Posts Tagged ‘Paul Krugman’

Paul Krugman: An Ignoble Liar

It’s no secret that I can’t stand Paul Krugman. Well, he’s at it again. Yesterday’s New York Times ran an article by Andrew Ross Sorkin describing how, much to the surprise of many people, the bank bailouts have actually worked. Sorkin takes a well-desrved shot at Krugman: You may recall that during the most perilous [...]

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Democratic Cognitive Dissonance

“Democrats had a lot of harsh things to say about former President George W. Bush—but you’ll search in vain for anything comparably menacing, anything that even hinted at an appeal to violence.”—Paul Krugman, New York Times

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Paul Krugman: Nobel Prize Winning Intellectual Dishonesty

To me, Paul Krugman lost his credibility a long time ago. But just in case he still has any in your eyes, check out James Taranto’s article from Friday’s Wall Street Journal. In a nutshell, he compares Krugman’s recent editorial on Senator Jon Kyl with Krugman’s own textbook on macroeconomics. The conclusion? So it turns [...]

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More on Glenn Beck and the FEMA Conspiracy: Crooks and Liars Lives Up To Its Name

After my post on Paul Krugman’s spurious attack on Glenn Beck, a reader emailed me this posting from David Neiwert of the blog Crooks and Liars that attempts to rehabilitate Krugman and defend his misrepresentations. As the following will show in extreme detail, Neiwert is as guilty as Krugman. They both bend over backwards to [...]

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Paul Krugman: The Big Fake

Paul Krugman has an op-ed in today’s New York Times entitled “The Big Hate” that sets a new standard for intellectual dishonesty. It is one of the most disgraceful pieces of writing I have ever seen. Krugman’s thesis is that the “right-wing media” is responsible for events like the recent murder of late-term abortion doctor [...]

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