If you follow the news at all, you’ve probably seen Paul Krugman -- Princeton professor, New York Times columnist, and Nobel Prize-winning economist -- championing the idea that government spending can lift us out of the economic crisis. What you may not know is that Krugman is also a huge science fiction fan. In Episode 61 of Geek's Guide to the Galaxy, Krugman analyzes the cashless future of Sta
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