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Podcast: The Prospect Podcast
Episode: Paul Krugman on zombie economics
Description: Nobel prize-winning economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman joins the Prospect podcast to talk about what he calls “zombie economics”: the right-wing free market economic orthodoxy that he believes persists past its sell-by date. He also reflects on America’s 2020 election, whether he misjudged Obama, and if he has faith in the future of economics.Paul Krugman’s Arguing with Zombies: Economics, Politics, and the Fight for a Better Future, is published by W. W. Norton: https://www.wwnorton.co.uk/books/9781324005018-arguing-with-zombiesArticles discussed in the introduction:Paul Krugman...