It wasn't just a matter of opinion when he admitted that globalization was inevitable and, overall, a positive force (neither he nor any serious person said it would be good for everybody). It was simply a matter of the facts. Facts that have borne themselves out, outside of rhetorical echo chambers.

"The failure belongs to macroeconomics, an intellectual discipline now in shambles."

Statements like this make it harder for us to accuse the Republicans of anti-intellectualism.