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11. Paul Krugman is a modern day prophet.

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Fri Nov 8, 2013, 12:01 PM

Nov 2013

Whose well-informed insights and pleas repeatedly fall on deaf-- and willfully negligent-- ears.

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The Mutilated Economy-By PAUL KRUGMAN � we�ve done ourselves immense long-term damage� [View all] kpete Nov 2013 OP

I am getting concerned about Paul Krugman. His level of despair over what he predicted CTyankee Nov 2013 #1

The 1%r's succeeded in convincing unemployed Joe Six Pack cutting Corporate taxes harun Nov 2013 #13

Tremendously sad but really important article from Krugman. K&R. nt riderinthestorm Nov 2013 #2

mama, don't let your babies marry an American riverbendviewgal Nov 2013 #3

K&R. Wall Street profits uber alles. bullwinkle428 Nov 2013 #4

k&r for exposure. n/t Laelth Nov 2013 #5

K&R idwiyo Nov 2013 #6

Kick .... Myrina Nov 2013 #7

They are there to serve the 1%, and they have served them very well. harun Nov 2013 #14

The Oligarchs And Corporations Own And Control The Politicians That Own And Control Us cantbeserious Nov 2013 #18

Warned you we did, listen you did not and now matters are more bleak TheKentuckian Nov 2013 #8

Do 3rd-Wayers even care? AnotherMcIntosh Nov 2013 #9

no...they are to busy picking up the coins the !% throw at their feet. madrchsod Nov 2013 #28

Since "We told you so" so often, will there ever be a time where being Egalitarian Thug Nov 2013 #10

Paul Krugman is a modern day prophet. AmBlue Nov 2013 #11

Prophets usually don't fare well. Remember the legend of Cassandra: raped and murdered CTyankee Nov 2013 #21

I know one way to boost employment. AtheistCrusader Nov 2013 #12

+10000000 dotymed Nov 2013 #16

+2 madrchsod Nov 2013 #29

craps. For many of us, what he says is essentially that our lives are already over. magical thyme Nov 2013 #15

I think it gets even worse for the future MissMillie Nov 2013 #17

I'm going to stretch this thought out a bit further... Hestia Nov 2013 #42

++ ..nt dougolat Nov 2013 #49

This could all be fixed by electing lots of progressives. Who's with me on this? JEFF9K Nov 2013 #19

First you have to find and/or make some Demeter Nov 2013 #20

Well said!! JEFF9K Nov 2013 #24

Exactly. nt enlightenment Nov 2013 #51

[raises hand] Hestia Nov 2013 #43

What Krugman blogged yesterday from an IMF conference (kind of personal and wistful) CTyankee Nov 2013 #22

GREAT POST! ... JEFF9K Nov 2013 #25

Thanks kpete, K&R Jefferson23 Nov 2013 #23

Yup.....Shared & KnR. FogerRox Nov 2013 #26

wait till obama signs the treaty that will destroy what is left of the usa madrchsod Nov 2013 #27

what is worse is DonCoquixote Nov 2013 #30

The "New Normal." Thanks, 1%. We gave, and gave, and gave some more, and this is how we're repaid! blkmusclmachine Nov 2013 #31

And the "Bail-Out" really was a stick-up! nt dougolat Nov 2013 #32

TARP yes, Stimulus, no. Hestia Nov 2013 #44

True, but a good part of that Stimulus was mis-directed by the RW... dougolat Nov 2013 #48

The government, mostly Congress, has ignored unemployment and under-employment LuvNewcastle Nov 2013 #33

Putting it in the stock market... chervilant Nov 2013 #34

I'll check it out. Thanks. LuvNewcastle Nov 2013 #35

Here's another observation for chervilant Nov 2013 #37

I just got through watching the video. Everyone ought to see it. LuvNewcastle Nov 2013 #40

And playing "catch" becomes "hot potato"...nt dougolat Nov 2013 #50

Title VII of Dodd-Frank was a travesty jmowreader Nov 2013 #38

Dodd-Frank was passed for appearance's sake. LuvNewcastle Nov 2013 #41

Dodd-Frank was beta legislation jmowreader Nov 2013 #46

What's worse is the start up's are being funded by private equity firms and hedge funds flogging Hestia Nov 2013 #45

They try to ignore history jmowreader Nov 2013 #47

"... if deficits drive up interest rates ... But that hasn�t happened." pampango Nov 2013 #36

Rich people are richer, and that's all that matters in this world. Everything else are toys for the valerief Nov 2013 #39