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Krugman Will Never Admit Advocating a Housing Bubble Was Wrong

And, yes, Krugman really did advocate that the Fed inflate to replace the dot-com bubble with a housing bubble, all vain attempts to deny this notwithstanding.

by Jeremy R. Hammond

Jun 14, 2014

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Ron Paul vs. Paul Krugman

Paul Krugman comments:

I’ve often noted that to a first approximation, nobody ever admits having been wrong about anything. My usual prime example is all the people who issued dire warnings five years ago that runaway inflation was imminent — and are issuing identical warnings to this day.

I left the following comment in reply:

So when are you going to admit being wrong to advocate the Fed push interest rates down to fuel a boom in housing following the bursting of the NASDAQ bubble, Paul?

And, yes, Krugman really did advocate that the Fed inflate to replace the dot-com bubble with a housing bubble, all vain attempts to deny this notwithstanding. I've fully documented this in my book Ron Paul vs. Paul Krugman: Austrian vs. Keynesian Economics in the Financial Crisis.

Any work of economics that can make you laugh is at least worth a look. If in less than 100 pages it also informs you about a subject of great importance, it might just qualify as a must-read. Jeremy Hammond, a political journalist self-taught in economics and a writer of rare skill, has produced such a book.

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About Jeremy R. Hammond

About Jeremy R. Hammond

I’m an independent journalist exposing the state propaganda that manufactures public consent for criminal government policies.

My work examines US foreign policy, market interventionism, and so-called "public health" policy through one consistent lens: an uncompromising application of the non-aggression principle that transcends the narrow linear spectrum of "left" vs. "right".

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