Paul Krugman: Republican Party's Base 'Is By And Large Elderly White People Arguing With Empty Chair...

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Krugman has argued that the rich embrace Republican economic policies both because they want more money and simply because they're more inclined to buy into theories that justify their wealth. In a May interview with Reuters, Krugman said that rich people "want the world to praise them for their wealth, so they want economic theories that praise rich people as the salvation of the rest of us."

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