Krugman on Charlie Rose

Here is the interview by Charlie Rose of Paul Krugman. The discussion focuses on healthcare and the economy:



The "highlight" of this video, for me, is when Krugman points out that the US is already 60% of the way toward a single payer healthcare system (via Medicare, Medicaid, and the VA). So most of the Washington mud slinging ignores reality. Yep. But that is what ideologues mostly do: ignore reality in order to indulge their fantasy world of "ideas".

For a different look at Paul Krugman, here's "The Krugman Blues" by Loudon Wainwright III: