Paul Krugman, qui porte deux chapeaux, celui de chroniqueur au New York Times et professeur d'économie à l'Université Princeton, examine ici les positions économiques des aspirants républicains et démocrates à la présidence. Il trouve révélateurs les commentaires récents de certains candidats, comme on peut le lire dans le passage suivant, que je cite dans le texte :
Take, for example, John McCain's admission that economics isn't his thing. "The issue of economics is not something I've understood as well as I should," he says. "I've got Greenspan book."
His self deprecating humor is attractive, as always. But shouldn't we worry about a candidate who's so out of touch that he regards Mr. Bubble, the man who refused to regulate subprime lending and assured us that there was at most some "froth" in the house market, as a source of sage advice?