Krugman is brilliant! He won the Nobel Prize!

[Enrique]

except when he mildly criticizes Obama! Then he's a troll!

[camera obscura]

1. "Mild" is right. I remember the primaries... Krugman's current criticism is nothing compared to that

[Cha]

13. Yeah, Krugman was gratuitiously bashing Obama

and he made an ass of himself.

I'm sure he's brilliant but I don't think much of his tactics.

[joshcryer]

15. You guys have really bad memories.

[brentspeak]

2. Krugman was a cheap-labor, offshoring shill

He even wrote an article entitled, "In Praise of Cheap Labor." I've never really understood why he and Robert Reich are considered "liberal" economists.

[Hello_Kitty]

5. I remember that article

How that man is considered a liberal is beyond me. Neo-liberal maybe, but not liberal.

[Hello_Kitty]

3. Milton Friedman won a Nobel Prize too.

Yes, Krugman is smart but try a better defense of him than Appeal To Authority fallacies.

[Enrique]

6. defense from what?

he needs a "defense" for mildly criticizing Obama?

Krugman writes a blog post criticizing Obama, I don't defend it, I read it. Just like I would if he were praising Obama.

[Hello_Kitty]

7. Then what's the point of this OP?

Either defend what Krugman wrote about Obama on its merits, or don't. But don't remind me that he's a Nobel Prize winner and expect that to mean a hill of beans to me WRT Krugman's opinion on anything Obama does.

[Hippo_Tron]

12. Just because Milton Friedman was dead wrong doesn't mean that he wasn't vey intelligent

[Hello_Kitty]

14. He was the epitome of wrong.

The word "wrong" should have his picture next to it in the dictionary, along with "fail".

[Hippo_Tron]

17. I'll agree with that

I had a Professor who tried to explain to me that Milton Friedman had good intentions and that one of his goals was to stop government tyranny. I replied with, "Umm have you ever heard of a guy named Pinochet?"

[QC]

4. Send him to the re-education facility! n/t

[theophilus]

8. If they gave a Nobel for Snark he would be known as Paul " two Nobels" Krugman. n/t

[Enrique]

10. no, you would have beaten him for sure

:-)

[Uzybone]

9. FAIL

he is still brilliant.

[Thrill]

11. He is a Troll

Just because he won a Nobel Prize doesn't mean his words are golden or that he is right all the time

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

16. MILDLY??!?!??!?

It was like every freakin' day, non-stop bashing!!