Best Paul Krugman Sayings
- Rising inequality isn’t about who has the knowledge; it’s about who has the power. Inequality
- Bad ideas flourish because they are in the interest of powerful groups Bad
- ...instead it seems that business - like weight loss - is a subject wherein hope and fear inspire limitless gullibility. Business
- I predict that in the years ahead Enron, not Sept. 11, will come to be seen as the greater turning point in U.S. society. Ahead
- A message to progressives: By all means, hang Senator Joe Lieberman in effigy. All
- Some years down the pike, we're going to get the real solution, which is going to be a combination of death panels and sales taxes.… Actually Going
- 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 industry… Ask
- [W]e have a lot of evidence on what happens when you raise the minimum wage. And the evidence is overwhelmingly positive: Hiking the minimum wage… Adverse
- In short, what the living wage is really about is not living standards, or even economics, but morality. Its advocates are basically opposed to the… Advocates
- Outrageous fiscal mendacity is neither historically normal nor bipartisan. It's a modern Republican thing. Bipartisan
- Are you, or is someone you know, a gadget freak? If so, you doubtless know that Wednesday was iPhone 5 day, the day Apple unveiled… Apple
- The science fiction world has a lot of people doing seriously imaginative thinking. Fiction
- A snarky but accurate description of monetary policy over the past five years is that the Federal Reserve successfully replaced the technology bubble with a… Accurate
- But where will the Fed find another bubble? Another Bubble
- I believe in a relatively equal society, supported by institutions that limit extremes of wealth and poverty. I believe in democracy, civil liberties, and the… Believe
- For most Americans, economic growth is a spectator sport. Americans
- Politics determines who has the power, not who has the truth. Determine
- Wealthy Americans who benefit hugely from a system rigged in their favor react with hysteria to anyone who points out just how rigged the system… Americans
- On the political as on the economic front it's important not to fall into the "not as bad as" trap. High unemployment isn't O.K. just… Bad
- In our country, learned ignorance is on the rise. Country
- Political figures who talk a lot about liberty and freedom invariably turn out to mean the freedom to not pay taxes and discriminate based on… Based
- Now, it’s true that some of the protesters are oddly dressed or have silly-sounding slogans, which is inevitable given the open character of the events.… Character
- The raw fact is that every successful example of economic development this past century ... has taken place via globalization. Business
- The trouble with poverty, as an issue, is that it has basically exhausted the patience of the general public. Exhausted
- In short, it's a great economy if you're a high-level corporate executive or someone who owns a lot of stock. For most other Americans, economic… Americans