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Triumph of Japan's 'Abenomics': the proof is in the lingerie
Want proof of the success of expansionary fiscal and monetary policy? Just check out the length of the skirts of Japanese all-girl bands and the undergarments of lingerie models... #Japan #TheOddAngle #Paul Krugman #Austerity #Abenomics
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The $1 trillion coin: Krugman's loony idea to save US
Economist Paul Krugman's silly idea to get over the Republican refusal to raise the US debt ceiling is a dangerous one. It will destroy all trust in the dollar #US Federal Reserve #Paul Krugman #US debt crisis #US fiscal cliff #$1 trillion Platinum Coin
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Obama's victory shows a more liberal, tolerant America
In a blog post for the New York Times, Krugman says that what this victory has done most significantly, is debunk the theory of a 'real America' that consists of partisan white voters who are more conservative in nature, and show that the country is becoming more liberal and tolerant. #Barack Obama #Paul Krugman #GoodReads #USElections2012 #Liberal America
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NewsbustersPaul Krugman’s Flagrant ‘Austerity’ Double Standard
In the past several years, the leftist economist during and following the debate over the recent “sequester” debate predicted utter disaster if it went through. According to Krugman, America was almost guaranteed to enter another recession on account of #Paul Krugman #Jean-Claude Trichet #Calvin Coolidge
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The Huffington PostHarlan Green: Ben Bernanke and the Fragile Recovery
We know how fragile is the U.S. economic recovery just from the past 48 hours, because both U.S. and Japanese stock prices plummeted and interest rates jumped, on a seemingly offhand remark made by Fed Chairman Bernanke in congressional testimony that a #Ben Bernanke #Paul Krugman #Europe
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HullabalooVSP macho complex
by digby Paul Krugman posted this interesting take on the psychology of the Very Serious People today: It was obvious during the runup to the Iraq war that what was going on in the minds of many hawks — and not just the neocons — was not so much a deep d #Paul Krugman #Winston Churchill #Paul Volcker