6 Nov 2007

David Morris Discussion with Paul Krugman

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The Institute for Local Self-Reliance’s Vice-President David Morris speaks with New York Times columnist Paul Krugman in Minneapolis, November 6, 2007.

There are 11 parts to the video series. In Parts 1-3, Krugman is introduced and discusses current events, Parts 4-8, Krugman discusses American political ideology, and Parts 9-11, Krugman takes questions from the audience.

Part 1: Paul Krugman Introduction.

 

Part 2: Krugman discusses the “Second Gilded Age” and how we got to where we are today.

 

Part 3: Krugman discusses taxes and the economy.

 

Part 4: Krugman speaks of conservative politics and ideology.

 

Part 5: Krugman briefly touches on healthcare and talks about “the death of outrage.”

 

Part 6: Krugman talks about the optimism of liberal politics today and how things are different now compared to the 1993 Democratic party.

 

Part 7: Krugman talks about the difference between a liberal and a progressive and compares Democratic popularity now and in the past.

 

Part 8: Krugman talks about healthcare.

 

Part 9: Krugman takes questions from the audience.

 

Part 10: Krugman takes questions from the audience.

 

Part 11: Krugman takes questions from the audience.

 

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David Morris is co-founder of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance and currently ILSR's distinguished fellow. His five non-fiction books range from an analysis of Chilean development to the future of electric power to the transformation of cities and neighborhoods.  For 14 years he was a regular columnist for the Saint Paul Pioneer Press. His essays on public policy have appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Salon, Alternet, Common Dreams, and the Huffington Post.