I always have fun seeing how angry Krugman makes conservatives, and how difficult it is for said people to deal with the fact that he’s right far more often than not. The man is a brilliant economist and commands the respect he gets for good reason.

Typhonsentra on February 16, 2013 at 8:29 PM

My definition of brilliant is somewhat different from yours.

Then again it is probably a better facade than what lies beneath.

Krugman is crud that fell out of his own nose.

KOOLAID2 on February 16, 2013 at 6:34 PM

Thanks

I always have fun seeing how angry Krugman makes conservatives, and how difficult it is for said people to deal with the fact that he’s right far more often than not. The man is a brilliant economist and commands the respect he gets for good reason.

Typhonsentra on February 16, 2013 at 8:29 PM

Perhaps he was a brilliant economist at one time, but no longer. His mind has been poisoned by his political views. Please see RWMs post above to see how he changed his tune about deficit spending. Ten years ago, he was aghast at 350 billion annual deficits. Now he thinks that we can run deficits 3-4 times that size – or more. His notions that we can sustain these kind of deficits indefinitely are the ravings of a madman.

You are correct that his views carry some respect among the elite in this country – but only because our political elite is in complete denial about how bad the fiscal situation is in this country. It is the kind of denial that comes from having ones entire worldview challenged by uncomfortable realities – and these are realities that will not allow themselves to be ignored forever.

Russia should be thankful for yesterday’s meteor event, because according to the Krugman’s of the world, their economy is about to boom as a result of all the broken windows.

xblade on February 16, 2013 at 9:50 PM

Addendum..

Parable of the broken window

Intro..

The parable of the broken window was introduced by Frédéric Bastiat in his 1850 essay Ce qu’on voit et ce qu’on ne voit pas (That Which Is Seen and That Which Is Unseen) to illustrate why destruction, and the money spent to recover from destruction, is actually not a net-benefit to society. The parable, also known as the broken window fallacy or glazier’s fallacy, demonstrates how opportunity costs, as well as the law of unintended consequences, affect economic activity in ways that are “unseen” or ignored.

Here, I’ll go with Joe. Krugman is unbelievably so full of himself. Met him twice. Talked about economic policies on meeting. And for a dignified Nobel prize winning economist, accused me of being a teaba**er. Crazy dude.
tommy71 on February 16, 2013 at 3:05 PM

I would love for somebody to kick him square in the vajay jay with the utmost decorum and civility.

I always have fun seeing how angry Krugman makes conservatives, and how difficult it is for said people to deal with the fact that he’s right far more often than not. The man is a brilliant economist and commands the respect he gets for good reason.

Typhonsentra on February 16, 2013 at 8:29 PM

LOL. Troll fail.

Or was the sarcasm tag left off?

Krugman is a Phony

Ed is a Phony for pretending this is a “story”

If anyone wants to be helpful – they should do what they can to bring complete and total destruction to the careers and livelihood of these misanthropes and hateful people.

NOTHING should be “off-limits” in achieving this!

…it’s nice that BG is getting active again!
(:->)

Tell him what Krugman “won” isn’t a real Nobel Prize. It’s simply a Memorial Award in Economics, one established nearly a century after Alfred Nobel endowed the original awards. The Nobel foundation oversees it, but it’s not an actual Nobel Prize.

Del Dolemonte on February 16, 2013 at 5:00 PM

Thanks for that bit of info.

Everybody I know – or read – always refers to Krazy Kat Krugman as a “Nobel Prize-winner”.

It’ll be fun to throw that bit in their face the next time.

Solaratov on February 16, 2013 at 5:24 PM

Officially, it is called the “Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.”

wiki:

Although not one of the Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895, it is identified with them, and prizes are announced with and awarded at the same ceremony.

If alien invaders came and took him away, that would solve one of our problems. Frankly, at the rate the DIC (Destroyer In Chief) is going an alien invasion is going to start looking pretty good before too much longer.

VorDaj on February 16, 2013 at 5:15 PM

Heh…true.

As long as some of them look like the hot blond from Heavy Metal I’m in.