Krugman speaks his mind (including a shout-out to Dean)

[RevolutionStartsNow]

This is a great article in the Guardian, an interview with Paul Krugman.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1045302,00.html

Some great stuff (please read the whole article, this is just for effect and for the little Dean-ism at the end).

Excerpt:

"Turned out the world was different from what we imagined... for the past two-and-a-half years, I've watched what began as dismay and disbelief gradually turn into foreboding. Every time you think, well, yes, but they wouldn't do that - well, then they do."

--snip--

Still, there's an important sense in which his views remain essentially moderate: unlike the growing numbers of America- bashers in Europe, Krugman doesn't make the nebulous argument that there is something inherently objectionable about the US and its role in the world. He claims only that a fundamentally benign system has been taken over by a bunch of extremists - and so his alarming analysis leaves room for optimism, because they can be removed. "One of the Democratic candidates - who I'm not endorsing, because I'm not allowed to endorse - has as his slogan, 'I want my country back'," Krugman says, referring to the campaigning motto of Howard Dean. "I think that's about right."

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. good find

n\t

[Isome]

2. We NEED the optimism.

Viewing the country through overly skeptical lenses isn't conducive to developing a workable plan to fix, or mitigate, the damage done by those "extremists" Paul referred to in his column.

[Resistance Is Futile]

3. Dupe

I posted this to the editorials fourm hours ago.

[Room101]

4. Great post, thanks

Simply chilling

[RevolutionStartsNow]

5. "Chilling"

Wow, I sent this to my stepdad last night and he just wrote back moments ago, with one comment: "chilling".

Yikes.