You are very gracious in your introduction, and I agree we have to remain open to all ideas.  I came here to steel man the status quo economic thought and Keynesiansim.  However I am still left feeling a strong vein of partisanism runs though all of Krugman's ideas and in that there is a good deal of projection going on with regards to his identified political opposition.  He also makes mention of consensus and evidence most often without producing any which is right out of the establishment playbook.