I really like reading Paul Krugman. An example of how he has changed my opinion is my entry from 9/19/07 called Paul Krugman: The Conscience of a Liberal. So I was pleased to see he won a Nobel prize for economics. Charlie Rose had him on the other day and here is a link to it.
http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=-2534646004859845999:101000:2173000&hl=en
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