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Paul Krugman: Obama and the Democrats' Chances

2008-06-09T15:32:11Z

"If you were going to design a presidential campaign from the Democratic side so as to minimize the chances of actually winning, what would you do?" Economist Paul Krugman has doubts about Obama's chances.

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Paul Krugman: The Iraq War

2008-06-17T03:30:43Z

"What's the greatest political crime of this administration--it's certainly the war," says economist Paul Krugman.

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Paul Krugman: Getting out of the Economic Crisis

2008-06-17T03:30:43Z

"Regulation is not going to get us out of the current crisis, " says economist Paul Krugman. "It's what you do to prevent a recurrence. Basically, we are going to have to figure out which parts of this greatly expanded financial system are, in fact, going to be things that we have to rescue in a crisis."

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Oil Hits $100 a Barrel for the First Time

2008-06-13T09:37:02Z

Thankfully, we have Paul Krugman to remind us of the brilliant right-wing predictions of years past:

Rupert Murdoch, on the eve of the invasion of Iraq:
The greatest thing to come out of this for the world economy, if you could put it that way, would be $20 a barrel for oil. That's bigger than any tax cut in any country

Why, golly gee, I wonder who's profiting from the higher oil prices? Ahh, remember the good old days, when the Bushies tried to scare everyone about the horrid possibility that gas would go above $1 dollar a gallon if Al Gore were elected.

Now, let's see what position the ruling class has put us in for the coming years...

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Authors@Google: Paul Krugman

2008-06-15T21:31:26Z

In "The Conscience of a Liberal", Paul Krugman, today's most widely read economist, studies the past eighty years of American history, from the reforms that tamed the harsh inequality of the Gilded Age to the unraveling of that achievement and the reemergence of immense economic and political inequality since the 1970s. Seeking to understand both what happened to middle-class America and what it will take to achieve a "new New Deal," Krugman has created a work that weaves together a nuanced account of three generations of history with sharp political, social, and economic analysis.

Paul Krugman, who was named Columnist of the Year by Editor and Publisher magazine, writes a twice-weekly column for the op-ed page of the New York Times. He is a professor of economics and international affairs at Princeton University, and the author or editor of 20 books and more than 200 professional journal articles. In recognition of his work, he has received the John Bates Clark Medal from the American Economic Association, an award given every two years to the top economist under the age of 40. The Economist said he is "the most celebrated economist of his generation."

This Authors@Google event took place December 14, 2007 at Google Headquarters in Mountain View, CA.

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Headzup: Tom DeLay Wants To "Bitch Slap" Paul Krugman

2008-06-09T15:33:53Z

Disgraced former House Majority Leader, Tom DeLay, laments on how he'd like to "bitch slap" New York Times columnist, Paul Krugman.

Read more about it here--
http://www.examiner.com/blogs/Yeas_and_Nays/2007/11/20/DeLay-Knocks-GOP-The-leadership-just-isnt-getting-it

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Greed

2008-06-14T09:30:42Z

"Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right. Greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit." So said fictional character Gordon Gekko, the embodiment of a 1980s corporate raider in the movie Wall Street.

Yet, sadly, just as the Gekko character was based on real men and the greed speech on an actual address, today we also see real live Gekkoesque creatures of venality kwown as equity fund managers. For these self-appointed demi-Gods who lord over Wall Street, no amount of compensation is too much and no amount of compassion too small. Furthermore, it is this very ruinous rapacity that is playing an important role in damaging our economy, assaulting the standard of living of middle class Americans and raising economic disparity to levels unseen since The Gilded Age.

In general, while policy and our cultural ethic dictated that in the 1950s and 1960s, CEOs didn't make exorbitant salaries while the wages and benefits of their workers stagnated, the Right has led an assault on both since the 1970s, which has been a startling "success." According to Paul Krugman, in an article entitled The Great Wealth Transfer:

The reason most Americans think the economy is fair to poor is simple: For most Americans, it really is fair to poor. Wages have failed to keep up with rising prices. Even in 2005, a year in which the economy grew quite fast, the income of most non-elderly families lagged behind inflation. The number of Americans in poverty has risen even in the face of an official economic recovery, as has the number of Americans without health insurance. Most Americans are little, if any, better off than they were last year and definitely worse off than they were in 2000.
But how is this possible? The economic pie is getting bigger -- how can it be true that most Americans are getting smaller slices? The answer, of course, is that a few people are getting much, much bigger slices. Although wages have stagnated since Bush took office, corporate profits have doubled. The gap between the nation's CEOs and average workers is now ten times greater than it was a generation ago. And while Bush's tax cuts shaved only a few hundred dollars off the tax bills of most Americans, they saved the richest one percent more than $44,000 on average. In fact, once all of Bush's tax cuts take effect, it is estimated that those with incomes of more than $200,000 a year -- the richest five percent of the population -- will pocket almost half of the money. Those who make less than $75,000 a year -- eighty percent of America -- will receive barely a quarter of the cuts. In the Bush era, economic inequality is on the rise.
Rising inequality isn't new. The gap between rich and poor started growing before Ronald Reagan took office, and it continued to widen through the Clinton years. But what is happening under Bush is something entirely unprecedented: For the first time in our history, so much growth is being siphoned off to a small, wealthy minority that most Americans are failing to gain ground even during a time of economic growth -- and they know it.

Paul Krugman on The Young Turks

2008-06-15T09:30:19Z

Watch the entire show at www.theyoungturks.com. New York Times columnist talks about Liberalism and the current conservative movement.

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Paul Krugman in Boulder CO, 4/13/07 part 3

2008-06-11T16:34:37Z

Paul Krugman speaking at the Univ of Colorado for 59th Annual Conference on World Affairs (pt3of4)

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Paul Krugman in Boulder CO, 4/13/07 part 2

2008-06-10T10:37:06Z

Paul Krugman speaking at the Univ of Colorado for 59th Annual Conference on World Affairs (pt2of4)

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Paul Krugman in Boulder CO, 4/13/07 part 1

2008-06-07T20:33:01Z

Paul Krugman 13 april 2007 talk in memory of Molly Ivins given at the 59th annual Conference on World Affairs final symposium on last day @ Pots and Pans were proudly Banging in Memory of Molly at the end (pt 1 of 3?}

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Paul Krugman in Boulder CO, 4/13/07 part 4

2008-06-11T16:34:37Z

MOLLY IVINS FREEDOM FIGHTIN' MEMORIAL PLENARY In Front of Your Nose 2:30pm Friday April 13, 2007 Macky Auditorium Panelists:Paul Krugman Then: A Moment NOT of Silence in Honor of Molly Ivins (Feel free to bring pots and pans to bang!) The Conference challenges its participants to discuss a wide-range of issues on an impromptu basis—offering a refreshing alternative to the specialized gatherings of academia and the business world. According to columnist Molly Ivins, CWA panels offer "astonishing, cross-disciplinary insights, whole new ways of looking at old questions, and information that can transform the way you look at things." www.colorado.edu/cwa/information

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Bill O'Reilly lying with rebuttal

2008-06-12T15:37:46Z

Bill O'Reilly lied about a few things on Tim Russert's show, so here is a point-by-point rebuttal with scenes from Outfoxed.

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