Samuelson, Rogers: Dollar Disaster on the Way

Monday, June 22, 2009 10:34 AM

By: Dan Weil

Nobel laureate Paul Samuelson, whose introductory economics text was used by college students from the 1960s to the 1980s, sees dark days ahead for the dollar.

While he approves of the Federal Reserve’s massive easing, the MIT economist tells The Atlantic magazine, “I don't want you to think that I think everything for the next 15 years will be cozy.â€