Krugman used to think like a typical economist, but abandoned this approach and subsequently became a celebrated columnist. Ironically this was years after he

Krugman used to think like a typical economist, but abandoned this approach and subsequently became a celebrated columnist. Ironically this was years after he wrote an essay complaining how the economists who became popular were rarely the ones who had a good understanding of economic theory: http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2015/03/ways_of_thinkin.html http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2015/03/ways_of_thinkin.... http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2015/03/krugmans_danger.html http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2015/03/krugmans_danger....