Regardless of whether he would need to, or what kind of person would do such a thing, that's exactly what he did.

I am starting to wonder if "don't trust economists who run a column" would be a useful rule of thumb. Yes I know he won the nobel price, but so far his columns left me unimpressed.

He's a hack. God do I look forward to the liquidation of the new york times so we don't have to put up with friedman and krugman anymore. Not to mention about five others.