The federal government is basically an insurance company with an army. — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
[The US] budget is dominated by the retirement programs, Social Security and Medicare - loosely speaking, the post-cold-war federal government is a… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
Generous unemployment benefits can increase both structural and frictional unemployment. So government policies intended to help workers can have the undesirable side… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
What our economy needs is direct job creation by the government and mortgage-debt relief for stressed consumers. What it very much does… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
[D]ebt increases that didn't arise either from war or from extraordinary financial crisis are entirely associated with hard-line conservative governments. — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
It’s not about the budget; it’s about the power...So will the attack on unions succeed? I don’t know. But anyone who cares… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
We know that advanced economies with stable governments that borrow in their own currency are capable of running up very high levels… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
Raising the minimum wage and lowering the barriers to union organization would carry a trade-off - higher unemployment. A better idea is… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
These days, however, the main problem comes from the right - from conservatives who, unlike most economists, really do think that the… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
Now, it’s true that some of the protesters are oddly dressed or have silly-sounding slogans, which is inevitable given the open character… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
Governments do not necessarily act in the national interest, especially when making detailed microeconomic interventions. Instead, they are influenced by interest group… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
People who are complaining about the Fed are people who've been predicting runaway inflation for five and six years, and it hasn't happened. — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
Surely I'm not the only person to ask the obvious question: How different, really, is Mr. Madoff's tale from the story of the investment… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
“The Internet’s impact on the economy has been no greater than the fax machine’s….ten years from now, the phrase “information economy” will sound silly.… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
You really have to go searching desperately to find any contemporary examples of good, old-fashioned runaway inflation. — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
However, the fact that an economist offers a theoretical analysis does not and should not automatically command respect. What is needed is some assurance… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
The key reason executives are paid so much now is that they appoint the members of the corporate board that determines their compensation and… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
I've always believed in expansionary monetary policy and if necessary fiscal policy when the economy is depressed. — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
...academic credentials are neither a necessary nor a sufficient condition for having your ideas taken seriously. If a famous professor repeatedly says stupid things,… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
It’s not about the budget; it’s about the power...So will the attack on unions succeed? I don’t know. But anyone who cares about retaining… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
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