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 AIG Bailout Squandered Our Money, Trust

Geithner & Co. were afraid to ask Wall Street for concessions

Nov 20, 09 9:55 AM CST
(Newser) - Financial officials, “most notably Timothy Geithner,” deservedly lost the public's trust with their no-strings-attached bailout of AIG, Paul Krugman rails in the New York Times . As a damning report from the TARP inspector general points out, the government made no serious attempt to extract concessions from the... More »

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AIG • Paul Krugman • bailout • Troubled Asset Relief Program • Wall Street bailout • Timothy Geithner • TARP

PAUL KRUGMAN


 Paranoid GOP 
 Could Make US 
 'Ungovernable' 

Whack jobs' seizure of Republican Party 'no laughing matter'

Nov 9, 09 7:37 AM CST
(Newser) - The kind of paranoia that made last week's health care reform protesters wave signs showing corpses at Dachau is nothing new in right-wing American politics, but the fact that these people actually wield power is new—and deeply troubling, writes Paul Krugman . "The GOP has been taken over by... More »

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Republican Party • Glenn Beck • Paul Krugman • right wingers • Sarah Palin • paranoia • midterm elections

PAUL KRUGMAN

Dems Will Regret Not Being Bolder on Economy

Voter backlash is about failure to lower unemployment

Nov 6, 09 6:48 AM CST
(Newser) - Paul Krugman doesn't buy the GOP conclusion that voters Tuesday rejected the Obama agenda. The election just showed that American voters are worried about their jobs, he writes, and this time next year, with unemployment still high, Democrats will likely regret not having been bolder on the economy when... More »

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recession • unemployment • US economy • Paul Krugman • economic stimulus package • Obama administration • President Obama • election day November 2009

Paul Krugman

Time to Pick a Side on Health Care Reform

House bill ain't perfect, but it's the best we're going to get

Oct 30, 09 7:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - No more fence-sitting or holding out for a better bill. “It’s the defining moment for health care reform,” declares Paul Krugman. “Everyone has to decide which side they’re on.” By everyone he means not only politicians but people in the media and other influencers.... More »

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Joe Lieberman • health care reform • Paul Krugman • centrist • public option

PAUL KRUGMAN

 In Switch, 
 'Real Economy' 
 Hits Big Banks 

Slumping profits are 'payback' from Main Street whipped by bad practices

Oct 19, 09 9:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Those concerned about the nation’s banks should forget about the “softly, softly policy” of the Obama administration that has allowed Goldman Sachs to go back to business as usual in spectacular fashion. The real problem, Paul Krugman writes, is banks like Citi and Bank of America that are... More »

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Bank of America • Goldman Sachs • recession • Citibank • credit crisis • Paul Krugman • lending practices • Larry Summers • Obama administration • financial crisis • economic downturn

Paul Krugman

 Education Cuts Will 
 Stunt Economy 

Congress needs to get states cash to keep universities healthy

Oct 9, 09 9:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Education has been the most important component of America's economic success over the past 150 years, writes Paul Krugman—that is public education. But after 30 years of Reaganite opposition to public spending, we've seen a "slow-motion erosion" of America's educational standing, until what we think is the "... More »

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education • university • Paul Krugman • colleges and universities • economic stimulus package • American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

OPINION

 Recession's Over, 
Need for More Stimulus Isn't

Job market needs big improvements now to avoid a troubled future

Oct 2, 09 6:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - The recession may technically be over but that's no reason for policymakers to start hanging up "Mission Accomplished" banners, writes Paul Krugman. Getting complacent about the state of the economy will result in a vast amount of human misery, he says, because the job market is still terrible and... More »

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recession • US economy • Paul Krugman • economic stimulus package

OPINION

 Krugman: Get Ready 
 for Climate Lies 

Curbing emissions won't actually cost much

Sep 25, 09 7:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - If you liked the health care debate, you’re going to love the upcoming battle over climate change, says Paul Krugman. The House has already passed a decent bill, but the Senate battle will bring out “the usual suspects.” Some will keep insisting that global warming isn’t... More »

