Most work in macroeconomics in the past 30 years has been useless at best and harmful at worst. — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
There's one thing that the Fed has been really good at cracking down on, and that's inflation. — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
Anyone who thinks that the last 80 years, ever since FDR took us off gold, have been a doomed venture, that strikes… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
The public has no idea that the deficit has been falling like a stone. — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
The French, unfortunately, actually believe what they say, and that has been very destructive. — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
America's political landscape is infested with many zombie ideas - beliefs about policy that have been repeatedly refuted with evidence and analysis… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
The economic expansion that began in 2001, while it has been great for corporate profits, has yet to produce any significant gains… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
One way in which Americans have always been exceptional has been in our support for education. First we took the lead in… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
If you had to explain America's economic success with one word, that word would be "education"… Until now, the results of educational… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
What happened after 9/11 - and I think even people on the right know this, whether they admit it or not -… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
Many people ... prefer to describe themselves as progressives rather than liberals. To some extent that's a response to the decades-long propaganda… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
It has been obvious all along, to anyone paying attention, that the politicians shouting loudest about deficits are actually using deficit hysteria… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
There has been plenty to criticize about President Obama’s handling of the economy. Yet the overriding story of the past few years… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
I've always believed that a speculative bubble need not lead to a recession, as long as interest rates are cut quickly enough… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
The growth of the Internet will slow drastically, as the flaw in 'Metcalfe's law'–which states that the number of potential connections in… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
So, very early reports are that Obamacare exchanges are, as expected, having some technical glitches on the first day — maybe even… — 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
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
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
“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
You really have to go searching desperately to find any contemporary examples of good, old-fashioned runaway inflation. — Paul Krugman Copy Share
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
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
I've always believed in expansionary monetary policy and if necessary fiscal policy when the economy is depressed. — Paul Krugman Copy Share
...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
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
When stock prices are rising, it's called ''momentum investing''; when they are falling, it's called ''panic.'' — Paul Krugman Copy Share
I don't want a job in the administration; I think I'm more effective carping from the sidelines. — Paul Krugman Copy Share
Under the gold standard America had no major financial panics other than in 1873, 1884, 1890, 1893, 1907, 1930, 1931, 1932, and 1933. — Paul Krugman Copy Share
