EconWatch.com > Economist's View: Paul Krugman: The Madoff Economy
[Economist's View] But now you have to draw the consequences of this, and somebody's else, written truth about fraud and corruption economy: a) what is the point and macro arithmetic of a 600 Billions fiscal stimulus when Madoff with just a pen writes off about 10% of that "wealth"? b) What about progressive and financial transactions taxation?
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