[kj] OT: Nobel prize-winning economist Paul Krugman on the economic crisis

[Karen Weil]

Excellent choice on Moyers, Oliver. His show is one of the few truly 
civilized news programs out there in this country; too bad there aren't more 
like it here.

Cheers,

k.w.
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From: "B. Oliver Sheppard" <bigblackhair at sbcglobal.net>
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> Yep, you and I must be reading the same folks these days. I like Roubini 

> as well.

>

> There is kind of an axis of economists in this vein: Paul Krugman is 

> probably "the leader" of the pack, then there's Nouriel Roubini, but also 

> James K. Galbraith (from here in Austin, TX), Dean Baker (who, in print, 

> at least, is probably the snarkiest and most bitter of them all), Doug 

> Henwood, and also former IMF head (believe it or not) Simon Johnson.

>

> Bill Moyers on PBS (in the USA) has been doing a great job of getting all 

> these guys on his show every Friday. There is a collection of the 

> interviews with them all, on video, here:

>

> http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/finance/

>

> It's about halfway down the page.

>

> -Oliver

>

>

> Brendan Quinn wrote:

>> Nouriel Roubini is another one I have a lot of time for. I like both of

>> their demeanours actually, vivid lack of bullshit-detector warnings I

>> normally get when listening to politicians for example...they actually 

>> take

>> the time to mull questions over and their answers actually make sense, 

>> and

>> admit uncertainty...

>> http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/17/magazine/17pessimist-t.html

>>

>>

>

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