That's LAUREATE Dr. Krugman, please

October 13, 2008 at 5:53PM
An undated handout photo shows top US economist Paul Krugman, who won the 2008 Nobel Economics Prize on October 13, 2008 for "analysis of trade patterns and location of economic activity," the Nobel jury said. AFP PHOTO / EEA
Paul Krugman (Agence France-Presse/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Paul Krugman, the syndicated New York Times columnist, won the Nobel Prize in Economics today. So naturally, his column in today's Times commands a certain attention. He argues that the British response to the world financial crisis was smarter and faster than ours. Here's a quote:

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