The Likely Result of Krugmanian Economics: bartering cuckoo clocks for bread
Jim Fedako
Krugman is advocating a new stimulus package of some $600 billion. Since his number was derived using current conditions and "back-of-the-envelope calculations," expect the amount to grow as the economy worsens. According to my you-have-got-to-be-kidding calculations, $600 billion is $2,000 per capita, $16,000 for my family of eight, and a whole lot of paper nothing.
Question: When should my wife plan to begin loading wheelbarrows of newly-printed paper each morning in a desperate race to obtain real wealth?
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