Krugman on Obama Deficit Plan: 'Not Perfect,' More...

Name: Krugman on Obama Deficit Plan: 'Not Perfect,' More...
Uploaded: 2011-04-15T00:00:00Z
Duration: P655S
Description: A week after Rep. Paul Ryan released the Republican 2012 budget blueprint, President Obama offered his plan for reducing the deficit by $4 trillion over 12 years. Jeffrey Brown discusses the competing visions with Princeton University's Paul Krugman and the American Action Forum's Douglas Holtz-Eakin.

Clip: 04/14/2011 | 10m 55s

A week after Rep. Paul Ryan released the Republican 2012 budget blueprint, President Obama offered his plan for reducing the deficit by $4 trillion over 12 years. Jeffrey Brown discusses the competing visions with Princeton University's Paul Krugman and the American Action Forum's Douglas Holtz-Eakin.

Aired: 04/14/11

Rating: NR

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Krugman on Obama Deficit Plan: 'Not Perfect,' More...

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