal reaction: I've known Larry for all our adult   
    lives, and looking at this sad play I realize how lucky I am to   
    have reached a place where I'm no longer in the rat race.   
    Obviously I'm plenty combative, and in a way still ambitious   
    too; I do track my Twitter followers, wonder how each column   
    will do on the most-emailed list, and all that. But there are no   
    promotions I'm seeking, no honors I desperately desire that I   
    don't already have.   
      
    Nobody's life feels from the inside the way it looks from the   
    outside. But at least as far as career goes, I'm wonderfully   
    relaxed: no more steps to climb, no more boxes to check. I just   
    do what I feel I should, and try to have some fun along the way.   
      
    I'm a very lucky guy.   
      
      
      
   BOB KLAHN bob.klahn@sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn   
      
   ... Freedom's just another word for nothing left to eat.->Republican Version.   
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