thinkprogress.org - 2/7/2009
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thinkprogress.org —
Today on MSNBC, the Morning Joe team —
many of whom have been having a tough time
with the facts of the economic recovery plan — hosted Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman to discuss the bill. Krugman began by emphasizing the ...
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Krugman: How Can There Be Bipartisanship When GOP ‘Take ...
boomantribune.com - 2/9/2009
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By which title I mean to say that
Paul Krugman, Nobel laureate in Economics, has been right
all along about where the disastrous policies of deregulation, privatization and large tax cuts for the rich and multinational corporations would lead our ...
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Krugman is Our Cassandra
obsidianwings.blogs.com - 2/5/2009
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by hilzoy From the NYT : " Without
a single Republican vote, President Obama won House approval
on Wednesday for an $819 billion economic recovery plan as Congressional Democrats sought to temper their own differences over the ...
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Bipartisanship And The Stimulus
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Krugman: How Can There Be Bipartisanship When GOP ‘Take Their Marching Orders From Rush Limbaugh?’
Think Progress —
Today on MSNBC, the Morning Joe team — many of whom have been having a tough time with the facts of the economic recovery plan — hosted Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman to discuss the bill. Krugman began by emphasizing the severity of the current economic crisis. “This is not your father’s recession,” Krugman said. “This is your grandfather’s recession. This is something that is closer to what we went through in the 30s.”
Krugman criticized opposition to the “pork” in the recovery plan, calling the obstruction “irresponsible” and “ludicrous. He noted that it’s ...
Krugman tackles bipartisan cooperation
Political Animal —
KRUGMAN TACKLES BIPARTISAN COOPERATION.... Former Rep. Joe Scarborough (R-Fla.) argued this morning that policymakers should adopt a "mixed" approach to an economic recovery package, and not just go "all left or all right in these times of crises." Ironically, Scarborough, who seems oddly detached from current events, had no idea that President Obama proceeded with this exact assumption in mind. Scarborough may not have been paying attention to the news, but the White House not only engaged congressional Republicans directly, but deliberately added unstimulative tax cuts to the package to help bring GOP lawmakers on board. Obama's plan isn't "all left" in the slightest. Paul ...
Krugman: How Can There Be Bipartisanship When GOP ?Take Their Marching Orders From Rush Limbaugh??
The Hollywood Liberal —
Krugman: How Can There Be Bipartisanship When GOP ?Take Their Marching Orders From Rush Limbaugh?? Today on MSNBC, the Morning Joe team — many of whom have been having a tough time with the facts of the economic recovery plan — hosted Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman to discuss the bill. Krugman began by emphasizing the severity of the current economic crisis. “This is not your father’s recession,” Krugman said. […] Today on MSNBC, the Morning Joe team — many of whom have been having a tough time with the facts of the economic recovery plan — hosted Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman to discuss the bill. Krugman began by emphasizing the ...
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