Jon Stewart & The Trillion Dollar Coin Joke

"Economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman slammed Jon Stewart for his segment on the platinum coin, saying that "Obviously neither he nor his staff did even five minutes of looking at the financial blogs."*

Economist Paul Krugman chastised Jon Stewart and The Daily Show for making a joke of the trillion dollar coin. Was Stewart "lazy" or does he have a point? Does Krugman know The Daily Show is supposed to be comedic? Cenk Uygur breaks it down with his take on the trillion dollar coin.

*Read more from Jillian Rayfield/Salon:
http://www.salon.com/2013/01/13/paul_...

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[MrToothNose]

Fuck you TYT, your videos have the most MISLEADING thumbnails EVER. When I click on a related video, I want to see said related video, not YOUR THOUGHTS on the video!

[JoshBoschke]

A $1 trillion dollar coin? Why not make a $16 trillion dollar coin? Keynesian economics has been and always will be nothing but pure fantasy.

[IcarusLime]

I'm a Progressive, but Krugman annoys the hell out of me.

[Lukas Skliuderis]

i agree FED has so much power over government its absurd

[Lukas Skliuderis]

Keynesians will not survive because there is one thing these called INTERNET. Austrian School of economics is getting such a big momentum right now and once USA will get its well deserved greatest depresion ever i'm thinking Keynesians are going to become fucking history and real economics will have their go

[Lukas Skliuderis]

Krugman is fukcing sad

[Alex Four]

Jesus Christ, this guy is still such a tool. It's the Republicans!!

You TOOL!! Don't get it!! They're all in bed together. It's the republicrats and the demoblicans. Bill Clinton Took us to war too. We haven't had a non blood thirsty killer president since JFK.

Forget the two headed one party system. The politicians are owned by the private Central Bank (FED), the same people Bernanke and Krugman work for when they lie through their teeth.

[namehoela]

Krugman is laughable

[mike130188]

The best part about this is, Stewart is making a joke about the ridiculous notion of the Federal Reserve creating money out of thin air.

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[Nick Mulgrave]

28 seconds in. goodbye