Krugman: Prospect of Euro collapse might concentrate their minds…

Perhaps this is what the No campaign is hoping for? Krugman interviewed in the FT: “No. I don’t think they can save Greece but they can still save the rest if they’re willing to offer open-ended financing and macroeconomic expansion.” But this would mean persuading the Germans to change their philosophy of economic life. “Well, the prospect of hanging concentrates the mind; the prospect of a collapse of the euro might concentrate their minds.” Mick FealtyMick is founding editor of …

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Free trade: Does protectionism protect or destroy jobs?

Neither, according to Paul Krugman. Protectionism causes a misallocation of internal resources, i.e. an economy wastes resources on producing products and services it would be more efficient to import. Any doubts as to where he stands on protectionism v free trade should be readily cleared up by this quote Just to be clear, I don’t think the Smoot-Hawley tariff was a good thing — it was a really bad thing. Nasty protectionism! Bad Smoot-Hawley! Bad! Bad! Bad! Krugman on what …

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