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krugman:America not yet lost, but Senate working on it

positions -- until his state gets a tanker contract and a counterterrorism center. We've always known that America's reign as the world's greatest nation would eventually end. But most of us imagined that our downfall, when it came, would be ...

From PAUL KRUGMAN THE NEW YORK TIMES, Salt Lake Tribune,  8 Feb 2010

Related Topics: U.S. Senate,  Barack Obama,  Congressional Research Service,  U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Republican Party

America Is Not Quite Completely Screwed... But We're Getting There

We’ve always known that America’s reign as the world’s greatest nation would eventually end. But most of us imagined that our downfall, when it came, would be something grand and tragic. What we’re getting instead is less a tragedy than a deadly farce. ...

From PAUL KRUGMAN, Clusterstock,  8 Feb 2010

Related Topics: Paul Krugman

Op-Ed Columnist: America Is Not Yet Lost

We’ve always known that America’s reign as the world’s greatest nation would eventually end. But most of us imagined that our downfall, when it came, would be something grand and tragic. What we’re getting instead is less a tragedy than a deadly farce. ...

From PAUL KRUGMAN, International Herald Tribune,  7 Feb 2010

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Christopher Bond,  Newt Gingrich,  Bill Clinton,  U.S. Senate

Paul Krugman: The sudden ubiquity of deficit scare stories

as if they have been established beyond a shadow of a doubt. Now, as then, much of the political and media establishments have bought into the notion that we must take drastic action quickly, even though there hasn't been any new information to justify ...

From PAUL KRUGMAN, TwinCities.com,  6 Feb 2010

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Republican Party

Stop Freaking Out About The Deficit -- It's Just More Republican Scaremongering

These days it’s hard to pick up a newspaper or turn on a news program without encountering stern warnings about the federal budget deficit. The deficit threatens economic recovery, we’re told; it puts American economic stability at risk; it will ...

From PAUL KRUGMAN, The Business Insider,  6 Feb 2010

Related Topics: Paul Krugman

Op-Ed Columnist: Fiscal Scare Tactics

These days it’s hard to pick up a newspaper or turn on a news program without encountering stern warnings about the federal budget deficit. The deficit threatens economic recovery, we’re told; it puts American economic stability at risk; it will ...

From PAUL KRUGMAN, The New York Times,  4 Feb 2010

Related Topics: Barack Obama

Why Is It So Hard For You Fools To Understand What China Is Doing With Its Currency?

Exchange rates are an arcane subject, harder to explain than a meeting with the Dalai Lama. Gah. The renminbi thing isn’t at all hard to explain — it’s just supply and demand. To embed this post, copy the code below and paste into your website or blog. ...

From PAUL KRUGMAN, The Business Insider,  4 Feb 2010

Related Topics: Paul Krugman

Paul Krugman: Canada's boring banks set a good example

institutions collapsed, and others survived only thanks to huge government bailouts. In Canada, none of that happened. What did the Canadians do differently? In times of crisis, good news is no news. Iceland's meltdown made headlines; the remarkable ...

From PAUL KRUGMAN, TwinCities.com,  1 Feb 2010

Related Topics: Paul Krugman,  The New Republic,  Federal Reserve,  Paul Volcker,  Elizabeth Warren

Op-Ed Columnist: Good and Boring

In times of crisis, good news is no news. Iceland’s meltdown made headlines; the remarkable stability of Canada’s banks, not so much. Yet as the world’s attention shifts from financial rescue to financial reform, the quiet success stories deserve at ...

From PAUL KRUGMAN, International Herald Tribune,  31 Jan 2010

Related Topics: The New Republic,  Federal Reserve,  Paul Volcker,  Elizabeth Warren,  U.S. House of Representatives

Krugman: State of the union, peacock politics and hard times

We're in the aftermath of a severe financial crisis, which has led to mass job destruction. The only thing that's keeping us from sliding into a second Great Depression is deficit spending. And right now we need more of that deficit spending because ...

From PAUL KRUGMAN THE NEW YORK TIMES, Salt Lake Tribune,  29 Jan 2010

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Center for American Progress,  White House,  John Boehner,  Congressional Budget Office

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