Paul Krugman supports minting of $US1 trillion coin
PAUL Krugman, the liberal economist who pens a widely read column for the New York Times, has joined the calls for the US to mint a $US1 trillion platinum coin as a way around the debt ceiling.
Paul Krugman, a prominent US economist who writes columns for the New York Times, has won the 2008 Nobel Prize for economics for his work on trade theory.