Conversations (Paul Krugman)
I never paid a whole lot of attention to Paul Krugman. I read his column in the New York Times whenever he popped up, but I always found it to be a little dry. I suppose I always liked his criticisms of Bush, but never thought they were as interesting as Dowd's or Frank Rich's. I also never understood his support of Hillary Clinton when it seemed clear that he no longer has a whole lot of wonderful stuff to say about Clintonian economic policy (perhaps it was her near-obession with universal health care?). But what a week he has had! I saw him on MSNBC last week talking about the crisis, and he made a ton of sense. That's when it hit me: he was a Keynes guy! How had I missed it?
Anyway, his thoughts over the course of the last week, many of which I have referenced on these pages, have been spot-on. I am not the only one who thinks this, apparently. Today, the Nobel people awarded Paul Krugman with the 2008 Nobel Prize in Economics. To honor this occasion, and my newfound appreciation of this Keynes disciple, I present his 2007 conversation with Charlie Rose:
Anyway, his thoughts over the course of the last week, many of which I have referenced on these pages, have been spot-on. I am not the only one who thinks this, apparently. Today, the Nobel people awarded Paul Krugman with the 2008 Nobel Prize in Economics. To honor this occasion, and my newfound appreciation of this Keynes disciple, I present his 2007 conversation with Charlie Rose: