Once upon a time, in the Krugman pantheon, I was only "stupid." Then I made it to "mendacious idiot." I've been promoted again, to "Evil!" And, better, corrupt, since "vested interests can buy the ideas they want to hear," and I am listed a seller.
All under the once-authoritative imprimatur of that impressive logo, reproduced above. All the news that's fit to print. And then some.
Break out the champagne. I wonder what I can aspire to next. I do have a Ph.D. Perhaps, dare I hope,...
Actually, I am flattered to be listed in the company of Alesina, Ardagna, Reinhart, Rogoff, and Lucas. In other contexts, Fama, Prescott, Ferguson.
OK, enough Krugman blogging. It's just gotten to the point of humorous, in a pathetic sort of way.
