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Paul Krugman on the 'Cartoon Physics' of the 2008 Crash

Clip: 6/21/2012 | 3m 14s

Economist Paul Krugman discusses the causes of the 2008 Crash with Paul Solman.

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?

06/21/2012

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