As an admirer of Dr.Krugman's brilliant essays and proofs, and the spankings he has delivered to Euro central bank economists in the past, I have to disagree with you. The policies he has outlined and supported have led us out of the last recession. If all his advice had been implemented, I think it would have taken two years to recover, rather than nine.

What you call "serious science" probably doesn't include economics. So, what's your beef? In terms of nearly immediate rewards, serious science is far behind brilliant economic thinking.

Krugman is a party hack only in the sense that One US party, the Republicans, want only to further enrich the already rich, with no consideration for the state of the economy. Anyone who opposes that corrupt regime is a hero, in my mind.

You are far too isolated from the world at large. I have seen the side of lifetime poverty in many nations. Republicans are evil.