I've sort of ignored this, as Luskin and his lapdogs are... how can I put it... dumb as a box of rocks and about as honest as
the Iraqi Information Minister Ari Fleischer. But, Demosthenes has
been on the beat and if you'd like a little lesson in economics
you can go here. (start with Jobs, Jobs, Jobs a followup and go in chronological order).
Max had a piece earlier saying that Krugman could have been wrong on a couple of points, which is true enough, but that's different than accusing him of deception.