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Paul Krugman is a columnist for The New York Times and professor of Economics and International Affairs at Princeton University. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2008.
Recent statements involving Paul Krugman
The Senate-passed health care bill "is identical to the Massachusetts health care plan -- the same thing."
"If you want to talk firsts for Bush, this was the first time in American history that a president took us into a war and cut taxes."
During the 2005 fight over Social Security, "there were noisy demonstrations — but they were outside the events,” and opponents were “not disruptive — crowds booed lines they didn’t like, but that was about it."
Even high estimates for an early draft of the health care plan are "less than the $1.8 trillion cost of the Bush tax cuts."
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