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Krugman: Franklin Delano Obama?
Znet Article, November, 12 2008
Paul Krugman
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Suddenly, everything old is New Deal again. Reagan is out; FDR is in. Still, how much guidance does the Roosevelt era really offer for today's world?
Krugman: The Obama Agenda
Znet Article, November, 09 2008
Paul Krugman
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Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008, is a date that will live in fame (the opposite of infamy) forever. If the election of our first African-American president didn't stir you, if it didn't leave you teary-eyed and proud of your country, there's something wrong...
Krugman: Cash for Trash
Znet Article, September, 24 2008
Paul Krugman
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Some skeptics are calling Henry Paulson’s $700 billion rescue plan for the U.S. financial system “cash for trash.” Others are calling the proposed legislation the Authorization for Use of Financial Force, after the Authorization for Use of Militar...
Krugman: Mandates and Mudslinging
Znet Article, April, 23 2008
Paul Krugman
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From the beginning, advocates of universal health care were troubled by the incompleteness of Barack Obama’s plan, which unlike those of his Democratic rivals wouldn’t cover everyone. But they were willing to cut Mr. Obama slack on the issue, assu...
Krugman: Loans and Leadership
Znet Article, March, 29 2008
Paul Krugman
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When George W. Bush first ran for the White House, political reporters assured us that he came across as a reasonable, moderate guy...
Krugman: The Waiting Game
Znet Article, July, 18 2007
Paul Krugman
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Being without health insurance is no big deal. Just ask President Bush. "I mean, people have access to health care in America," he said last week. "After all, you just go to an emergency room." This is what you might call callous...
Krugman: Health Care Terror
Znet Article, July, 11 2007
Paul Krugman
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Health Care Terror
Krugman: The Joyless Economy
Znet Article, December, 07 2005
Paul Krugman
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Falling gasoline prices have led to some improvement in consumer confidence over the past few weeks. But the public remains deeply unhappy about the state of the economy. According to the latest Gallup poll, 63 percent of Americans rate the econom...
Krugman: What They Did Last Fall
Znet Article, August, 19 2005
Paul Krugman
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By running for the U.S. Senate, Katherine Harris, Florida's former secretary of state, has stirred up some ugly memories. And that's a good thing, because those memories remain relevant. There was at least as much electoral malfeasance in 2004 as ...
Krugman: Bush's Class-War Budget
Znet Article, February, 12 2005
Paul Krugman
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It may sound shrill to describe President Bush as someone who takes food from the mouths of babes and gives the proceeds to his millionaire friends. Yet his latest budget proposal is top-down class warfare in action. And it offers the Democrats an...
Krugman: Social Security - Inventing A Crisis
Znet Article, December, 08 2004
Paul Krugman
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Privatizing Social Security - replacing the current system, in whole or in part, with personal investment accounts - won't do anything to strengthen the system's finances. If anything, it will make things worse. Nonetheless, the politics of privat...
Krugman: Maestro of Chutzpah
Znet Article, March, 02 2004
Paul Krugman
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The traditional definition of chutzpah says it's when you murder your parents, then plead for clemency because you're an orphan. Alan Greenspan has chutzpah. Last week Mr. Greenspan warned of the dangers posed by budget deficits. But even though...
Krugman: The Death of Horatio Alger
Znet Article, December, 20 2003
Paul Krugman
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The other day I found myself reading a leftist rag that made outrageous claims about America. It said that we are becoming a society in which the poor tend to stay poor, no matter how hard they work; in which sons are much more likely to inherit t...
Krugman: Stating the Obvious
Znet Article, May, 28 2003
Paul Krugman
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The lunatics are now in charge of the asylum." So wrote the normally staid ...
Krugman: A Fiscal Fantasy
Znet Article, January, 22 2002
Paul Krugman
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I want to share a fantasy with you. Trust me: it will explain everything you need to know about the budget debate. ...
Krugman: Crony Capitalism, U.S.A.
Znet Article, January, 15 2002
Paul Krugman
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Four years ago, as Asia struggled with an economic crisis, many observers blamed "crony capitalism." Wealthy businessmen in Asia didn't bother to tell investors the truth about their assets, their liabilities or their profits; the aura of invincib...
