Benjamin Lee

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09/25/2009 Mises Daily Benjamin Lee

In 2009, Krugman stated that "deficits saved the world." However, in 2003, when Alan Greenspan and the Bush administration were destroying this country's balance sheet, Krugman was scared to death about inflation.

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