Harvard professor and the world's greatest economic text book salesman, Greg Mankiw, takes time to explain to his readers how to get around WSJ's paywall, here.
Ha! I figured out Mankiw's trick a while ago. The NYT pay wall is a bit more complicated, I swear I reached my "20 article limit" weeks ago yet I can still access articles this month. Not sure how that works.
Anytime my friend sends me a link to a news article, usually from the FT or WSJ, I just type the link or the name of the article or what it's about into Google News and hit search and read it that way, for free.
@Richard- I read Krugman's blog and Thomas Friedman for comic relief. I really like Maureen Dowd's and Gail Collins' writing style. And I read Mankiw's and Tyler Cohen's columns whenever they come up. Somehow I reach 20 articles that way.
Yes, I figured this out a while ago. Another trick that I have used with some success is to swap DNS servers while still on the site and then selecting a new article. But, that was a while ago when WSJ allowed so-many views per month, per IP. I don't know if they still do that or not. I currently have full-access due to a good friend.
Yglesias thinks Romney might not be so bad after all because he has Mankiw for an advisor and he's not one of those hard money crazies:
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@BobRoddis,
ReplyDeleteThen Yglesias' thinking leaves alot to be desired, now doesn't it?
Thanks for the link!
Ha! I figured out Mankiw's trick a while ago. The NYT pay wall is a bit more complicated, I swear I reached my "20 article limit" weeks ago yet I can still access articles this month. Not sure how that works.
ReplyDeleteWhy the hell would anyone choose to read the NYTimes, especially more than 20 articles a month?!?!?
ReplyDeleteAnytime my friend sends me a link to a news article, usually from the FT or WSJ, I just type the link or the name of the article or what it's about into Google News and hit search and read it that way, for free.
ReplyDelete@Richard- I read Krugman's blog and Thomas Friedman for comic relief. I really like Maureen Dowd's and Gail Collins' writing style. And I read Mankiw's and Tyler Cohen's columns whenever they come up. Somehow I reach 20 articles that way.
ReplyDeleteYes, I figured this out a while ago. Another trick that I have used with some success is to swap DNS servers while still on the site and then selecting a new article. But, that was a while ago when WSJ allowed so-many views per month, per IP. I don't know if they still do that or not. I currently have full-access due to a good friend.
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