The Dumbest/Most Wretched Man to Ever Win a Nobel?

Paul Krugman is one of the most dishonest men in America. The man continues to put forth this absolute lie that Herbert Hoover was a laissez faire capitalist who did seemingly nothing to fight off the Depression. And if he isn't lying, and he's ignorant of the fact that Hoover was the most interventionist President that the nation had ever seen and who rang up more in peace-time debt than his 29 predecessors combined, then he's a imbecile of the highest magnitude......................................................................................As for one his sneakier "assessments" (and, yes, I tend to lead much more toward the dishonesty argument), Krugman claims that it was Hoover's 1932 attempt to balance the budget that made the Depression worse. He claims that Hoover drastically cut spending and that it was this lessening of demand that prompted the downturn. What Krugman does not point out is that, while, yes, Hoover did cut back somewhat on the profligate spending of the previous two years (AGAIN, Hoover out-deficit-spent any other peace-time President in U.S. history), the vast, VAST, percentage of Mr. Hoover's deficit reduction package was taxes. Yep, that's right, Hoover raised the top income tax rate from 25% to 63%, a 152% INCREASE!! And it was more that likely THAT that caused the economy to tank, not the minuscule decreases in spending..............................................................................And if this isn't enough evidence for you, just try some of the statements of FDR and his cronies themselves. Rexford Tugwell essentially admitted that most of the Great Deal was actually nothing more than a continuation of what Hoover had already started. Add to that the fact that during the 1932 campaign, Roosevelt and his running mate, John Nance Garner, both accused Hoover of leading the country "down the path to socialism."...I simply cannot believe that Mr. Krugman is ignorant of all this....or maybe I can.