Paul Krugman on Barack Obama

Dear Mr President: Please Read Your Blogs -- (It's Not Like Eating Your Spinach)

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 05.25.2011

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Miles Mogulescu

It would be a bit disturbing if a president who has said he wants to hear the widest range of opinions on important issues would want to dismiss those who write blog posts.

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Krugman: 'The Obama Administration Is Dithering' On Banks

The Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.25.2011

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In his column today, Nobel laureate economist and intermittent critic of the Obama administration, accuses the President and his economic team of "dit...

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Krugman: The Case For Nationalization

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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Comrade Greenspan wants us to seize the economy's commanding heights. O.K., not exactly. What Alan Greenspan, the former Federal Reserve chairman -- ...

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Krugman: 'Obama's Victory Feels Like Defeat'

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the New York Times, Paul Krugman wonders why President Obama's stimulus win doesn't feel like one: By any normal political standards, this week's...

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Krugman on Obama and 'You 2.0'

Juliette Powell | Posted 05.25.2011

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Juliette Powell

There have been some proposed appointments in the national security area, or at least floated appointments, that have essentially been torpedoed because the online community said, "No."

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Obama Right to Reassure Wall Street Markets With Rubinauts But Also Needs Econ Advisors Who Stand for Main Street

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 05.25.2011

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Miles Mogulescu

We can only hope that Obama balances the smart Rubinauts whom he has picked to lead his economic team with some equally smart pro-Main Street economic minds.

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Krugman Hits Obama Over Working-Class Voters

NY Times | Paul Krugman | Posted 05.25.2011

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fter Barack Obama's defeat in Pennsylvania, David Axelrod, his campaign manager, brushed it off: "Nothing has changed tonight in the basic physics of ...

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Paul Krugman Attacks Obama On Electability

NY Times | Paul Krugman | Posted 05.25.2011

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After their victory in the 2006 Congressional elections, it seemed a given that Democrats would try to make this year's presidential campaign another ...

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Krugman Has Met The Enemy, And It Is Him

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ouroboros alert! Paul Krugman took to his increasingly ironically titled blog to bring you a live shot of the next (not-quite-as-great) unraveling. ...

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Krugman Attacks Obama's Reagan Comments

NY Times | Paul Krugman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Historical narratives matter. That's why conservatives are still writing books denouncing F.D.R. and the New Deal; they understand that the way Americ...

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Krugman Attacks Obama Over 527 Debate With Edwards

NY Times | Paul Krugman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Once upon a time, back when America had a strong middle class, it also had a strong union movement. These two facts were connected. Unions negotiated...

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Krugman: Obama Has Become "The Anti-Change Candidate"

New York Times | Paul Krugman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Broadly speaking, the serious contenders for the Democratic nomination are offering similar policy proposals -- the dispute over health care mandates ...

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NYT's Krugman Blasts Obama Again Over Social Security "Crisis-Mongering"

The New York Times | Paul Krugman | Posted 05.25.2011

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The great Social Security debate of 2005 was a seminal moment for American progressives. Conventional fiscal wisdom in the Beltway was that the aging ...

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