From Bloomberg Markets and Finance.

Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman played down concerns about the US government’s burgeoning debt ahead of potential default next week and said budget negotiators risked undermining the nation’s future prosperity by focusing their efforts to cut spending on such programs as education and child nutrition.  He speaks during an interview with Bloomberg’s David Westin for Friday’s Wall Street Week television program.

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