The facts that (1) Paul Krugman is prone to immoderate statements and (2) he may have the biggest megaphone of any living economist are closely related. His voi

The facts that (1) Paul Krugman is prone to immoderate statements and (2) he may have the biggest megaphone of any living economist are closely related. His voice stands out even among Nobel Prize winners. Right or wrong, if he were not given to exaggeration, alarmism, tribalism and ad hominem, it wouldn't.