Quote from MKTrader:
I don't know why anyone still listens to Krugman. His Nobel Prize is as worthless as Obama's. Listen to his "wisdom" about 5 years before the housing/credit crisis:
"To fight this recession the Fed needs more than a snapback; it needs soaring household spending to offset moribund business investment. And to do that, as Paul McCulley of Pimco put it, Alan Greenspan needs to create a housing bubble to replace the Nasdaq bubble."
- Paul Krugman, Dubyaâs Double Dip, August 2nd, 2002
This isn't an isolated example. He said this kind of thing over and over again. He pushed for the housing/financial crisis until it became a reality. Now he points fingers at others.
Compare his ignorance (and that of Barney Frank, et. al.) to one who understood what was going on:
"Congress should act to remove taxpayer support from the housing GSEs before the bubble bursts and taxpayers are once again forced to bail out investors who were misled by foolish government interference in the market. I therefore hope this committee will soon stand up for American taxpayers and investors by acting on my Free Housing Market Enhancement Act."
- Ron Paul in the House Financial Services Committee, September 10, 2003