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Krugman: Paranoia Taking Over GOP

New York Times | PAUL KRUGMAN | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics


Last Thursday there was a rally outside the U.S. Capitol to protest pending health care legislation, featuring the kinds of things we've grown accusto...

Krugman: Obama's Economic Cautiousness Could Cost Dems In 2010

New York Times | PAUL KRUGMAN | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics


The president, then, having failed to exploit his early opportunities, is pinned down in his too-small beachhead. If the Democrats lose badly in th...

Krugman: The Climate Cassandras

The New York Times | Paul Krugmab | Posted 09.28.2009 | Green


Every once in a while I feel despair over the fate of the planet. If you've been following climate science, you know what I mean: the sense that we're...

Paul Krugman On Economy: "End Of World Postponed" By Stimulus

bloomberg.com | Kati Pohjanpalo | Posted 09.21.2009 | Business


Sept. 21 (Bloomberg) -- The global economic downturn has probably hit bottom though the recovery will be "slow and painful," said Paul Krugman, the No...

Three Clues to the Economy and Disney World

Blythe McGarvie | Posted 11.10.2009 | World


Blythe McGarvie

Lately, I've been reflecting about my first visit to EPCOT at Disney World. Many of the countries exhibit their natural beauty. The U.S. highlights technology and its prowess in military victories.

Krugman: All That Stands In Way Of Universal Health Care Is Greed, Lies And Gullibility

nytimes.com | PAUL KRUGMAN | Posted 09.16.2009 | Politics


So we can do this. At this point, all that stands in the way of universal health care in America are the greed of the medical-industrial complex, the ...

Krugman: If You Aren't Outraged, You Aren't Paying Attention

New York Times | Paul Krugman | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics


Americans are angry at Wall Street, and rightly so. First the financial industry plunged us into economic crisis, then it was bailed out at taxpayer e...

Reagan Didn't Do It

Robert Scheer | Posted 07.03.2009 | Politics


Robert Scheer

Ronald Reagan's signing off on legislation easing mortgage requirements back in 1982 pales in comparison to the damage wrought 15 years later.

Krugman: World Economy Stabilizing

Reuters | Posted 06.25.2009 | Business


The world economy has avoided "utter catastrophe" and industrialized countries could register growth this year, Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Kru...

Marcus Baram

Krugman Won't Comment On Off-The-Record Dinner With Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Marcus Baram | Posted 06.05.2009 | Politics


Nobel-Prize-winning economists Paul Krugman and Joseph Stiglitz have been persistent critics of the bailout, serving as thorns in the side of Presiden...

Matthew Palevsky

World's Top Economists Agree: The Global Recession Will Continue

HuffingtonPost.com | Matthew Palevsky | Posted 06.01.2009 | Business


NEW YORK -- "As you might have realized by now, we're in a difficult situation," said billionaire investor and philanthropist George Soros to a sold-o...

Krugman On Tea Party Movement: "Embarrassing To Watch"

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.14.2009 | Politics


Anti-tax organizers of "tea parties" around the country have tried to keep out fringe elements like birth certificate conspiracy theorists and potenti...

Sam Stein

Krugman: Stress Tests "Self-Esteem" Class That No One Fails (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.13.2009 | Politics


With the banking industry suffering from a crisis in confidence as much as liquidity, Paul Krugman says the Treasury Department will likely sugarcoat ...

Rachel Weiner

Geithner-Krugman Feud Comes To A Head On Sunday Shows (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Rachel Weiner | Posted 04.29.2009 | Politics


The high-profile policy duel between Tim Geithner and Paul Krugman came to a head on Sunday. Following the Treasury Secretary's appearance on ABC's "T...

Krugman: 'The Obama Administration Is Dithering' On Banks

The Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 04.06.2009 | Politics


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

Krugman: The Case For Nationalization

New York Times | Posted 03.26.2009 | Politics


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

Krugman: 'Obama's Victory Feels Like Defeat'

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 03.16.2009 | Politics


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...

Krugman Calls Obama Out For Silence On Healthcare Reform

New York Times | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics


The whole world is in recession. But the United States is the only wealthy country in which the economic catastrophe will also be a health care catast...

TARP II: Krugman Slams Obama Plan For Second Bailout

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics


On Thursday, news came out that Treasury officials are planning a second bank bailout -- one that could cost another $1 to $2 trillion. In a blog p...

Krugman: Obama Should Ignore "Huffing And Puffing" Stimulus Opponents

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics


Economist Paul Krugman has been somewhat critical of President Obama's stimulus plan. But today in the New York Times he defends the proposal: As th...

The Bastard at the Wedding

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 02.20.2009 | Politics


Reese Schonfeld

The Presidency is the toughest job in the world and I think it calls for bold, strong action by Obama. I am afraid that he may be, by nature, a compromiser, and that's why I feel like the bastard at the wedding.

Make Wall Street Take The Same Deal The Autoworkers Get

Chris Weigant | Posted 01.22.2009 | Business


Chris Weigant

If we're going to minutely examine autoworkers' wages, and dictate the travel plans of one industry we are bailing out, then it seems eminently reasonable to do the same for the banking industry.

Gordon Brown's Trumpet

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 11.13.2008 | Business


John Tepper Marlin

The first sound was a muffled rat-a-tat as the rise in housing prices in the first half of the millennium's new decade triggered concern about a bubbl...

Paul Krugman: Obama WILL Win -- and Then Media Will Crucify Him

Greg Mitchell | Posted 07.26.2008 | Politics


Greg Mitchell

Krugman predicte that "within three months of taking office, no, less than three months" the media would be out to get Obama, as much as they had at the high point of anti-Bill Clinton bashing.

NY Times Columnists' War Over Reagan And Racism Escalates

Editor and Publisher | Greg Mitchell | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


The New York Times op-ed page hasn't been this hot in a long time. Now we are experiencing Columnist Wars, with Bob Herbert today joining in a rapidly...