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Paul Krugman vs. The Daily Show
In a recent New York Times column (“ The Uneducated American ”), Paul Krugman writes that, “for the past 30 years our political scene has been dominated by the view that any and all government spending is a waste of taxpayer dollars.” As a result, Krugman continues, U.S. education has been ...
Krugman on the end of trade
blogs.reuters.com — Paul Krugman gave a pleasingly wonkish talk at the World Business Forum today: the attendees with their... Speaker Workbooks will have found it difficult to fill out the Paul Krugman Summary Sheet on page 95, complete with blanks where they are meant to ... (more) Krugman on the end of trade
The Curious Capitalist
curiouscapitalist.blogs.time.com — My throwaway line that some people at the University of Chicago "reeeeaaaally didn't like Paul Krugman's article... about the state of macroeconomics " has gotten so much traffic, thanks to a link from Krugman , that I feel obliged to go a bit deeper. My ... (more) The Curious Capitalist
Get a Grip on It
economicprincipals.com — The Nobel Prize is among the world’s most successful brands. Since 1901, the program has enabled Scandinavians... to have a resonant voice in world affairs despite their relative isolation in northern latitudes. They’ve done it by taking great pains ... (more) Get a Grip on It
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Education Costs and Opportunity Costs
EclectEcon — ... There's a reason that spending per student on education has increased over the past four decades. There's a reason that the number of staff members per student in education has grown over time even though average performance scores haven't changed much (see this). ...

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