"The trouble with poverty, as an issue, is……" — Paul Krugman

"The trouble with poverty, as an issue, is that it has basically exhausted the patience of the general public."

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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To those who have exhausted politics, nothing remains but abstract thought. — Honore de Balzac
The sun was like a great visiting presence that stimulated and took its due from all animal energy. When it… — Willa Cather
Two sittings a day of my models and I'm totally exhausted. — Paul Cezanne
I think I'm chronically exhausted. — Hillary Clinton
I believe in playing with your heart, with every fiber in your body-fairly, squarely, by the rules-to win. And I… — Bela Karolyi
Rivers are inherently interesting. They mold landscapes, create fertile deltas, provide trade routes, a source for food and water; a… — Unknown Author
In dealing with those who are undergoing great suffering, if you feel "burnout" setting in, if you feel demoralized and… — Dalai Lama
A population weakened and exhausted by battling against so many obstacles - whose needs are never satisfied and desires never… — Ryszard Kapuscinski
But every soil becomes finally exhausted, and the ploughshare of evil must always come once more. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Prayer is an all-efficient panoply, a treasure undiminished, a mine which is never exhausted, a sky unobscured by clouds, a… — Saint John Chrysostom
Rest in natural great peace, this exhausted mind, beaten helpless by karma and neurotic thought, like the relentless fury of… — Unknown Author
Suicidal thinking, if serious, can be a kind of death scare, comparable to suffering a heart attack or undergoing a… — Edward Hoagland

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