Krugman attacks Free-Market economic sentiment in America

[Smiling_Dave]

there is a small earlier thread on this:

I need help with the latest Krugman post.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/11/opinion/11krugman.html The idea is how Europe’s healthcare is so wonderful, yet the high taxes and universal social benefits have NOT damaged their blossoming economy. Anyone know of a rebuttal? The smokescreen is so thick and slickly laid out I can’t see through it.