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Another brief encounter with Paul Krugman

26 Feb

On Friday evening February 25th Paul Krugman, president of the Eastern Economic Association, gave an address to a several hundred economists who were attending the organization’s annual conference in New York City.  Krugman’s talk, “The profession and the crisis,” was quintessential Krugmanesque–well organized, witty, occasionally sarcastic, and full of errors, especially during the Q&A.  However, it was heartening to listen to a Nobel Laureate in Economics admit, “Economists blew it,” as far as recognizing the housing bubble and the severity of the bust.

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