Paul Krugman: The Third Depression

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    Originally Posted By ecdc

    <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/28/opinion/28krugman.html" target="_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06...man.html</a>

    Depression news is depressing.
     
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    Originally Posted By Sport Goofy

    Like the economic crisis that preceded it, 90% of America will ignore warning signs like these until it's far too late to do anything about it. Then, they'll muse in public and private, "there's no way we could have seen this coming."
     
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    Originally Posted By fkurucz

    ^^It was "unexpected"
     
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    Originally Posted By gadzuux

    I stumbled across another (brief) editorial that says Krugman is full of beans. For the record, I agree with Krugman, but as always there's someone to counter his assertions.


    Paul Krugman Now Laughingstock On Two Continents

    It's always the right time to ignore Paul Krugman, the New York Times columnist, Nobel Laureate and four-time Latin Grammy nominee whose drink-yourself-sober advice on handling the debt crisis is so sharply at odds with reality.

    <a href="http://reason.com/blog/2010/06/24/paul-krugman-now-laughingstock" target="_blank">http://reason.com/blog/2010/06...ingstock</a>
     
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    Originally Posted By Dabob2

    I'll be the author of that article isn't a Nobel Laureate or even a ONE-time Latin Grammy nominee. :p

    And he quotes Thatcher, the only major figure of her time who made Reagan look moderate.
     

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