Now Krugman has come out and admitted, offhandedly, that his own understanding of economics has been seriously deficient as well. In a recent essay titled “What Economists (Including Me) Got Wrong About Globalization,” adapted from a forthcoming book on inequality, Krugman writes that he and other mainstream economists “missed a crucial part of the story” in failing to realize that globalization would lead to “hyperglobalization” and huge economic and social upheaval, particularly of the industrial middle class in America. And many of these working-class communities have been hit hard by Chinese competition, which economists made a “major mistake” in underestimating, Krugman says.
It was quite a “whoops” moment, considering all the ruined American communities and displaced millions of workers we’ve seen in the interim.
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Пол Кругман, который продвигал идею глобализации и отметал возражения, что глобализация в конце концов принесет горе американскому среднему классу, наконец-то увидел, что у сарая нет задней стены. Оказывается (кто бы мог подумать?) вынос производства в Китай убьет промышленность США и уничтожит рабочие места, которые и позволяли в США большинству населения жить средним классом.