Krugman responds to Bill O'Reilly's claim about U.S.-Canadian life expectancy: “I need a drink” Written by Media Matters Staff Published 07/29/09 8:19 AM EDT Columnist Paul Krugman's July 28 post on his New York Times blog: Speechless Bill O'Reilly explaining that of course America has lower life expectancy than Canada - we have 10 times as many people, so we have 10 times as many deaths. I need a drink. Previously: Fuzzy math: O'Reilly says higher Canadian life expectancy is “to be expected” because “we have 10 times as many people”
