WATCH: Joe Kernen – Paul Krugman Is A Communist

The CNBC host that once said Paul Krugman reminds him of a “unicorn” now has another word to describe the Nobel Prize-winning economist: communist.

Joe Kernen, an anchor for CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” made the statements Monday while defending CNN anchor Erin Burnett against a recent HuffPost article that took issue with Burnett’s claim that food prices and gas prices have spiked because of the Federal Reserve’s quantitative easing programs. Burnett moved to CNN from CNBC last year.

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