Let's see what Krugman says about this: > One of the funny aspects of being a somewhat, um, forceful writer is that I’m regularly accused of all sorts of villa

Let's see what Krugman says about this: > One of the funny aspects of being a somewhat, um, forceful writer is that I’m regularly accused of all sorts of villainy. I was personally responsible for the demise of Enron; my nonexistent son worked for Hillary; etc.. The latest seems to be that I called for the creation of a housing bubble — in fact, the bubble is my fault! The claim seems to be based on this piece. > Guys, read it again. It wasn’t a piece of policy advocacy, it was just economic analysis. What I said was that the only way the Fed could get traction would be if it could inflate a housing bubble. And that’s just what happened. http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/17/and-i-was-on-the-grassy-knoll-too/comment-page-5/?_r=0 http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/17/and-i-was-on-the... Aside from that, Krugman does not, in fact, prescribe increasing the government's share of economic growth in all circumstances, so you're wrong anyway.