Paul Krugman: “crazy,” “lunatic,” “irrational extremist”

Monday, December 28th, 2009

I'm not calling Paul Krugman any names.  I am just quoting what Dr. Krugman  says about people who disagree with him on Congress's requiring guaranteed issue medical insurance: So why are so many people complaining? There are three main groups of critics.First, there's the crazy right, the tea-party and death-panel people ...

Paul Krugman’s partisan economics

Sunday, August 30th, 2009

Don Boudreaux submitted a great letter to the editor about Krugman's partisan economics. Good stuff.   My posts about Krugman and health care illustrate why I lack respect for the guy, but Boudreaux's letter does this quite efficiently. (Thanks to Justin Longo for the pointer.)

Paul Krugman: got a problem, pass a law!

Thursday, January 1st, 2009

Economist David Henderson articulates one of my frustrations with Paul Krugman: Paul Krugman seems never to take account of the findings of public choice. Even a basic understanding of public choice would make him question his views about how effective government can be in achieving good things. This comes ...

The Krugman Recipe for Depression

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008

Amity Shlaes in the Wall Street Journal: Massive government spending is no solution to unemployment. Paul Krugman of the New York Times has been on the attack lately in regard to the New Deal. His new book "The Return of Depression Economics," emphasizes the importance of New Deal-style spending. He has said ...

Krugman: Ignorant, or a liar?

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

My post about Paul Krugman at PatientPowerNow.org has received many hits, thanks to Donald Luskin's linking it on his blog.  Thank you, Donald!  The first person to comment was not impressed with my post. David's comment on my response to it made my day.