Thom Hartmann: Conversations w/Great Minds - Paul Krugman - End This Depression Now P1

[thomhartmann]

For tonight's Conversations with Great Minds, Thom Hartmann is joined by Nobel Prize winning economist Dr. Paul Krugman. Krugman received a Ph.D. from MIT - and has taught at several schools including Yale, MIT, and Stanford. He's written 20 books - including several best-sellers - and over 200 papers on international trade, finance, currencies, and several other areas. He's the recipient of numerous awards - including the Nobel Prize in economics, which he won in 2008. Currently - he is a professor of economics and current affairs at Princeton University - and you can read Paul Krugman's work everyday as a columnist on the pages of the New York Times. His new book is titled: End This Depression Now. Europe is in crisis mode. The United States could be headed off a fiscal cliff at the end of the year. And Congress doesn't seem to know what to do. Tonight Thom speaks with someone who DOES know what to do: Paul Krugman

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[hay rick]

1. Krugman compares the euro to the gold standard...

K&R

[freshwest]

2. Thanks for a break from the insanity express.

[chervilant]

3. Rational?!

Is it possible for anyone eaten up with consumerism and greed to be rational?