Blueberries, Gold, Inflation, and Professor Krugman

So Paul Krugman writes a column about all the folks who have been hysterically predicting runaway inflation for the past few years, and what does he get? This:

I know it’s just a coincidence. The other 500 comments are quite likely perfectly sane. Nonetheless, this is what we’re up against.

POSTSCRIPT: In case you’re curious, food prices have actually risen 11 percent over the past five years. In other words, about 2.2 percent per year.