Why didn't we see this coming?
Lest We Forget
Paul Krugman, The New York Times: A few months ago I found myself at a meeting of economists and finance officials, discussing - what else? - the crisis. There was a lot of soul-searching going on. One senior policy maker asked, 'Why didn't we see this coming?' There was, of course, only one thing to say in reply, so I said it: 'What do you mean "we," white man?' Seriously, though, the official had a point. Some people say that the current crisis is unprecedented, but the truth is that there were plenty of precedents, some of them of very recent vintage. Yet these precedents were ignored."
http://www.truthout.org/112808D
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Paul Krugman, The New York Times: A few months ago I found myself at a meeting of economists and finance officials, discussing - what else? - the crisis. There was a lot of soul-searching going on. One senior policy maker asked, 'Why didn't we see this coming?' There was, of course, only one thing to say in reply, so I said it: 'What do you mean "we," white man?' Seriously, though, the official had a point. Some people say that the current crisis is unprecedented, but the truth is that there were plenty of precedents, some of them of very recent vintage. Yet these precedents were ignored."
http://www.truthout.org/112808D
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Paul+Krugman
rudkla - 28. Nov, 22:39
