Re: [Marxism] Paul Krugman: Obama recovery plan inadequate

[Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx>]

Charles Brown wrote:
> CB: Krugman is proposing a bigger Stimulus than O.  "Averse" is
> tendentious. Krugman's proposal is not qualitatively different than O's
> plan.  Usually you would  be criticizing Krugman as just another
> bourgeois economist, but because he's _talking_ a bit stronger than O,
> you forget your normal criticism of bourgeois economists.
> 
> Krugman is not proposing socialism.

I know that, but at least he is defending a consistent liberal solution 
to the economic crisis. Most people with illusions in Obama expected him 
to name somebody like Krugman to a top economics post rather than the 
pro-corporate types he has surrounded himself with. Btw, today's 
Washington Post has an interview with Obama that includes his stated 
desire to "solve" the entitlements problem in Social Security and 
Medicare. It is rather ironic that the New Deal was launched through 
Social Security and the man elected under the illusion by some that he 
will launch a new New Deal seems determined to attack a major New Deal 
program.


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