To sell books, to say I did it. Good answer. Seriously.
You know what I like about that, Krugman realizes no real good came from this, and I'm pretty sure he won't do something like that again.
Krugman is God. He's a little bit more aware than some folks here (I'm talking about you DHinMi) give him credit for.
I feel much better.
For background on this controversy - see this.