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Krugman on Obama Deficit Plan: 'Not Perfect,' More...

Jeffrey Brown discusses the competing visions with Paul Krugman and Douglas Holtz-Eakin.

Aired 04/14/2011

PBS News Hour

Krugman on Obama Deficit Plan: 'Not Perfect,' More...

Clip: 4/14/2011 | 10m 55s

Jeffrey Brown discusses the competing visions with Paul Krugman and Douglas Holtz-Eakin.

A week after Rep. Paul Ryan released the Republican 2012 budget blueprint, President Obama offered his plan for reducing the deficit by $4 trillion over 12 years. Jeffrey Brown discusses the competing visions with Princeton University's Paul Krugman and the American Action Forum's Douglas Holtz-Eakin.

Aired 04/14/2011

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