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huffingtonpost.com - 12/5/2008
Krugman: Citigroup Bailout Necessary, But Structured Outrageously
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One economist who's not pleased with the way the bailout of Citigroup is structured is Nobel Prize winner, and Princeton economics professor, Paul Krugman. Krugman acknowledged that the bailout was necessary, but wrote on his blog that the structure of this bailout is 'outrageous': A bailout ...
online.wsj.com - 11/29/2008
The Krugman Recipe for Depression
— online.wsj.com — Paul Krugman of the New York Times has been on the attack lately in regard to the... New Deal. His new book "The Return of Depression Economics," emphasizes the importance of New Deal-style spending. He has said the trouble with the New Deal was that it ... (more) The Krugman Recipe for Depression

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google.com - 12/7/2008
The Associated Press: Krugman: US auto industry will probably disappear
— google.com — 13 hours ago STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) Nobel economics prize winner Paul Krugman said Sunday that the beleaguered... U.S. auto industry will likely disappear. "It will do so because of the geographical forces that me and my colleagues have discussed," the ... (more) The Associated Press: Krugman: US auto industry will ...

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calculatedrisk.blogspot.com - 11/29/2008
Hoocoodanode?
— calculatedrisk.blogspot.com — Earlier today, I saw Greg "Bush economist" Mankiw was a little touchy about a Krugman blog comment... . My reaction was that Mankiw has some explaining to do. A key embarrassment for the economics profession in general, and Bush economists Greg Mankiw ... (more) Hoocoodanode?

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Bailouts and the corporate form
The Reaction — ... Some things have really been bothering me about the auto bailout talk vis-a-vis the financial sector bailout, and especially the recent Citigroup bailout. ...

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