Source: Paul Krugman
by Paul Krugman
“On Thursday [Donald Trump] held a White House briefing, together with economist Stephen Moore, in an attempt to convince the media and the public that the economy is actually doing great. … the big problem with the picture above isn’t the embarrassing misspelling of ‘median,’ or even the factual errors. It’s the fact that Trump gave a presentation about the state of the economy along with Stephen Moore — who may be the last person on the planet you’d trust to tell you the economic truth. I don’t mean that Moore is extremely right-wing, although of course he is. I don’t even mean that he’s a dishonest hack, although again of course he is. I mean that even among dishonest right-wing hacks Moore stands out for his pathological inability to get numbers and facts right.” (08/11/25)
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-political-economy-of-incompetence