Paul Krugman: Arrogant Douchebag

Daniel Okrent went far too easy on this lying liar who tells lying lies, but still, he's created a bit of a stir, and that's all for the good.

Okrent:

...I learned early on in this job that Prof. Krugman would likely be more willing to contribute to the Frist for President campaign than to acknowledge the possibility of error. When he says he agreed 'reluctantly' to one correction, he gives new meaning to the word 'reluctantly'; I can’t come up with an adverb sufficient to encompass his general attitude toward substantive criticism.

and

...I laid off for so long because I also believe that columnists are entitled by their mandate to engage in the unfair use of statistics, the misleading representation of opposing positions, and the conscious withholding of contrary data. But because they’re entitled doesn’t mean I or you have to like it, or think it’s good for the newspaper.

Don Luskin is in hog heaven, and he recaps some of Krugman's most egregious errors, deliberate distortions, and wholesale inventions.

posted by Ace at 03:19 PM

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