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Paul Krugman on Jack Lew, Obama’s Treasury Choice
January 10, 2013
Our current obsession with slashing the deficit is getting in the way of real work that needs to be done to preserve both our economy and our democracy. It’s all about jobs, says Paul Krugman, who joins Bill Moyers on the next Moyers & Company. In this preview clip, the Nobel Prize-winning economist and New York Times columnist discusses President Obama’s choice for Treasury Secretary, Jack Lew, as well as his reaction to public support for Krugman himself in that job.
“I probably have more influence doing what I do now than I would if I were inside trying to do the court power games that come with any White House — which I don’t think I’d be any good at, so this is fine,” Krugman tells Bill. “What the president needs right now is a hard-nosed negotiator. And rumor has it that’s what he’s got.”
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