Paul Krugman
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'''Paul "Statist Troll" Krugman''' is a Nobel Prize-winning economist and columnist for [[The New York Times]]. He is a [[John Maynard Keynes|Keynesian]]/[[social democracy|social democrat]] who favors global free trade and criticized the [[Obama]] Administration for crafting an [[ARRA|economic stimulus]] bill that was too modest to be effective. He opposes farm and ethanol subsidies and populist protectionism (of the sort espoused by [[Lou Dobbs]] and [[Pat Buchanan]]) and is a fierce critic of [[supply side economics]]. Conservatives, of course, view him as a mouthpiece for the [[liberal]] [[socialist]] agenda.<ref>[http://www.forbes.com/2008/10/13/krugman-nobel-economics-oped-cx_wla_1013anderson.html Forbes calls him "the socialist laureate."] So very mature.</ref> He gets most of his facts right too.<ref>[http://www.politifact.com/personalities/paul-krugman/ Politifact on Krugman]</ref> Unfortunately, while an economic expert, he is not the best at public speaking, once even losing in a debate with [[Ron Paul]] because he was unable to respond properly on live television.<ref>http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/01/on-the-uselessness-of-debates/</ref> | '''Paul "Statist Troll" Krugman''' is a Nobel Prize-winning economist and columnist for [[The New York Times]]. He is a [[John Maynard Keynes|Keynesian]]/[[social democracy|social democrat]] who favors global free trade and criticized the [[Obama]] Administration for crafting an [[ARRA|economic stimulus]] bill that was too modest to be effective. He opposes farm and ethanol subsidies and populist protectionism (of the sort espoused by [[Lou Dobbs]] and [[Pat Buchanan]]) and is a fierce critic of [[supply side economics]]. Conservatives, of course, view him as a mouthpiece for the [[liberal]] [[socialist]] agenda.<ref>[http://www.forbes.com/2008/10/13/krugman-nobel-economics-oped-cx_wla_1013anderson.html Forbes calls him "the socialist laureate."] So very mature.</ref> He gets most of his facts right too.<ref>[http://www.politifact.com/personalities/paul-krugman/ Politifact on Krugman]</ref> Unfortunately, while an economic expert, he is not the best at public speaking, once even losing in a debate with [[Ron Paul]] because he was unable to respond properly on live television.<ref>http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/01/on-the-uselessness-of-debates/</ref> | ||
| − | Some people with their sarcasm detectors turned off believe that Krugman is insane because of a 1978 paper he wrote on "interstellar economics." This is actually a parody if you can't tell after reading the first few lines. | + | Some people with their sarcasm detectors turned off believe that Krugman is insane because of a 1978 paper he wrote on "interstellar economics." This is [[Poe's Law|actually a parody]] if you can't tell after reading the first few lines. |
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Paul "Statist Troll" Krugman is a Nobel Prize-winning economist and columnist for The New York Times. He is a Keynesian/social democrat who favors global free trade and criticized the Obama Administration for crafting an economic stimulus bill that was too modest to be effective. He opposes farm and ethanol subsidies and populist protectionism (of the sort espoused by Lou Dobbs and Pat Buchanan) and is a fierce critic of supply side economics. Conservatives, of course, view him as a mouthpiece for the liberal socialist agenda.[1] He gets most of his facts right too.[2] Unfortunately, while an economic expert, he is not the best at public speaking, once even losing in a debate with Ron Paul because he was unable to respond properly on live television.[3]
Some people with their sarcasm detectors turned off believe that Krugman is insane because of a 1978 paper he wrote on "interstellar economics." This is actually a parody if you can't tell after reading the first few lines.
External links
- Krugman's blog at the Times
- Unofficial Krugman "crank economics" archive
- The Theory of Interstellar Trade