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Paul Krugman on the ‘Cartoon Physics’ of the 2008 Crash

Jun 21, 2012 11:16 AM EDT

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Thursday marks the penultimate installment of our extended profile of economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman. The topic: What happened in the great crash of ’08? Are we in danger of forgetting the lessons learned and getting ourselves into yet another financial disaster?

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