As someone else said, "He's gotten remarkably good at not making testable recommendations or predictions." With a bad spirit, one could say he got medal for th

As someone else said, "He's gotten remarkably good at not making testable recommendations or predictions." With a bad spirit, one could say he got medal for that. Yet his work on new trade theory in international commerce, and how the european union data contradicted standard HOS theory is quite interesting. He should have kept to that. But when your self proclaimed intention is to be a voice from the left (or the right, or anything) and have political impact instead of academic impact, you may have to take distance from reality :-/