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phantom power

(25,966 posts) Wed Mar 6, 2013, 11:50 AM Mar 2013

Krugman: Niall Ferguson's Response Is Pathetic

Earlier Niall Ferguson said that Paul Krugman may have been "traumatized" as a child, because in Ferguson's view, Krugman resorts to insults.

Krugman's response? That Ferguson's response is pathetic.

Here's what Krugman emails to Business Insider:

What a pathetic response. Notice that he is doing precisely what I never do, and making it about the person as opposed to his ideas. All I have ever done to him is point out that he seems to not know what he is talking about, and that he has been repeatedly wrong. I would never stoop to speculating about his childhood! If he can't handle professional criticism -- which is all that I have ever offered -- he should go find another profession.

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Krugman: Niall Ferguson's Response Is Pathetic (Original Post) phantom power Mar 2013 OP

tell it like it is, mr krugman spanone Mar 2013 #1

Ferguson, Sir, Is The Very Definition Of a Tory Twit The Magistrate Mar 2013 #2

+1000 n/t librechik Mar 2013 #8

ferguson is a jerk. He makes a personal attack instead of debating the issues, which only shows the still_one Mar 2013 #3

My thoughts in this dispute, in the order that they occurred to me beerandjesus Mar 2013 #4

Mr. Krugman is correct. bemildred Mar 2013 #5

Didn't know Ferguson was a psychologist or psychiatrist n2doc Mar 2013 #6

Why is that interrupting eejit still even mentioned. geardaddy Mar 2013 #7

Krugman just pinned him to the mat there. nt BootinUp Mar 2013 #9

spanone

(135,844 posts)

1. tell it like it is, mr krugman

Reply to phantom power (Original post)

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 11:52 AM

Mar 2013

The Magistrate

(95,247 posts)

2. Ferguson, Sir, Is The Very Definition Of a Tory Twit

Reply to phantom power (Original post)

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 11:53 AM

Mar 2013

Pathetic overstates his worth by a considerable factor.

librechik

(30,674 posts)

8. +1000 n/t

Reply to The Magistrate (Reply #2)

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 01:51 PM

Mar 2013

still_one

(92,217 posts)

3. ferguson is a jerk. He makes a personal attack instead of debating the issues, which only shows the

Reply to phantom power (Original post)

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 12:13 PM

Mar 2013

weak position he has

beerandjesus

(1,301 posts)

4. My thoughts in this dispute, in the order that they occurred to me

Reply to phantom power (Original post)

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 12:19 PM

Mar 2013

(And I should preface this by admitting that I'm a huge Krugman fanboy.)

First thought: Fuck YEAH, Paul! Beat his ASS!

Second thought: On the other hand, I read Ferguson's War of the World, and thought it was very interesting and well thought through, even if I didn't buy his argument completely.

Third thought: Jesus Christ, wouldn't it be amazing if a couple of sharp guys could argue something like this out in public and, while I'd most likely end up agreeing with Krugman, we could still come away respecting both parties? What a tragedy that that seems like such a distant fantasy!