...academic credentials are neither a necessary nor a sufficient condition for having your ideas taken seriously. If a famous professor repeatedly says… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
People respond to incentives. If unemployment becomes more attractive because of the unemployment benefit, some unemployed workers may no longer try to… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
The raw fact is that every successful example of economic development this past century every case of a poor nation that… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
[T]he next time you hear serious-sounding people explaining the need for fiscal austerity, try to parse their argument. Almost surely, you'll discover… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
You know that Republicans will yell about the evils of partisanship whenever anyone tries to make a connection between the rhetoric of… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
We should try to create the society each of us would want if we didn't know in advance who we'd be. — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
Europe is often held up as a cautionary tale, a demonstration that if you try to make the economy less brutal, to… — 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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