http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/hardtalk/9725121.stm
At a lecture on Tuesday night he gave a withering attack on the British coalition government for its austerity policy. Speaking to the BBC Today radio program, Krugman said the economy is "failing dismally yet the government is insisting it will not change course", something he believes comes down to the "vanity of politicians". Pursuing austerity is "a deeply destructive policy" in a time of economic depression, he told Evan Davis. It is a time where cuts "are simply not good sense" he believes, but admits that with a stronger economy he would "turn into a fiscal hawk". Krugman also appeared on BBC Newsnight this week - sitting opposite venture capitalist Jon Moulton and Conservative MP Andrea Leadsom. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18281669
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