Wanker of the Decade

Niall Ferguson.

…as Jeet Heer notes, “What does it say if your best argument against Keynesian economics is homophobia?” And Keynes’s wife had a miscarriage! Although, in fairness, Keynes was so effette and unmanly he wasn’t willing to walk out on his wife and three kids, which really proves you care about future generations.

…The origins of a smear. Kathy has more.

…As noted in comments, to his credit, Ferguson has issued that increasingly rare thing, an actual apology — not “I’m sorry that you were offended” but an apology.