paul krugman is a nobel prize-winning economist/columnist/professor of economics and international affairs at princeton. so when he says the global economy is about to implode, it’s a sobering alarum (not to mention allurement to knock back a shot or two). The fact is that recent economic numbers have been terrifying, not just in the United States but around the world. Manufacturing, in particular, is plunging everywhere. Banks aren’t lending; businesses and consumers aren’t spending. Let’s not mince ...

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