http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/327/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/krugman-celebrates-europes-strong-safety-nets-letting-it-weather-crisis-better <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Paul Krugman on the superiority of the European welfare state: &quot;On the one side, those strong safety nets have meant that the amount of sheer misery in Europe is considerably less than here....But in the United States, that has really meant incredible individual hardship. In Europe - even in the troubled economies, and very much so in the stronger economies like France or Germany - there just hasn&#039;t been - things have not been so terrible....in a lot of ways, Europe is weathering this crisis better, as a human process, then we are.&quot; </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/clay-waters">Clay Waters</a> </div> </div> </div> At least he wasn't making ignorant speculation on the motives of the Tucson shooter <a target="" href="/timeswatch/articles/2011/20110110081338.aspx">before he was even identified</a>.<br /><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/krugman-celebrates-europes-strong-safety-nets-letting-it-weather-crisis-better" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles TimesWatch Europe Euros liberalmediabias NewYorkTimes NewYorkTimesbias NPR PaulKrugman TerryGross TimesWatch WelfareState Thu, 27 Jan 2011 18:43:00 +0000 admin 110 at http://archive2.mrc.org