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In reply to the discussion: Professor Paul Krugman gives the President an A-; says he's the most consequential since... [View all]Voice for Peace
(13,141 posts)42. aha, now I KNOW you can't be serious.
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Professor Paul Krugman gives the President an A-; says he's the most consequential since... [View all]
Hekate
Jul 2014
OP
That's correct. Obama NEVER said that he agreed with Reagan. BO bashers here twist
catbyte
Jul 2014
#173
Obama gets an A from me on the envioronment; I understand energy science and challenges.
NYC_SKP
Jul 2014
#69
And, he and his wife enjoy vacations where they bike in France's countryside...
CTyankee
Jul 2014
#87
Give me a break. OK. If he can't have any vacations, then neither can you.
PatrickforO
Jul 2014
#130
Economists By Profession - Are Lackeys For The 1% - Even Krugman Was Surprised By Piketty
cantbeserious
Jul 2014
#25
Krugman is very progressive, a thorough Keynesian, and thought we should have universal
CTyankee
Jul 2014
#31
Then Why Was He Surprised By Piketty - Krugman Is For Sharing Table Scraps Of The 1%
cantbeserious
Jul 2014
#34
It has been a little bit since I read his long piece reviewing Piketty and given my aging
CTyankee
Jul 2014
#41
In An Interview With Bill Moyers - If Memory Serves - He Admitted That He Was Surprised
cantbeserious
Jul 2014
#43
"surprised" without more could be misleading, don't you think. Surprised by what, exactly?
CTyankee
Jul 2014
#47
He Admitted Surprise About The Corrosive And Negative Impact Of Generational Wealth
cantbeserious
Jul 2014
#50
In His Moyers Interview - One Has The Sense - That He Completely Underestimated
cantbeserious
Jul 2014
#89
Yes - But He Was Surprised By The Influence And Corrosive Impact Of Generational Wealth
cantbeserious
Jul 2014
#48
Yes - However, He Has Not Advocated For Wealth Redistribution - Only Reform - That Is Table Scraps
cantbeserious
Jul 2014
#54
On An Arbitrary Scale He Is Progressive - However, He Is Hardly A Champion Of The Kind Of Change
cantbeserious
Jul 2014
#61
Paul has moved on from Princeton, exactly for the reasons you have missed here...
CTyankee
Jul 2014
#65
He is for now...he doesn't start at CUNY until either later this year or 2015...
CTyankee
Jul 2014
#175
he hasn't left yet...he assumes his post later, I forget when, but later in the year or maybe early
CTyankee
Jul 2014
#75
you keep referring to satire but have provided none, so your posts aren't making sense (to me.)
Voice for Peace
Jul 2014
#46
Thanks. I remember when Obama made an analogy to the USA as a huge ship that needed careful steering
freshwest
Jul 2014
#52
What??! That damn know-nothing Krugman. Why I just read on DU that we must not repeate the "terrible
Number23
Jul 2014
#76
You did! Eerie about sounding the same. I thought Sarah could only see Russia, not hear it!
freshwest
Jul 2014
#154
I know. Isn't it the darndest thing? How many "former" Republicans are running around DU
Number23
Jul 2014
#164
Aside from his columns, PK has authored "The Conscience of a Liberal" (2007). Here's a link
Hekate
Jul 2014
#107
I think Krugman has nailed it. He's a realist. But he is also someone who wants a better,
CTyankee
Jul 2014
#97
I don't know where you are coming from with his...read his blogs on the NYT website...
CTyankee
Jul 2014
#100
are you factoring in the obstruction from the criminal treasonous republicans?
certainot
Jul 2014
#147
President Obama has proved to be a great president, prompting outrage and infuriating
mikekohr
Jul 2014
#115
One is known by one's enemies. Especially if they join forces. And they have done so since 2010.
freshwest
Jul 2014
#144
If you love Trickle Down Reaganomics, Corporate ConservaDem, bipartisanship to a fault, BHO is an A+
blkmusclmachine
Jul 2014
#119
that's the left's fault, for continuing the worst mistake in political history- ignoring RW radio
certainot
Jul 2014
#146
I am a fan of the professor but if the NSA overreach, the race to the bottom in education, blowing
TheKentuckian
Jul 2014
#150
If you listen to the interview (the link is in this thread) and read columns by Krugman you will see
Hekate
Jul 2014
#153
My mentions of other Presidents was not that Krugman had but rather a rhetorical question to him
TheKentuckian
Jul 2014
#166
I've been posting here for 12 years. I don't do it to annoy -- that comment was a joke.
Hekate
Jul 2014
#172