Top US economist Paul Krugman-1999

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA: Top US economist Paul Krugman (L) chats with Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad after they met at a business seminar in Kuala Lumpur, 27 August 1999. Krugman said Malaysia no longer needed its capital control because the Asian financial crisis has abated.

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