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While this particular prediction didn't (yet) come true, Krugman is at least one of the few name-brand economists who will admit when he is wrong. He's also got
by jihadjihad 8y ago
While this particular prediction didn't (yet) come true, Krugman is at least one of the few name-brand economists who will admit when he is wrong. He's also got a Nobel in the field, so to write off his textbook as unreadable for a failed prediction seems like a little much.
- cahomeown456 8y agoAn economics Nobel is not the same thing as a Nobel in (for example) Physics, and citing it as an appeal to authority is intentionally misleading.
- metalliqaz 8y agoSurely you would still accept credentials, right? Like, I would expect a PhD, etc. Nobel in economics certainly isn't without meaning in that regard.