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Paul Krugman (born February 28, 1953), an Op-Ed columnist for the New York Times since 1999, is the "author or editor of 20 books and more than 200 papers in professional journals and edited volumes."

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Op-Ed Columnist: The Phantom Menace

A funny thing happened on the way to a new New Deal. A year ago, the only thing we had to fear was fear itself; today, the reigning doctrine in Washington appears to be “Be afraid. Be very afraid.” What happened? To be sure, “centrists” in the Senate ...

From PAUL KRUGMAN, International Herald Tribune,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Senate,  Lawrence Summers

Paul Krugman: Play-it-safe approach botched the bailout

debts. It was an illusion, because the insurer didn't have remotely enough money to make good on its promises if things went bad. And sure enough, things went bad. Last week, the inspector-general for the Troubled Asset Relief Program, aka, the bank ...

From PAUL KRUGMAN, TwinCities.com,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Paul Krugman,  Timothy F. Geithner

Opinion: Paul Krugman: Feds treated banks with kid gloves, and voters are mad

remotely enough money to make good on its promises if things went bad. And sure enough, things went bad. Paul Krugman is a columnist for the New York Times. Last week, the inspector-general for the Troubled Asset Relief Program, aka the bank bailout ...

From PAUL KRUGMAN NEW YORK TIMES, The San Jose Mercury News,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Paul Krugman,  New York Times Company,  Timothy F. Geithner

Op-Ed Columnist: The Big Squander

Earlier this week, the inspector general for the Troubled Asset Relief Program, a k a, the bank bailout fund, released his report on the 2008 rescue of the American International Group, the insurer. The gist of the report is that government officials ...

From PAUL KRUGMAN, International Herald Tribune,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Timothy F. Geithner

Chinese playing dangerous game with policy

International travel by world leaders is mainly about making symbolic gestures. Nobody expects President Barack Obama to come back from China with major new agreements, on economic policy or anything else. But let's hope that when the cameras aren't ...

From PAUL KRUGMAN THE NEW YORK TIMES, Salt Lake Tribune,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama

Jobs: Germany shows how U.S. could do better

Glenn Beck would describe anything like the Works Progress Administration as a plan to recruit pro-Obama brownshirts -- but we should note, for the record, that at their peak, the WPA and the Civilian Conservation Corps employed millions of Americans, ...

From PAUL KRUGMAN THE NEW YORK TIMES, Salt Lake Tribune,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Glenn Beck,  Lawrence Summers,  U.S. Congress,  Economic Policy Institute

Op-Ed Columnist: World Out of Balance

International travel by world leaders is mainly about making symbolic gestures. Nobody expects President Obama to come back from China with major new agreements, on economic policy or anything else. But let’s hope that when the cameras aren’t rolling ...

From PAUL KRUGMAN, International Herald Tribune,  15 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama

Op-Ed Columnist: Free to Lose

Consider, for a moment, a tale of two countries. Both have suffered a severe recession and lost jobs as a result but not on the same scale. In Country A, employment has fallen more than 5 percent, and the unemployment rate has more than doubled. In ...

From PAUL KRUGMAN, International Herald Tribune,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Glenn Beck,  Lawrence Summers,  U.S. Congress,  Economic Policy Institute

TIPS Spread Forecasting Higher Inflation? Not Necessarily...

Hmm. There have been a number of stories recently saying that inflation expectations are on the rise, and it’s true that the TIPS spread — the difference in yields between inflation-protected US bonds and ordinary, nominal bonds — has widened out to a ...

From PAUL KRUGMAN, Clusterstock,  12 Nov 2009

Krugman: Paranoia strikes deep

though they are determined to try to repossess it and to prevent the final destructive act of subversion." Sound familiar? On Thursday, there was a rally outside the U.S. Capitol to protest pending health care legislation, featuring the kinds of ...

From PAUL KRUGMAN THE NEW YORK TIMES, Salt Lake Tribune,  9 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  White House,  Rush Limbaugh,  Eric Cantor,  Richard Hofstadter

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