Paul Krugman wonders if we’re in the age of the “anti-Cassandra” because
our public discourse is dominated by people who have been wrong about everything—but are still, mysteriously, treated as men of wisdom, whose judgments should be believed. Those who were actually right about the major issues of the day can’t get a word in edgewise.
I think Krugman didn’t need to create a new term for this phenomenon. As he notes, the people who have been right still are ignored. To all our detriment, the age is still one where Cassandra goes unheeded.