Nobel Prize-winning economist and New York Times columnist Dr. Paul Krugman is at it again.

A favorite of the Keynesian crowd, he claimed earlier this week that fixing the deficit is important but added that “doing it now would be disastrous.” He also observed that the 10-year U.S. debt situation isn’t really all that bad.

At least he’s consistent. I’ll give him that.

For five years now Dr. Krugman has argued that increasing U.S. government spending is vital to our nation’s recovery. And for five years he’s been dead wrong.

Since this crisis began, the United States has spent trillions…more money than any nation in history. In the process, it’s gone from being the world’s biggest creditor to the biggest debtor of all time.

In fact, our national debt is now so high that people literally can’t count the zeros. So most have thrown up their hands in exasperation and given up trying.

Now, to be perfectly clear, I don’t believe Dr. Krugman is stupid. Far from it – you don’t win Nobel Prizes for being an idiot. However, I do believe that he’s trapped in the past–an acolyte of sorts to failed economic policies and doctrine that dates to the 1930s.

Some people, like University of Chicago Finance Professor John H. Cochrane, are more pointed, noting that if Krugman were a scientist, he’d be akin to a “flat-earther,” an “AIDS-HIV disbeliever” or somebody who believes the continents don’t actually move.

This makes him very dangerous in the scheme of things because Dr. Krugman’s solution is that “we” just haven’t spent enough money…yet.

I don’t know how he can make that argument with a straight face.

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