Krugman is getting close to the edge [View all]

[cthulu2016]

Last edited Sat Jun 2, 2012, 01:49 AM - Edit history (5)

He does a great job of keeping it together, but the ongoing process has been interesting to watch. Three years ago Krugman still thought that some right-wing economists and economic commentators were fellow devotees of the same discipline who were simply under-informed.

But more and more he has learned the hard-way that these people are not academics, they are all just professional obfuscators and goal-post movers in the employ of the Borg. And his current book tour is exposing him to a 24/7 dose of wing-nut static. Watching this video ( http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002752595 ) you can see the little flashes of utter contempt in his eye, and he has begun answering some objections with a very impatient, "That's simply false, but to return to my point...."

Someday soon it will be...

Krugman: We need to do X and Y.

RW Stooge: That's preposterous. You haven't factored in Z.

Krugman: Look... I used to think you people were just confused and hadn't grasped the economic intricacies of why Z is a non-factor. So I wrote a whole huge thing about it full of charts and equations and links and such showing that when looking at the data, no honest person could cling to the idea that Z matters.

But you kept up this noise. So I wrote it again, trying to figure out how I was failing as a communicator. I used smaller words. I provided homey examples. And still you persisted. So I wrote a recap of the first two explanations... in bullet points... illustrated with cartoons.

And this wasn't in some obscure journal. This was online... for free... in the New York Times.

So either you have no sincere interest in the truth of this matter whatsoever, or your view came to you in a dream and is thus not subject to reasoned refutation, or else you are well aware of the truth of the matter and are just a fucking liar.

Whatever your thinking problem is, it's your problem, not mine. I am tired of trying to reason with you people.