This travesty which wallows in lies, innuendo, and exaggerations is so beneath the standard one has a right to expect from a Nobel prize winner publishing in the New York Times that one is confronted with the reality that Paul Krugman, the Nobel Prize committee, and the New York Times have utterly prostituted their reputation to move the leftist agenda.
The Left's concerted attack on the concept of "value" (in fact: on objective reality) has borne bitter fruit. In our time, ethical and behavioral standards have eroded dramatically, a fact that ought to evoke shame but instead brings shrugs. In such an environment, things like Reputation and Honor appear as antiquated artifacts, faded reminders of a past long gone and blown across the landscape by the leveling wind of egalitarianism.
When newspapers are pimps and writers their whores, one who abstains from their influence might be forgiven for taking satisfaction in the knowledge that whatever their paying customers may come away with, it will be an empty, soul-denying experience.