Paul Krugman

Major New Bailout Good Move But Won't Stop Recession

Henry Blodget | Posted 10.10.2008 | Business


Henry Blodget

Steps recommended by economists to ease the credit markets may put western governments and taxpayers in serious financial trouble and are not likely to head off a severe, prolonged recession.

The Failed Bailout: A Drop in the Bucket and Abusive to Renters

Shahid Buttar | Posted 10.01.2008 | Business


Shahid Buttar

Beyond its uncertainty, the Administration also appears as disingenuous as it did on Iraq. Five years ago, officials cried wolf about weapons of mass destruction that were never found.

Jed Lewison

Krugman Offers Lukewarm Support For Plan, Rips "Frightening" McCain

HuffingtonPost.com | Jed Lewison | Posted 09.28.2008 | Politics


Update (11:42PM): Krugman offers lukewarm support for the plan in his new column, but warns that the plan isn't going to fix all our financial problem...

Lessons of the Fall:
Ike's In, Reagan's Out

Eugene Jarecki | Posted 09.25.2008 | Politics


Eugene Jarecki

I encourage McCain and, for that matter, anyone in Washington who's drunk the Gipper's free-market fundamentalist and gun-toting expansionist Kool-Aid, to spend a bit more time reading Eisenhower.

Hey Congress, Tell Mr. Paulson: No Public Investment without Public Equity

Marshall Grossman | Posted 09.23.2008 | Politics


Marshall Grossman

No public investment without public equity. To do otherwise is simply to continue and greatly exacerbate the practice of privatizing profit while socializing risk.

Hank Paulson's Rescue Plan Will Screw You: Here's a Better One

Henry Blodget | Posted 09.22.2008 | Business


Henry Blodget

Hank Paulson's plan will soon be rammed through Congress. Too bad, because the plan is flawed and taxpayers are likely to get hosed, and a much simpler plan would save the system without socking it to taxpayers.

You Won't Believe this One: McCain on Making Healthcare More Like Banking

Harold Pollack | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics


Harold Pollack

Given the events of the past two weeks, Senator McCain may have discovered the shortest path to national health insurance.

Journalists of America--Your Country Needs You Now!

Larry Gellman | Posted 09.18.2008 | Media


Larry Gellman

You remember journalists. They were the reporters and analysts who used to make sure that stories were true before they published or went on the air with them.

McCain and Palin are Laughing at the Press -- and it's the Press' Fault

Eric Boehlert | Posted 09.17.2008 | Media


Eric Boehlert

Instead of recoiling from the media fact-checking, the Republicans have adopted a post-press approach and simply don't care what the press does or says about their honesty.

Time to Hold Bush's Feet to the Fire: Why the "Bush Doctrine" Flap Matters

Steve Kettmann | Posted 09.15.2008 | Politics


Steve Kettmann

The notion that there's any serious doubt over the meaning of the Bush Doctrine is as credible as the notion that there is any serious doubt in the scientific community on the basic reality of global warming.

McCain: Same As He Ever Was

Paul Jenkins | Posted 09.13.2008 | Politics


Paul Jenkins

At some point it becomes hard to blame the traditional media for its improper coverage. Clearly, the McCain/Palin lies have not gone unnoticed -- yet, there is barely a blip in the polls.

Krugman: The McCain Camp Is Telling Lies Worse Than The Bush Administration

NY Times | Posted 09.12.2008 | Politics


Did you hear about how Barack Obama wants to have sex education in kindergarten, and called Sarah Palin a pig? Did you hear about how Ms. Palin told C...

Yes, McCain's Attack Ads Are Pathetic, But Obama Can't Assume that Voters See It

Mitchell Bard | Posted 08.01.2008 | Politics


Mitchell Bard

It's important for the Obama campaign to take McCain's seemingly ridiculous attacks seriously, even though Americans need to take charge of their citizenship responsibilities and become more informed on the issues.

Netroots Nation Diggs Pelosi, Tubes Obama

Ari Melber | Posted 07.21.2008 | Politics


Ari Melber

Three years ago, web activists were undeniable outcasts in Democratic politics and no bar outside of Berkeley could spell "netroots." Now, the movement has an open line to every player in the party.

It's 1968 Revisited, And It's Not The Liberals' Year

Tony Sachs | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics


Tony Sachs

To elect a far-left liberal in 2008 would be like Reagan getting elected in 1968, or FDR in 1924. The country simply isn't ready yet. The liberals' time will come again -- just not this year.

Contra Krugman: President Obama Won't be Another Clinton or another Reagan -- He Won't be Another Anybody

Harold Pollack | Posted 06.30.2008 | Media


Harold Pollack

As Monday's column shows, when Krugman writes about Obama, the great economist seems to lose his moorings.

Thomas B. Edsall

Obama Moves To The Center

HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 06.13.2008 | Politics


Barack Obama faces the difficult task of shifting his message away from the primary electorate to general election voters, while avoiding angering the...

Say It Ain't So, Paul: Even the Great Krugman Is Lying about Florida

Frank Dwyer | Posted 05.27.2008 | Politics


Frank Dwyer

For Krugman to keep saying that the voters of Florida voted "in good faith" is a lie. Were they not informed that the Democratic Party was not going to count their votes?

Paul Krugman and the New York Times' Pious Pontifications at the Pump

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 05.16.2008 | Business


Raymond J. Learsy

According to Krugman the high oil prices as we now know them are a legitimate reflection of market forces. Simple as that. Economics 101. Oh, for the good old days.

Paul Krugman: Obama Ad Distorts My Column, He Should Retract It

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.06.2008 | Politics


A few days ago, the Obama campaign released an ad defending his opposition to Hillary Clinton's gas tax holiday. The Clinton campaign immediately chal...

Jason Linkins

Krugman Assails 'Gas Tax Holiday' Plan That His Candidate Supports

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.28.2008 | Politics


In today's New York Times, Paul Krugman takes John McCain to task over his lack of "straight talk" on tax policies. Krugman equates McCain's policies...

Krugman Hits Obama Over Working-Class Voters

NY Times | Paul Krugman | Posted 04.25.2008 | Politics


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

Why The Left Must Shout Louder

Ben Cohen | Posted 04.24.2008 | Politics


Ben Cohen

Financial globalization has failed to deliver the goods, and the poor are paying a huge price for the ideological stubbornness and greed of neoconservatives.

Krugman: Obama Clinging To A Stereotype

NY Times | Paul Krugman | Posted 04.18.2008 | Politics


Will Barack Obama's now famous "bitter" quote turn out to have been a big deal politically? Frankly, I have no idea. But here's a different question:...

What Obama Owes Bill Clinton

Jordan Michael Smith | Posted 03.31.2008 | Home


Jordan Michael Smith

Despite the nastiness directed at him, however, Obama should be thanking Bill Clinton for one thing: his campaign nomination is unthinkable without him.