> But the response to pretty much any article asking why economists got something wrong is because economists don't all have aligned interests. That's not what

> But the response to pretty much any article asking why economists got something wrong is because economists don't all have aligned interests. That's not what I perceived after reading this article: it seems to propose a very different hypothesis: > Krugman wants to be the Rush Limbaugh of the Left. > To Krugman, economics is no longer a quest for understanding, delightful in its capacity to overturn one’s preconceptions. Economics is just a set of debating points to argue for policies that one has adopted for partisan political purposes. ‘Stimulus’ is just marketing to sell Congressmen and voters a package of government spending priorities that are wants for political reasons. It is not a proposition to be explained, understood, taken seriously to its logical limits, or reflective of market failures that should be addressed directly