 And now, Paul, if you will join me on the stage, Professor Krugman, for your courage, passion, insight, knowledge, and dedication to improving the lives and living standards of American workers and their families. I am honored to present you with the Economic Policy Institute's first Distinguished Economist Award. It's, I'm kind of abashed, I feel like an imposter here, to be honored along with legends like Ray Marshall. And people like Kim and Malin, and all of the labor leaders we have here, people who have actually fought the struggle. And I just sit in a comfortable office and peck away at a keyboard. It's, as I say, it's humbling, and I feel a little embarrassed to be in this company. But we are here, not, oh, and I should, by the way, give a shout out. Robin Wells is here. My conscience and my frontline editor, both. So, terribly important. We're here to honor EPI, and which has had an extraordinary, as everyone here said, incredible amount of influence. Now more than ever, there is no voice, I think, that's having as much impact on the debate and pushing in the right direction. And as several people, as the video and everyone else is pointing out, it's kind of remarkable because it is a relatively small organization. And it's not just that it's small compared with these behemoths on the other side, but that it lacks the, there isn't the kind of power behind it that other alleged think tanks have. There isn't a loyal body of politicians who will back up whatever it's pushing for. There is a progressive movement, has made great strides, but it's nothing like discipline and power and money, what's on the other side. And so it's truly remarkable that it has this much influence. I put up a blog post yesterday, and I think I want to not amend it so much as add to it. I said that there were two secrets to EPI's influence. And those are two, but I think there's actually three. So, they are first impeccable, impeccable work. I said it, you saw me quoted at various points here. You can trust a number from EPI, and not just that, you can trust the analysis. It's always done with great care. There's no cutting of corners to make a political point. It's always done right. And the other thing is that although it's impeccable work, it's done, it stands for something. EPI is not just somebody crunching numbers, it's not just turning out vaguely policy related stuff. It's for a cause, and that causes, of course, the status and the hopes of working men and women in this country. But there's one more thing, I think, to say about this, which is the real secret, which is that EPI stands for the right cause. It's standing for the right things. There are these giant organizations with vast budgets and enormous political power, but what they're basically in the business of doing is they're in the business of defending the indefensible. They're in the business of trying to create excuses for why an immensely wealthy country should have so many people who are struggling to have decent wages or adequate health care or a good education for their children, or in many cases to find a job at all. Whereas EPI is in the business of explaining why we can and should have these things, why we should be able to have a decent society. EPI is scholarship on behalf of truth, justice, and a decent country for all of its citizens. That's a powerful thing. It's something that transcends the scale of the organization. It is what needs to be done. Congratulations to this organization, and may the next 25 years be greeted, not just with this kind of intellectual success, but with the kind of changes in America that EPI fights for better than anybody else.