Krugman: Kids Will Pay the Price for Spending Cuts

Staff / Truthdig Mar 1, 2011 According to New York Times econo-whiz Paul Krugman, all this emphasis on austerity will not be good for posterity. In his latest column, Krugman slams the GOP for claiming to be all about the kids while stacking the deck against them with "draconian" budget cuts. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Krugman Takes Aim at Government Spending ‘Myth’

Staff / Truthdig Oct 12, 2010 President Obama's detractors apparently like to push the idea that he is responsible for jacking up government spending to new heights, but The New York Times' Paul Krugman took it upon himself to do away with this "myth," as he put it, in his column Sunday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Shorting Economists: The ‘Experts’ Keep Getting it Wrong

Steven Hill / Truthdig Aug 19, 2010 Why have economists been so wrong so often? Certainly theirs is a tough job, since the global economy is a complex creature. Yet it turns out that their measuring sticks are woefully inadequate. Indeed, they aren’t even sure what to measure.Why have economists been so wrong so often? It turns out that their measuring sticks are woefully inadequate. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Krugman: The Attack on Social Security

Staff / Truthdig Aug 16, 2010 New York Times econo-whiz Paul Krugman marked the 75th anniversary of America's Social Security program with a warning note on Sunday, declaring that Social Security is under siege from "nearly all Republicans" as well as "some Democrats." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Paul Krugman Is Freaking Us Out

Staff / Truthdig Jul 12, 2010 He's a one-man downer, but mainly because he's smart, credible and pulls no punches. In his latest New York Times column, the Nobel Prize winner warns that the Federal Reserve isn't taking a negative enough view of the economy -- with potentially dire consequences. Happy Monday to you, too, Paul. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Colbert Report’: Krugman on the Benefits of Unemployment Benefits

Staff / Truthdig Jul 6, 2010 Stephen Colbert's a bit under the weather in this clip from Monday night's "Colbert Report," and it's going to take a lot more than bunny slippers to make things better Enter economics whiz Paul Krugman (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Colbert Report’: The SEC Shafts Goldman Sachs

Staff / Truthdig Apr 21, 2010 Stephen Colbert is outraged at the Obama administration's attempt to thwart banks' promotion of risky investments. After all, risky investments are like risky sex, and "if you make the banks wear a condom, they won't be able to feel it when they're f*&#ing us over." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Krugman: ‘Bipartisanship Is Now a Foolish Dream’

Staff / Truthdig Mar 6, 2010 Someone might want to call President Barack Obama's attention to the main message of Paul Krugman's latest Op-Ed column in The New York Times: This whole bipartisanship idea isn't going to catch on in Congress Krugman takes the recent example of the bill-blockading gymnastics of Sen Jim Bunning (pictured above), along with (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Krugman Says Obama Is ‘Clueless’ About Outrageous Bonuses

Staff / Truthdig Feb 10, 2010 There are few things, we imagine, that could elicit a heartfelt OMG (make that O.M.G., rather) from certified economics whiz and evident adult Paul Krugman, but President Barack Obama's latest take on the egregious and profane bonuses of Wall Street executives has clearly tripped that wire in Krugman's mind. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Paul Krugman Explains to Roger Ailes Why Fox News Is Garbage

Staff / Truthdig Feb 2, 2010 It's all well and good to snipe at the opposition from Microsoft Word, quite another to tell the guy sitting next to you that he's a propagandist. Kudos to Paul Krugman for bringing a little more fact-checking and a little less elbow-rubbing to the Sunday morning talk show circuit. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Oh, the Naiveté, Mr. Krugman

Staff / Truthdig Dec 15, 2009 Here we have one of those columns that might have initially been missed (even by those of us who blog fastidiously about such things) that bears repeating, or re-posting, as the case may be: We submit, for your consideration, Paul Krugman's latest column. That is all. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Don’t Look to D.C. to Help in Job Crisis

Staff / Truthdig Dec 1, 2009 Talk of giving a much-needed jolt to the job market has petered out in the offices and chambers where something could actually be done about the country's pervasive employment crisis. This priority problem in policy circles is unacceptable to economics whiz Paul Krugman, who proposes ideas to fill in the gaps. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )