Paul Krugman

...they invest their hopes in a deus ex machina that will rescue them from the hard choices they dread. Obama blows economic chances Paul Krugman, New York Times:While health care won't be Barack Obama's Waterloo, economic policy is starting...

In this article: Michigan, UAW, Lincoln MKZ, Ford Fusion, Barack Obama, New York, Detroit, and Honda Accord

...depressing conclusion: "Maybe, then, there simply isn't a solution: the problem is just too big, too complex, and too intractable." Paul Krugman, though, discusses one possible solution: a New-Deal-era Work Projects Administration. He says,...

In this article: Unemployment, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Brad DeLong, US, Culprit, and Inflation

The president, then, having failed to exploit his early opportunities, is pinned down in his too-small beachhead. If the Democrats lose badly in the midterms, the talking heads will say that Mr. Obama tried to do too much, this is a...

by: IPE at UNC November 04, 2009 You're So Vain, You're Probably Think This Article Is About You Krugman and DeLong need to read more carefully. When Ned Phelps wrote "Keynesian economics, which had been nearly forgotten inside the...

In this article: Unemployment, You're So Vain, Robert Skidelsky, and Germany

Paul Krugman explains why we can't settle for stabilizing the economy, and says unless there's a bigger economic stimulus package, high unemployment is here to stay for a long, long time: The effects of the stimulus will build over time -...

In this article: Unemployment, Tax, and Washington

Stocks are up. Ben Bernanke says that the recession is over. And I sense a growing willingness among movers and shakers to declare "Mission Accomplished" when it comes to fighting the slump. It's time, I keep hearing, to shift our focus from...

In this article: Recession, Unemployment, Financial crisis, Child poverty, Economic Policy Institute, Congressional Budget Office, Ben Bernanke, and Federal Reserve

OK, folks, this is it. It's the defining moment for health care reform. Past efforts to give Americans what citizens of every other advanced nation already have - guaranteed access to essential care - have ended not with a bang, but with a...

In this article: Medicare, Congressional Budget Office, Nancy Pelosi, Barack Obama, Joseph Lieberman, and Connecticut

New York Times columnist Paul Krugman says that we are now approaching "the defining moment for health care reform." Those who oppose this latest, 2,000 page iteratiion of "reform," according to the beardy Nobelist, "donaEUR™t want Americans...

In this article: Rachel Maddow, Barack Obama, Nobelist, John Stossel, New York Times, and Msnbc

...27, 2009 | about: DIA / SPY / UDN / UUP Never concerned with the consequence of large deficits and accumulating federal debt, Paul Krugman has recently dismissed concerns about Japan sliding toward the financial brink, expressed by...

In this article: Hyperinflation, Japan, Recession, Inflation, U.S., Washington, and Stagflation

...that term. Krugman says too early to exit crisis measures By KELLY OLSEN, The Associated Press Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman speaks at a press conference during the World Knowledge Forum in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday,...

In this article: Federal Reserve, Seoul, Recession, Unemployment, Financial crisis, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, Princeton University, and Reserve Bank of Australia