保罗·克鲁格曼为人刚直,常常在文章里或者面对面对那些名人、专家、富豪,甚至总统进行批评,这种个性得罪了不少人,但最讨厌他的,恐怕要数小布什了。自小布什上台以来,他就一直为《纽约时报》撰写专栏,八年来,多次强烈批评布什政府的经济以至外交政策,称共和党为“笨蛋政党”。就在获得诺贝尔经济学奖之前的2008年10月10日,保罗·克鲁格曼在接受电视采访的时候还在直言不讳地说着:“我们的金融系统处于失控的状态,人们现在能做的就是购买国债和饮用水。” Paul Krugerman, a man of his own, has often been criticized in the article or in the face of celebrities, experts, tycoons, and even presidents. This character has offended many people, but most of them hate him, probably to count on President Bush. Since he came to power, George W. Bush has been writing a column for the New York Times for eight years. He has repeatedly criticized the Bush administration’s economic and foreign policy for many years and called the Republican Party “a stupid political party.” Just before winning the Nobel Prize for Economics, on October 10, 2008, Paul Krugman said in a television interview: “Our financial system is out of control and people are now What I can do is buy government bonds and potable water. ”