Welcome to the newer readers from Paul Krugman's blog. It is the third time (I think) he has linked me and as per usual he brings a lot of traffic.
Krugman is super-smart, has a platform at the New York Times and at Princeton and has a Nobel prize.
I'll believe that economists are wedded to the truth when they stop referring to their pretendy wee prize as a "nobel" prize. The physics envy is just too much for them.
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