A few things... 1. I'm not a big believer in saying "this person won this award so their argument must be well thought out". Even geniuses can make stupid ar

A few things... 1. I'm not a big believer in saying "this person won this award so their argument must be well thought out". Even geniuses can make stupid arguments. 2. Krugman is an ideologue and people like that tend to ignore facts that don't fit their world view. So he doesn't have to be a "bumpkin" to not realize an obvious fact he just needs to not want to see it (just one example: http://tomstechblog.com/post/Another-Defense-of-the-Paywall.aspx http://tomstechblog.com/post/Another-Defense-of-the-Paywall....)