http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/941/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/krugman-gets-angry-over-fake-quote-his-real-ones-are-just-bad <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Paul Krugman gets angry over a fake quote, but some of the things he has actually said about economic growth are just as bad. Three days after 9-11 he wrote that one of the possible &quot;favorable effects&quot; from the attacks were a &quot;sudden&quot; need for &quot;some new office buildings.&quot; </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/clay-waters">Clay Waters</a> </div> </div> </div> <p> </p> <p>A fake Paul Krugman quote, allegedly from the columnist's account at Google Plus, made the rounds yesterday: "People on Twitter might be joking, but in all seriousness, we would see a bigger boost in spending and hence economic growth if the earthquake had done more damage."<br /><br /></p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/krugman-gets-angry-over-fake-quote-his-real-ones-are-just-bad" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles TimesWatch Economy BrokenWindowFallacy FakeQuote liberalmediabias NewYorkTimes NewYorkTimesbias PaulKrugman TimesWatch Wed, 24 Aug 2011 17:55:00 +0000 admin 491 at http://archive2.mrc.org