Krugman: It Takes a Party

[bedstuy]

Great op-ed from Paul Krugman on the coming 2016 Presidential campaign.  This is a great encapsulation of why I support Hillary Clinton and detest every Republican candidate, no matter how "moderate" they supposedly are.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/13/opinion/it-takes-a-party.html?_r=0

[Chunk Yogurt for President!]

[Brewer]

^ #rekt

[King]

Not a fan of Krugman, but Ron Paul's Xth year in a row failed prediction of the dollar collapsing is certainly more dangerous if listened to than the fax machine quote.

[Simfan34]

Is this supposed to mean Paul Krugman has been wrong on everything ever?

[Indy Texas]

Not a fan of Krugman, but Ron Paul's Xth year in a row failed prediction of the dollar collapsing is certainly more dangerous if listened to than the fax machine quote.

The Paulite/Tea Party Gloom and Doom Propaganda has literally ruined some of their supporters' lives. My friend's parents liquidated their retirement accounts and bought gold. How do you think that's working out for them now?

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

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translation:  foreign policy and civil liberties don't matter.

[Chunk Yogurt for President!]

Is this supposed to mean Paul Krugman has been wrong on everything ever?

No, but he got that one really wrong.

[IceSpear]

Krugman is incorrect. The far right neoliberal warmonger bitch is identical to Ted Cruz.

[Likely Voter]

So he expects us to believe that Republicans and Democrats have different policy positions?

[CatoMinor]

lol Krugman

[Ebsy]

Krugman should stick to economics.

[Lief 🗽]

He's right of course. I don't go in for this "economicks" pseudoscientific nonsense, but the man's political observations, at least, are generally astute.

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

Great op-ed from Paul Krugman on the coming 2016 Presidential campaign.  This is a great encapsulation of why I support Hillary Clinton and detest every Republican candidate, no matter how "moderate" they supposedly are.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/13/opinion/it-takes-a-party.html?_r=0

Paul Krugman is wrong often enough about significant issues that you're better off just ignoring him completely.

[Beet]

Krugman was right about the core economics issues at the critical moment, 2008-2012. He was right that the stimulus was insufficient. He was right to popularize anti-austerity economics. I remember for a time, he was the only major, and certainly the only "respectable" voice, speaking out against austerity economics. I think it was his blog, more than any other individual effort, that turned the tide (of course, historical events had more impact) in terms of starting to create an alternative economic narrative coming out of the Global Financial Crisis. Because when it first hit, the Rothbardites, Randites, Schiffites, Paulites, and 5000 Year Leapites were ready with an explanation that they'd been developing for years, and dominated the initial discussion. So Krugman gets enormous credit.

And yes, his debate with Niall Ferguson over whether QE would raise or lower bond yields was more significant than the Internet. If Ferguson had been right, there would have been a panic in the U.S. Treasury market, and the resulting meltdown would have made the Great Depression look like the 2001 recession (with all the political ramifcations).

I believe he endorsed Hillary in 2008 because he knows she's more progressive on economics than Obama.

[Sumner 1868]

Is this supposed to mean Paul Krugman has been wrong on everything ever?

No, but he got that one really wrong.

In fairness, the fax machine was actually very revolutionary in the late 1980s.

[Landslide Lyndon]

People who still read Bill Kristol and Peggy Noonan have no right to criticize Krugman.

[Landslide Lyndon]

People still take Krugman seriously? LOL

Of course, especially since he buttwhiped Rand Paul on national TV.

[Replicator]

Is this supposed to mean Paul Krugman has been wrong on everything ever?

Figures Democrats would walk in step with someone who has been wrong about everything. Sound like a former state senator from Illinois?

[Slander and/or Libel]

Great op-ed from Paul Krugman on the coming 2016 Presidential campaign.  This is a great encapsulation of why I support Hillary Clinton and detest every Republican candidate, no matter how "moderate" they supposedly are.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/13/opinion/it-takes-a-party.html?_r=0

Paul Krugman is wrong often enough about significant issues that you're better off just ignoring him completely.

Is the quote wrong on the merits? Why or why not?