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Krugman On The Financial Crisis And Public Spending

Paul Krugman speaks at a press conference at Princeton University following the announcement that he had won the 2008 Nobel Prize in Economics.
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Paul Krugman speaks at a press conference at Princeton University following the announcement that he had won the 2008 Nobel Prize in Economics.

Nobel laureate Paul Krugman believes that increased public spending — akin to the efforts of the New Deal during the Great Depression — is the best way to escape the financial crisis and regain American global leadership.

In his Oct. 16 column in The New York Times, Krugman writes, "It's politically fashionable to rant against government spending and demand fiscal responsibility. But right now, increased government spending is just what the doctor ordered, and concerns about the budget deficit should be put on hold."

Paul Krugman is a professor of economics and international affairs at Princeton University, and the recipient of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Economics. He has been an op-ed columnist for The New York Times since 1999. His most recent books are The Conscience of a Liberal and The Great Unraveling: Losing Our Way in the New Century.

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