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‘I Was Wrong’: Paul Krugman Kicks Himself For His Awful Inflation Takes
NewsBusters ^ | 7/21/2022 | Joseph Vazquez

Posted on 07/21/2022 10:06:56 AM PDT by JV3MRC

The New York Times Opinion actually published a shocking project where eight of their columnists admitted they were wrong about either economics, tech, foreign affairs or politics. At the top of the list was none other than “transitory” inflation gaslighter Paul Krugman.

The Times’s economic columnist published an op-ed with a headline that didn’t beat around the bush – for a change – and acknowledged how bad his unrealistic takes on the inflation crisis were for the past year. “I Was Wrong About Inflation,” says the headline. The disgruntled economist actually conceded that Biden’s irresponsible $1.9 trillion stimulus package was inflationary, despite his earlier objections to the contrary. “Some warned that the package would be dangerously inflationary; others were fairly relaxed," Krugman wrote. “I was Team Relaxed. As it turned out, of course, that was a very bad call.” Krugman’s latest concession comes after recent news that inflation spiked 9.1 percent year-over-year in June, wiping out estimates of an 8.8-percent increase.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: blogpimp; inflation; meaculpa; nyt; paulkrugman
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To: NWFree

So, Krug has no idea what he is talking about, but he will keep on talking, berating everyone who disagrees with him along the way.


21 posted on 07/21/2022 10:24:58 AM PDT by alstewartfan ("She looks like she's 19 years old, sitting there like a lady with her legs crossed." Creepy Joe)
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To: Fido969

Ironically, this the first time that he is actually right. (That he was wrong..)


22 posted on 07/21/2022 10:25:02 AM PDT by fhayek
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To: JV3MRC
Oh, Paul do not kick yourself... Let me it do for you.
23 posted on 07/21/2022 10:25:30 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (It is better to light a single flame thrower then curse the darkness. A bunch of them is better yet)
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To: ClearCase_guy

We had a guy in the design engineering department. He would make a bonehead mistake and say “my bad” can we just correct it and keep going? Management put up with that for way too long. I finally aggravated the idiot enough to quit.
Mission accomplished!


24 posted on 07/21/2022 10:26:14 AM PDT by 9422WMR (45 1. Lie, cheat, steal. It’s how the democRATS operate. )
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To: JV3MRC

He’s been wrong on everything - his political bias is a losing strategy.


25 posted on 07/21/2022 10:26:52 AM PDT by jacknhoo ( Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: StAntKnee

This is the correct take.


26 posted on 07/21/2022 10:30:18 AM PDT by JV3MRC
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To: JV3MRC

An honorable man would resign in disgrace.

But this is Krugman, so…..

L


27 posted on 07/21/2022 10:30:55 AM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: JV3MRC
inflation-women-01


28 posted on 07/21/2022 10:32:31 AM PDT by Right_Wing_Madman
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To: JV3MRC

“However, I will continue to say wildly incorrect things to help out Joe Biden,” Mr. Krugman added.


29 posted on 07/21/2022 10:33:43 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: JV3MRC
The disgruntled economist actually conceded that Biden’s irresponsible $1.9 trillion stimulus package was inflationary...

Who knew?

All right, everybody knew.

30 posted on 07/21/2022 10:36:01 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: JV3MRC
conceded that Biden’s irresponsible $1.9 trillion stimulus package was inflationary,

The stimulus packages were oil on the fire at the beginning. Other things have made it worse. The stimulus packages passed under Trump and Biden planted the seeds of inflation by dumping trillions of dollars into the economy without anywhere to spend it because of the COVID shutdown. As the economy started to recover you had all that money that people were ready to spend and a supply chain not yet ready to support it. Toss in the oil shutdown and supply chain issues and the increased government spending on things like the infrastructure package and we were going to get inflation regardless. It didn't have to be as high as it turned out to be.

31 posted on 07/21/2022 10:38:52 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: JV3MRC

He’s predictable because he’s wrong about everything.


32 posted on 07/21/2022 10:39:48 AM PDT by READINABLUESTATE (It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies.)
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To: JV3MRC

It goes to show you the Nobel Prize is essentially worthless because this clown got one for economics back in 2008. He’s been touting the leftist economic drivel for decades and he sees the disaster that it is leading to and he wants off the Titanic. This is all about him realizing he needs to save his “legacy” for posterity sake.


33 posted on 07/21/2022 10:40:47 AM PDT by dowcaet
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To: JV3MRC

Krugman has been wrong...pretty much forever, and his positions shift depending on which party is in power.


34 posted on 07/21/2022 10:45:12 AM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: JV3MRC

The REAL headline will be if he ever gets anything right!


35 posted on 07/21/2022 10:45:45 AM PDT by Buckeye Battle Cry (Progressivism is socialism. Venezuela is how it ends.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

On the evening of Trump’s election victory Krugman said the stock market would never recover. Seriously……he said that.


36 posted on 07/21/2022 10:47:21 AM PDT by cornfedcowboy ( )
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To: JV3MRC

Well sh1t - I know more about economics than you do Krugman.

Can I have your Nobel Prize cash?
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I thought not.


37 posted on 07/21/2022 10:47:46 AM PDT by FroggyTheGremlim (I'll be good, I will, I will!)
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To: JV3MRC

When they lie, they say were just mistaken. Not buying it.


38 posted on 07/21/2022 10:48:49 AM PDT by Spok (Don’t pee down my leg and tell me it’s raining.)
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To: JV3MRC

He supposedly is the worlds greatest economist......To liberals.


39 posted on 07/21/2022 10:52:42 AM PDT by Hyman Roth
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To: JV3MRC

My eyesight isn’t as good and I thought it called Krugman an “inflation gangster.” But that still works.


40 posted on 07/21/2022 11:05:46 AM PDT by Luke21
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