Click the top link on this page to hear (with Real Player or WinDoze Media Player) Wednesday's Fresh Air interview with Princeton economist Paul Krugman. (If you are not familiar with Fresh Air: Fresh Air with Terry Gross, the Peabody Award-winning weekday magazine of contemporary arts and issues, is one of public radio's most popular programs. Each week nearly four million people tune in to the show's intimate conversations broadcast on more than 414 National Public Radio (NPR) stations across the country, as well as in Europe on the World Radio Network.)
The interview is NOT your average dry, boring economic yadda-yadda. What he has to say about our current budget crisis (and I use the word intentionally) is truly sobering and more than a bit frightening. Social Security, deficits, the war in Iraq, growing defense budgets and the long-term ongoing forced privatization of federalized infrastructure all occupy Mr. Krugman's thoughts these days. Krugman is a NY Times Op-Ed regular, and is also seen on Salon. His new book is a collection of his columns from January 2000 to January 2003. He has recently been called "the most important political columnist in America" by Washington Monthly and "America's most dangerous liberal pundit" by The National Review. Anyone who inspires this sort of polarity is bound to be saying some challenging stuff.
Many of his writings, as well as current interview transcripts and more are linked on The Unofficial Paul Krugman Archive. Paul Krugman is worth reading, for what he says about tax cuts, entitlements, and political agendas. He is decidedly critical of current administration policies, but less strident and less partisan than many current naysayers--his point is that the NUMBERS simply don't make sense. I find him to be a compelling voice crying in the wilderness, (and love that he calls the current White House occupants "The Bushies").
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