Words cannot express my befuddlement that New York Times columnist Paul Krugman would write this:

No word yet on whether Krugman has torched his own house.

UPDATE!

It appears that this wasn’t the real Paul Krugman, but an elaborate fake.

So if you see me quoted as saying something really stupid or outrageous, and it didn’t come from the Times or some other verifiable site, you should probably assume it was a fake.

This, too, apparently is a fake Paul Krugman.

Seriously, what’s the practical difference between fake Paul Krugman’s earthquake Keynesianism and real Paul Krugman’s space alien Keynesianism?