Paul Krugman

Krugman added that President Trump's policies are also undermining the position Of US equity markets, and a 'Sell America' could emerge if people lose confidence in the US dollar as a safe haven.

Paul Krugman gets his blue tick back on Twitter without subscribing. Here's why...

Paul Krugman has 4.5 million followers on Twitter which could be why the Nobel laureate got his blue tick back.

The viral lies that keep killing us

The major reason why we didn’t do better on the COVID front was the power of politically motivated lies

Gaffes of the great: Some of the biggest failed predictions about everything from the internet to Bitcoin

From Irving Fisher's bullish view of the US stock market in 1929 to Paul Krugman's prediction that Internet growth will slow down by 2005, these are the big bad predictions that give us hope.

Who created the renewable-energy miracle?

The costs of solar and wind power have plunged to the point that any modest incentives could bring down fossil fuel use rapidly

The bad economics of fossil fuel defenders

Those opposed to action against climate change have always turned to multiple lines of defence. Sadly, it’s taking them nowhere

The week inflation panic died

Both recent data and statements from the Federal Reserve have punctured the case for a sustained outbreak of inflation

Paul Krugman: Technobabble, libertarian derp and Bitcoin

Gold suffers from a lot of the same problems as cryptocurrencies - you can't actually use it to buy anything.

Paul Krugman writes: Why can’t Republicans be populists?

Elected Republicans still stick to right-wing economic policies that favour the rich, but short-change the working class

The pandemic and the future city

How will we live once the pandemic recedes? Nobody really knows

Paul Krugman writes: Et Tu, Ted? Why deregulation failed

Does the free market ensure that the whole system works under stress? Probably not

Paul Krugman writes: Four rules that should guide Bidenomics

The rescue package Biden unveiled Thursday already indicates he won’t exhibit the excessive caution that inhibited President Barack Obama’s response to economic crisis

Paul Krugman writes: Appeasement got us where we are

Donald Trump is indeed an authoritarian willing to use violence to achieve his racial nationalist goals. So are many of his supporters. Giving in to fascists doesn’t pacify them, it just encourages them to go further

Paul Krugman writes: Things will get better. Seriously.

Once widespread vaccination is done, the economy will bounce back. The question is, how big will the bounce be?

Krugman writes: 2020 was the year Reaganism died

For the lesson of 2020 is that in a crisis, and to some extent even in calmer times, the government can do a lot to improve people’s lives

Paul Krugman writes: The ghost of sabotage future

The aid will be less generous than it was in the spring and summer: $300 a week in enhanced unemployment benefits, rather than $600

It’s not just you: Picking a health insurance plan is really hard

People struggle to make good choices when it comes to all kinds of financial products, but health insurance is especially confusing, with its mix of technical benefits and fees. Many Americans don’t understand terms like “deductible” or “coinsurance” very well.

Paul Krugman writes: Learn to stop worrying and love debt

The new paradigm suggests both that public debt isn’t a major problem and that government borrowing for the right purposes is actually the responsible thing to do

US-China trade war: India will not be a top beneficiary, says Paul Krugman

The direct impact of the ongoing trade war has been on capital expenditure of businesses, feels Krugman.

Nobel laureate Paul Krugman says global recession possible in 2019, warns 'we don't have an effective response'

Paul Krugman is Professor Emeritus of Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School and was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2008 for his work on economic geography and identifying international trade patterns

Cryptocurrency has set the monetary system back by 300 years: Paul Krugman

Krugman who has been a vocal critic of the digital currency gave a two-fold explanation pertaining to the usefulness and future of cryptocurrencies.

COMMENT-Heeding Krugman's call to focus on manufacturing is key to Rising India

Conventional economic theory suggests that when an economy progresses, it passes from being predominantly agrarian to having a preponderance of manufacturing, and then becomes services-driven as it attains maturity.

PM Modi's 'acche din' PR will take a beating: Rahul Gandhi on unemployment

"The Nobel prize winning economist, Paul Krugman confirms what we've been saying for over two years now. Mass unemployment is the biggest threat India faces. Unfortunately, we have a PM who lives in denial. Afraid his "Acche Din" PR will take a beating," he said on Twitter.

Modi is an effective economic reformist, a more social liberal than one would have expected: Paul Krugman

Nobel laureate Paul Krugman, who was in India to speak at News18 Network’s Rising India summit, says that India can now be described as an economic superpower. Edited excerpts...

Paul Krugman warns mass unemployment may be a thorn in India’s growth story

Nobel Laureate stresses India doesn’t have the jobs needed to sustain projected growth, calls for manufacturing sector push