Paul Krugman interview at 3:00pm EDT on WHYY's "Fresh Air" re:Katrina

(He is being interviewed, along with someone from the Heritage Foundation. I don't know what format the interviews will take, but Terry Gross is almost always good at moderating her interviews. Check your local NPR Radio station or goto the links below for streaming audio)

At Odds Over Bush's Approach to Katrina Costs

by Terry Gross
Audio for this story will be available at approx. 3:00 p.m. ET

Fresh Air from WHYY, October 6, 2005 · Faced with a need for massive rebuilding in the Gulf Coast, President Bush has refused to estimate how much the effort might cost. He has also said he won't raise taxes to pay for the operation, recommending Congress find other programs in the federal budget to cut. To discuss the president's economic policy, we speak with Paul Krugman and Stuart Butler.

Krugman is a columnist for The New York Times; Butler is a vice president of the Heritage Foundation, focusing on domestic and economic policy. The pair debate Bush's economic policy as the country deals with the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

Krugman has written extensively -- and often quite critically -- about the economic policy of the Bush administration. In a recent memo on rebuilding the Gulf Coast, Butler and other Heritage Foundation members stated that private investment; direct assistance to individuals; and sound economics should be the basis of recovery.

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(A list of times and local stations that stream this program at the link below)
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(audio also at the link above soon)

...just about everything. :wow:

Who'd a thunk it?

BTW: times very, so check the local link above.

Really was a surprising interview, I never thought the Heritage Foundation guy would agree so much.

Still, I'll give 'Krug-The MAN' the victory in this debate. Am I biased? Absolutely! The other fellow was surprising, I expected a 'Bill Bennet type' coming from the Heritage Foundation. He was surprisingly civil.

Both private and public schools were similarly devestated and there's no logical reason to give vouchers to go to private schools in this situation and nobody anywhere has decided that vouchers makes sense in any other circumstance every time the issue has been voted on by Americans.

It's amazing that the Heritage Foundation guy concedes that the government should pay for roads, but then has such a boner for the idea of privatizing schools. If schools were privatized, poor people would be totally screwed. There would be a permanent underclass.

There is only a set number of spots at private schools. They would have to massively expand and Krugman pointed that it would not be possible for a private school to hire any faster then a public school.

all these children...