He’s been pimping his book, End This Depression Now!. He’s been getting a lot of publicity lately and has been on a book tour in Europe and here. I found this youtube video of Paul giving a short presentation on his book and doing a Q&A in Cambridge, MA. For an economist, he’s very entertaining and funny. I like his upbeat optimism.
Here’s hoping his book is wildly successful and that the working class (that would be all of us not living on our investments, O Best Beloved) encounter him in their travels across the media spectrum. I fear he is a tiny voice in the wilderness unless he hits #1 on Amazon.
Disclaimer: You don’t need to order it from Amazon. You can buy it at Barnes and Noble. I saw it there yesterday. You can probably get it at the Princeton Book Store, if you’re so inclined. Or iTunes. Whatever frosts your crockies. I only mention Amazon because their top ranked booklist tends to get a lot of attention and maybe some economically and politically naive person might stumble on it. Let’s not make this a diatribe about how evil Amazon is as a corporation or, you know, foolish consistencies, hobgoblins and all that.
{{rolling eyes}}
AND I WEAR NIKES!
So there!
(about an hour but it goes very quickly if you’re doing other things while you’re listening)
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Sounds fun! I’ll play it while I do my morning walk!! Thanks, RD.
My old browser doesn’t support these new-fangled videos, but yes, here’s hoping Krugman gets some attention. Except perhaps for the part about the Europeans needing to experience a Sherman’s march.
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/22/the-euro-is-flat/
I was going to say that my favorite Just So Story was “The Butterfly that Stamped,” but I took another look and perhaps this isn’t the place for it.
I’ve BEEN to this bookstore!!! Just last February, in fact — it’s great!
Which bookstore?
This is where he’s speaking, Politics and Prose in Washington, DC. The URL is on the sign in front of him.
It’s a great store.
Look at this page — they have a printing press so anyone can print a book!
I really enjoyed this talk. He gave a pretty long introduction then opened the discussion up for questions. And there were some pretty good questions.