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Paul Krugman Awarded Nobel Prize For Economics

Posted by kdawson on from the too-smart-fr-government dept.

zogger writes in his journal, "The guy who put together the concept of geographical location combined with cheap transportation leading to 'like trades with like' and the rise of superindustrial trading blocs has won the Nobel economics science prize. He's a bigtime critic of a lot of this administration's policies, and is unabashedly an FDR-economy styled fella. Here is his blog at the NYTimes." Reader yoyoq adds that Krugman's career choice was inspired by reading Asimov's Foundation series at a young age.

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  1. Re:Flat earth... by 77Punker · · Score: 4, Funny

    Nobody comes here to stay current with the news; we come here for discussion that's better than most other places.

  2. Re:Not just anti-Bush by jbeach · · Score: 4, Funny
    And not only has he been rude to those he's disagreed with - Krugman's actually had the horrible to tend to be right! And about one issue after another, too!

    I mean, if only he'd had the common decency to NOT predict the housing bubble, and the complete havoc it could wreak on our economy. Then everyone who told him he was totally wrong wouldn't be nursing their hurt feelings.

    The sheer nerve of that guy!

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    The Invisible Hand of the Free Market is what punches workers in the nuts.
  3. Re:Seems like a very cool guy by Lumpmoose · · Score: 5, Funny

    For even more geek cred: he made an 'All your base' reference on Olbermann last month: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVsYZo86S-k (0:48)