The Economy Looks Better in Paul Krugman’s Neighborhood

Staff / Truthdig Nov 12, 2009 Around here we take what Paul Krugman has to say seriously, which is probably why we've been so depressed lately. Alas (at last, even), the Nobel Prize-winning economist sees signs of hope -- not in the numbers, but walking around the streets of New York and Princeton. (continued) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Paul Krugman: Big Government Prevented a Second Depression

BLANK Aug 10, 2009 The Nobel Prize-winning economist writes that "around a million more Americans are working now than would have been employed without that [stimulus] plan  " He also argues that "it’s possible to be dissatisfied, even angry, about the way the financial bailouts have worked while acknowledging that without these bailouts things would have been much worse". Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Krugman on the Depressing State of the U.S.

Staff / Truthdig Jul 14, 2009 Stephen Colbert interviews Nobel Prize winner and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman on the state of the U.S. economy, and let's face it, things are looking pretty crappy. Check out this clip from Monday's "Colbert Report." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Reagan Didn’t Do It

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Jun 3, 2009 It would be nice to blame Ronald Reagan for the economic meltdown, as Paul Krugman did recently, but the facts don't support it. Unfortunately, the real villains are closer at hand. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Good News on Jobs: Less Bad

Staff / Truthdig May 8, 2009 While the unemployment rate climbed to 89% in April, the number of job losses was down to 539,000, a sign that the recession may be slowing and recovery is on its way Meanwhile, President Obama proposes an ambitious reform on education for the unemployed while Paul Krugman reminds us of the dangers of keeping banks unchecked . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Krugman on Bybee and the ‘Apparatchiks’

Staff / Truthdig Apr 27, 2009 Clearly, Paul Krugman, pictured above, is no fan of federal Judge Jay Bybee, legislative enabler of the "enhanced interrogation technique" that's become one shameful symbol of the past eight years: waterboarding. You know it's not good when Newt Gingrich is held up as a paragon of a bygone, and preferable, brand of Republicanism. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Nobelists vs. Obama and Geithner

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Apr 2, 2009 The president's plan to bail out the banks reveals a deference to the existing financial system that puts him at odds with Nobel Prize-winning economists Paul Krugman and Joseph Stiglitz. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Krugman Is Worried About Europe

Staff / Truthdig Mar 17, 2009 The American economy is certainly a cause for concern at the moment, but Paul Krugman is more troubled by issues abroad, declaring in his New York Times column on Monday that "the situation in Europe worries me even more than the situation in America." Uh-oh. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Sen. Ben Nelson, Centrist, Takes On Paul Krugman

Staff / Truthdig Feb 10, 2009 Here we have one of the unnamed senators whom New York Times columnist Paul Krugman collectively branded "proud centrist[s]" in his column Sunday, people who have put politics before the good of the country in whittling down the stimulus bill. What say you, Sen. Ben Nelson from Nebraska? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Krugman: Down With Centrist Senators

Staff / Truthdig Feb 10, 2009 Note to all the senators who trotted out their best horse-trading tactics to create the latest, pared-down version of the stimulus bill: Paul Krugman does not approve of your centrist ways. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Here Comes the Change

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Jan 14, 2009 Like many other people, I’d like to party all week when Barack Obama is sworn in as president. But this isn’t the year for it, not with unemployment rising and fear spreading through the land. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Boston Tea Party, 2008

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Oct 1, 2008 How dare you throw that tea into Boston Harbor! Such is the anti-democratic arrogance of the fear-mongering pundits and politicians who tell us if we taxpayers don’t instantly give the Wall Street banking bandits a $700-billion bailout, we are destroying America. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )