"The real danger with debt is what happens……" — Paul Krugman

The real danger with debt is what happens if lots of people… - Paul Krugman

"The real danger with debt is what happens if lots of people decide, or are forced, to pay it off at the same time."

75 Quotes by Paul Krugman

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Every once in a while I feel despair over the fate of the planet. If you've been following climate science,…
We know that advanced economies with stable governments that borrow in their own currency are capable of running up very…
However, the fact that an economist offers a theoretical analysis does not and should not automatically command respect. What is…
The economics profession went astray because economists, as a group, mistook beauty, clad in impressive-looking mathematics, for truth.
The problem isn't that people don't understand how good things are. It's that they know, from personal experience, that things…
People respond to incentives. If unemployment becomes more attractive because of the unemployment benefit, some unemployed workers may no longer…
Generous unemployment benefits can increase both structural and frictional unemployment. So government policies intended to help workers can have the…
Raising the minimum wage and lowering the barriers to union organization would carry a trade-off - higher unemployment. A better…
I've always believed that a speculative bubble need not lead to a recession, as long as interest rates are cut…
In fact, I'd say that the sources of the economy's expansion from 2003 to 2007 were, in order, the housing…
Governments do not necessarily act in the national interest, especially when making detailed microeconomic interventions. Instead, they are influenced by…
It should be possible to emphasize to students that the level of employment is a macroeconomic issue, depending in the…

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The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently;… — Aristotle
The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything... or nothing. — Nancy Astor
Crying wolf is a real danger. — David Attenborough
How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it. — Marcus Aurelius
The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern. — Lord Acton
To act is to be committed, and to be committed is to be in danger. — James A. Baldwin
There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man… — John Adams
When you're young, you're always wondering when you're actually going to feel like a grownup. And I think you probably… — Drew Barrymore
I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I… — Clara Barton
In literature as in ethics, there is danger, as well as glory, in being subtle. Aristocracy isolates us. — Charles Baudelaire
The most dangerous people are the ignorant. — Henry Ward Beecher
It's totally mistaken to suppose that an armed escort is going to give a journalist any protection - on the… — Kate Adie

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