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>Krugman is a known idiot

Yeah, a known idiot Nobel prize winner, top economist, NYT columnist.

Now, we could be very well be bad at those things, but "known idiot" is just an ad hominen...

Yes, it was an ad hominem attack, I accept that, but, regardless of prizes he may have been awarded (and, remember, Barack Obama was the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize), I am reasonably confident that most people familiar with his work will concur that he has a tendency for buffoonish show-boating on controversial topics. Joseph Stiglitz, on the other hand, is widely respected for the clarity of his thought.

>he has a tendency for buffoonish show-boating on controversial topics

Well, now that's a better way to put it!

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