Comments on: Krugman Wins Nobel in Economics

By: akak

akak — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:22:57 +0000

My homepage is BBC, and they have a really hot photo of him! http://www.bbc.co.uk/?ok

By: amilius

amilius — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:40:04 +0000

This prize is wonderful and well-deserved. Paul Krugman frequently makes the dismal science not so obscure and, therefore, not so foreboding.

By: bigbrother

bigbrother — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:38:00 +0000

Excellent Europeans are sending a strong message…it is world market not a Bush crony market G7 made a strong statement.

By: TheShadowKnows

TheShadowKnows — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:23:42 +0000

Congratulations to Paul Krugman.

I still believe Robert Reich is in the same league as Krugman, perhaps ahead in points by reason of Reich’s experience and ability to express the complex simply.

By: Teddy Partridge

Teddy Partridge — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:44:22 +0000

This is really wonderful news for the world.

By: bonkers

bonkers — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:02:22 +0000

Right on. Hillary’s plan called for “mandates” which is really disturbing to me. Forcing us to participate in a broken system is not a good idea, and would be a boon to the Insurance companies and allows people like Hillary to say she’s bringing “universal” healthcare – by force! I saw Obama respond to a question about this a long time ago, and he hinted that he personally would like to see a single-payer system, where you can chose to use it or not like in Canada, but feels we need to take steps in that direction first, and that’s what his plan is, albeit a baby step. Neither are that exciting but at least my family, which practices mostly natural and preventative remedies, wouldn’t be forced to join the corrupt Medical Industrial Complex.

By: BargainCountertenor

BargainCountertenor — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:38:46 +0000

So was this a shout-out at Bush-Cheney-Bernanke-Paulson?

It’s not like the Nobel committees aren’t above making political statements…

By: egregious

egregious — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:04:22 +0000

I had the pleasure of meeting Krugman at the Democratic Convention and chatting with him about economics for a few minutes.

By: daveotr

daveotr — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:03:32 +0000

May I say “Bush Critic Krugman Wins 2008 Nobel for Economics” is a wonderful headline. Talk about getting the most important information out there first.

When Milton Friedman won, did the headline writers refer to him as “Pinochet Pal Milton Friedman”?

By: moeman

moeman — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:41:47 +0000

Congrats to Mr. Krugman.