Paul Krugman's Must-Read Post On The Tragedy Of Getting Inside Information
Regarding this whole controversy over Nate Silver vs. more weathered political pundits, Paul Krugman has a great post (from a couple of days ago) on the vain search for true wisdom from "insiders"...
View ArticleKrugman Tells Obama: DON'T MAKE A DEAL
In his brand new op-ed at The NYT, Paul Krugman makes the loudest case yet that Obama shouldn't rush into any kind of big "deal" with the GOP on averting the fiscal cliff.Liberals have been going in...
View ArticlePaul Krugman Has A Simple Rebuttal To Anyone Who's Worried About Interest...
Paul Krugmanblogged last night that he has recently spoken with "reasonable people" who fear bond vigilantes will begin bidding up the yield on U.S. treasuries any day now.But those fears, he says,...
View ArticleMatt Drudge Posts Ominous 'Dr Evil'-Style Photo Of Paul Krugman
The image accompanying Matt Drudge's link to Paul Krugman's NYT column this morning is quite ominous.For what it's worth, the story doesn't exactly say that we need to bring back the 91% tax rate, but...
View ArticleKrugman Bond Films Is The Best Thing On Twitter Today
After we posted Matt Drudge's Dr. Evil-style photo of Paul Krugman (which okay, for purists, is really a reference to Ernst Blofeld from "You Only Live Twice"), folks started flooding Twitter with puns...
View ArticleKRUGMAN: This Is The Chart That Debunks What Everyone Says About The National...
Paul Krugman posts a simple chart that makes a profound point.It compares the yield on UK debt vs. US debt.What should stand out for you, instantly, is that the two countries borrow at virtually...
View ArticlePaul Krugman Will Like These Figures
Okay, that title’s just riffing off of David Beckworth’s recent post titled “Paul Krugman Will Not Like These Figures”. I really have no idea if Paul Krugman will actually like these figures. My guess...
View ArticleGeorge Will Took A Shot At Paul Krugman Today After Krugman Called Paul...
One of the biggest frustrations conservatives have with Paul Krugman is his alleged lack of regard for anyone who disagrees with him.That ticked off George Will today on ABC's Sunday show The Week,...
View ArticlePaul Krugman Is Very Concerned About The Ominous Threat Posed By Robots
The focus of a few of Paul Krugman's recent blog posts and his most recent New York Times column is robots and how they are fundamentally changing the U.S. labor market.The upshot of Krugman's argument...
View Article3 'Sorta-Kinda Conservatives' That Paul Krugman Carefully Listens To
This week, George Will got aggravated with Paul Krugman on ABC's The Week, accusing him of not respecting any ideological opponents. Said Will: "I have yet to encounter someone who disagrees with you...
View ArticleWhy Paul Krugman Never Talks About Fixing Our High-Skilled Immigration System
At the Dealbook conference, there's one idea that everyone seems to agree would be good for the economy: More-high skilled immigration.Jamie Dimon favors it. Blankfein favors it. Eric Schmidt Favors...
View ArticleKRUGMAN: It's Time To Stop This Worship Of Tech Executives — Tech Is No Panacea
In the final segment of the day at the Dealbook conference, Paul Krugman spoke about the Fiscal Cliff, China, the deficit, and so forth.During the Q&A, I asked him about an observation that I (and...
View ArticleKRUGMAN: Erskine Bowles, Alan Greenspan, And The WSJ Editorial Board Are All...
We liked this note that was sent out by SocGen's Kit Juckes this morning:It wouldn't be Christmas without Paul Krugman telling the US government it's OK to spend money. Krugman thinks that anyone who...
View ArticlePaul Krugman Changed His Mind About Bond Vigilantes — One Of The Most...
There's a weird story floating around about Obama, the Fiscal Cliff talks, and the fear of bond vigilantes.According to WSJ's report on how the Fiscal Cliff negotiations broke down, Barack Obama told...
View ArticleEuro Doomsayers Are Having To Revise Their Forecasts
BERLIN (Reuters) - Back in May, as the euro zone veered deeper into crisis, Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman penned one of his gloomiest columns about the single currency, a piece in the New...
View ArticleWhat Paul Krugman Got Right And Wrong About The Rise Of The Robot Workforce
Paul Krugman is one of the leading “names” in economics today. There are reasons for his stature. He’s got a Nobel Prize, he’s an academic at a leading University, he writes for the NY Times, and not a...
View ArticleEveryone Is Blasting Obama For Being A Horrible Poker Player
Paul Krugman joins the pile-on, slamming Obama for caving on the Fiscal Cliff, and calling him the world's worst poker player:Many reports in the past hour or two suggesting that Obama is about to cave...
View ArticleThe Guardian Wants Paul Krugman To Be The Next Treasury Secretary Of The...
Well this is sure to start an interesting discussion.U.K. newspaper The Guardian wants President Obama to nominate economist Paul Krugman for Treasury Secretary to fill Tim Geithner's position when he...
View ArticleNOBEL PRIZE WINNER PAUL KRUGMAN: Obama Must Be Ready To Mint The Trillion...
The movement to mint a trillion dollar platinum coin gets its biggest backer yet: Paul Krugman.To back up for a moment, in case you're not familiar with the #MintTheCoin movement, the idea is that by...
View ArticleJon Stewart Fires Back At Paul Krugman: 'If Somebody Is Ruining Their Brand'...
Daily Show host Jon Stewart fired back last night at economist Paul Krugman over the idea of minting a trillion-dollar coin to work around the debt ceiling. It continued a riff that was forged over the...
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