BBCNEWS HARDtalk February 14, 2020
Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. Remember the time when political discourse was founded on those quaint concepts facts, evidence, expertise . Well, now it seems partisanship infects every corner of the realm of ideas. So says my guest yesterday, Nobel Prize Winning economist and New York Times columnist, paul krugman. His latest book suggests americas political and Economic Future is threatened by zombie ideas peddled largely by americas conservative movement. But has he become addicted to the partisan warfare he professes to despise . Paul krugman, welcome to hardtalk. You set out to b...