Macro Feuds

This morning I was reading the Wikipedia entry for 50 Cent (don't ask why...it's Saturday) and more specifically the part about the many feuds Mr. Curtis Jackson has had over the years with other rappers (in no particular order: Ja Rule, The Game, Fat Joe, Nas, Jadakiss, Rick Ross). Then, for a change, I moved on to Paul Krugman's latest blog entry and it hit me: what's going on in the world of macroeconomics - Saltwater vs. Freshwater and all that - bears a strong resemblance to a classic hip-hop feud. The dissing of reputations, the doubts about street creds (in this case academic creds), the very public nature of the feud...

Let's just hope the violence stays at the verbal level. After all, a big part of 50 Cent's street cred is built on his surviving nine direct close-range gunshot wounds.