Programmers have a saying: "garbage in, garbage out. - Paul Krugman
Some people want the past repeated and have an interest in making sure we don't remember it. - Paul Krugman
[Conventional wisdom] very heavily tends to reflect the preferences and the interests of the elite. - Paul Krugman
Politics determines who has the power, not who has the truth. - Paul Krugman
Political figures who talk a lot about liberty and freedom invariably turn out to mean the freedom to not pay taxes and discriminate based on race; freedom to hold different ideas and express them, not so much. - Paul Krugman
And that's just the beginning. More and more, conventional wisdom says that the responsible thing is to make the unemployed suffer. And while the benefits from inflicting pain are an illusion, the pain itself will be all too real. - Paul Krugman
I believe in a relatively equal society, supported by institutions that limit extremes of wealth and poverty. I believe in democracy, civil liberties, and the rule of law. That makes me a liberal, and I’m proud of it. - Paul Krugman