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Is This a Joke? Truth-Spinner Paul Krugman Frets About ‘Economics in a Post-Truth Nation’
NewsBusters ^ | 6/25/2021 | Joseph Vazquez

Posted on 06/25/2021 2:28:03 PM PDT by JV3MRC

The New York Times economist Paul Krugman has a knack for being allergic to the truth and is whining about how economics can survive in a “post-truth nation.”

Krugman’s latest drivel was headlined, “Economics in a Post-Truth Nation.” Krugman attempted to convince readers that Republicans were daft for not accepting that “we’re clearly in a much better place economically than we were just a few months ago.” Krugman dismissed skyrocketing inflation and hiring problems as “transitory” and “temporary.” In Krugman’s own words, “I still miss the days when truth mattered.” Ironic that Krugman, who claims to care about “truth,” is the same person who peddled a conspiracy theory last year that former President Donald Trump coerced the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) to fudge the numbers on explosive job growth that occurred in May 2020.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: economics; newyorktimes; paulkrugman; republicans

1 posted on 06/25/2021 2:28:03 PM PDT by JV3MRC
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To: JV3MRC

When has Krugman ever been correct about solutions to economic problems. Sure, anyone can identify a problem, but solve one? Krugman certainly can’t.


2 posted on 06/25/2021 2:32:46 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA (“When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.” ― Thomas Jefferson)
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To: JV3MRC

They’re infected by a combination of SICKNESS and HATE.

That is a VERY DANGEROUS combination and if you’re not part of their clan, you need to make plans to deal with what’s coming - or pay the price.


3 posted on 06/25/2021 2:38:30 PM PDT by BobL (I shop at Walmart and eat at McDonald's, I just don't tell anyone, like most here.)
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To: JV3MRC

It’s the NY Times and the rest of the Ministry of Propaganda that have put us in a post-truth world.


4 posted on 06/25/2021 2:39:04 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents)(Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: JV3MRC

Yeah. Krugman misses the truth about like Stalin missed Trotsky.


5 posted on 06/25/2021 2:39:19 PM PDT by mywholebodyisaweapon ("Carthago Delenda Est")
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To: JV3MRC

Oh yes, the United States Government was so truthful before Trump. Let’s see:

1. The Spanish torpedoed the USS Maine (divers found it blew up from the inside out).
2. There were no munitions on the RMS Lusitania (even though divers found the munitions earlier in the 21st century).
3. A three letter agency was not responsible for bringing in heroin from the Golden Triangle in the 1960’s and 70’s.
4. The North Vietnamese attacked the US in the Gulf of Tonkin.
5. The Branch Davidians were dealing in methamphetamine.
6. Donald Trump was colluding with the Russians to steal the 2016 election from Hillary Clinton.
7. President Trump called neo-nazi’s and white supremacists “very fine people”.
8. Russians put a bounty on the heads of US Servicemen in Afghanistan.

Should I continue Mr. Krugman?


6 posted on 06/25/2021 2:41:45 PM PDT by packagingguy
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To: JV3MRC

The truth and Paul have yet to meet.


7 posted on 06/25/2021 3:22:39 PM PDT by Huskrrrr (Pronouns? I need no stinkin pronouns!)
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To: JV3MRC

Krugman is an idiot and always has been. Why would anyone pay any attention to his ravings?


8 posted on 06/25/2021 3:45:01 PM PDT by EastTexasTraveler
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To: JV3MRC

‘The New York Times economist Paul Krugman has a knack for being allergic to the truth and is whining about how economics can survive in a “post-truth nation.” ‘

The New York Slimes economist Paul Braindead has a knack for being allergic to the truth and is whining about how economics can survive in a “post-truth nation.”

There, fixed it


9 posted on 06/25/2021 4:02:58 PM PDT by antidemoncrat (somRead more at: https://economicti)
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To: JV3MRC

“we’re clearly in a much better place economically than we were just a few months ago.”


stretching out ‘few’ a bit, there’s some truth to that (with portions of the economy closed down through use of or threat of force), but in a way that is totally irrelevant to his apparent point.


10 posted on 06/25/2021 4:35:33 PM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: ConservativeInPA

Krugman has shown for quite some time that he no longer seems to understand the economics that got him his prize.


11 posted on 06/25/2021 4:36:27 PM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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