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openleft.com - 12/8/2008
Krugman: US Auto Industry To Disappear--What Does This Mean???
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AP is reporting (h/t ObscureName in a Quick Hits comment): Krugman: US auto industry will probably disappear By MALIN RISING - 5 hours ago STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - Nobel economics prize winner Paul Krugman said Sunday that the beleaguered U.S. auto industry will likely disappear. "It ...

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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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openleft.com - 12/4/2008
Why the Right Will Oppose Getting Us Out of Recession
— openleft.com — In a post about Depression Economics , Paul Krugman discusses deflation, or dropping price levels.  I'm seeing deflation in the local real estate market, as buyers are holding back because they think prices will keep dropping.  One theory is ... (more) Why the Right Will Oppose Getting Us Out of Recession
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edgeofthewest.wordpress.com - 12/1/2008
There she goes again.
— edgeofthewest.wordpress.com — As Paul Krugman says, Not much point in going through Amity Shlaes’s latest: after having inadvertently revealed that she has no idea what Keynesian economics is, she’s back on the warpath against FDR, and me. Krugman deals with her wages argument ... (more) There she goes again.

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News — ... also believes that the auto industry is destined to disappear, Krugman should consider the negative impact the industry's collapse would have on the economy and on Democrats' political fortunes, writes Open Left's Paul Rosenberg . The victory by Kilroy in the recount of her House race over Republican Steve Stivers makes up for Democratic losses in the three congressional runoffs held after the general election, writes Daily Kos's ...

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