[quote=briansd1]
Again, show me how Krugman was “destroyed.” And please show me his detractors’ solutions. Oh, wait, they don’t have any… They just criticize.[/quote]
Um, Brian, I NEVER said that Krugman got destroyed. I simply said that his solutions, such as they were, were academic in nature and completely failed to account for the realities on the ground in Europe. And, it is those realities that have reared their ugly heads. The Euro idea was bad from the jump, as has now been painfully exposed.
I never took issue with Krugman’s knowledge on subjects he was versed in. I did, however, take issue with Krugman where he was simply pushing a political agenda or where he refused to admit it was humanly possible he was wrong. He’s walked himself into numerous sticky situations wherein he’s attempted to assert he’s both incapable of error or may have his facts wrong. Not exactly the sign of a great thinker.
As to your comment about him “smacking down” his opponents: He’s gotten roughed up nearly as much. He’s also seen quite a bit of his credibility lost in those rather pointless exchanges, too. Which is sad, because I was once a big fan of his work, but have watched it increasingly tainted by shrill, partisan attacks.