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climate change • cap and trade • Paul Krugman • Waxman-Markey

opinion

Sometimes
a Bad Bill Is Good Enough

Reformers must see Baucus' effort as starting point: Krugman

Sep 18, 09 10:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Progressives will soon face their "long-dreaded moment of truth" on health care reform, Paul Krugman writes in the New York Times. Any bill that emerges is bound to disappoint, and "the question is where to draw the line," he explains. "How bad does a bill have... More »

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health care costs • health care reform • Paul Krugman • Max Baucus • progressives

OPINION

Krugman: How Economists Blew It

Downturn blindsided big brains who thought markets were perfect

Sep 4, 09 11:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - Believe it or not, economists were, until about a year ago, congratulating themselves on a job well done. Now the dismal science is in shock, and Paul Krugman thinks he knows why. Economists, he writes in the New York Times Magazine, “mistook beauty, clad in impressive-looking mathematics, for... More »

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economics • recession • Paul Krugman • financial crisis • John Maynard Keynes • economists

OPINION

 Obama and Brooks: Best Buds 

The odd friendship between a conservative columnist and liberal president

Aug 31, 09 5:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nominal conservative David Brooks is one of President Obama’s unlikeliest allies, writes Gabriel Sherman for the New Republic. The New York Times columnist was on board early, publishing an op-ed titled “Run, Barack, Run” in 2006. Lately, Brooks has written more favorably of Obama than Paul Krugman has.... More »

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Barack Obama • New York Times • Weekly Standard • columnists • Paul Krugman • David Brooks • bromance

analysis


 Obama Love 
 Affair Over for 
 Liberal Pundits 

One-time cheerleaders' support is 'wobbly'

Aug 31, 09 12:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - During the campaign, lefty pundits offered Barack Obama some of “the most favorable coverage that any White House contender has drawn in a generation.” Now, those same commentators’ support for the president is looking “wobbly,” writes Howard Kurtz in the Washington Post. “I find myself... More »

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media • Frank Rich • pundits • Paul Krugman • liberal media • President Obama • Howard Kurtz

OPINION

Health Care Debate Makes Me Miss Nixon: Krugman

Back in his day, we could get things done

Aug 31, 09 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Paul Krugman is a die-hard liberal, but lately, “I find myself missing Richard Nixon,” he writes in the New York Times. He may have been "the worst person other than Dick Cheney ever to control the executive branch," but his health care reform plan was... More »

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Richard Nixon • lobbying • health care reform • Paul Krugman

OPINION

Don't Fear Debt —Failed Reform Is Scarier

Krugman: We need deficits in a recession; they 'saved the world'

Aug 28, 09 6:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Paul Krugman isn't surprised that the projected $9 trillion deficit over the next decade is being greeted as a sign of economic apocalypse—and that commentators think it proves health care reform should be scuppered. In fact, he writes in the New York Times, it's good to run a deficit... More »

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debt • deficit • national debt • health care reform • Paul Krugman • federal spending • budget deficit • deficit hawks

Krugman Spat With Professor Explodes Online

Sniping turns to race when Ferguson calls Obama Felix the Cat 

Aug 24, 09 7:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Niall Ferguson picked the wrong Nobel-winning economist to mess with. The Scottish historian, who teaches at Harvard, has been caught up in a high-profile academic feud with New York Times columnist Paul Krugman, who has called him a "poseur" and a "whiner" in recent blog posts. Ferguson hit... More »

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racism • feud • economist • historian • Paul Krugman • academics • Niall Ferguson

OPINION

Obama Starting to Look Weak: Krugman

Progressives losing faith; public option
is the latest copout

Aug 21, 09 7:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - When Barack Obama threw the public option under the bus, the White House was reportedly "shocked and surprised" by the ensuing liberal fury, writes Paul Krugman in the New York Times. “Well, I’m shocked and surprised at their shock and surprise,” he writes. From Obama's reluctance... More »

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Barack Obama • health care reform • Paul Krugman • liberal • public option • progressives

OPINION

Obamacare
Isn't 'Socialist Hellhole,' It's Switzerland

Krugman: White House plan not all that radical

Aug 17, 09 7:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Investor's Business Daily made a howler when it said the British physicist Stephen Hawking "wouldn't have a chance" under the UK's health care, but for Paul Krugman, the "vile and stupid" editorial missed the point. Obamacare doesn't look like the British system, in which government runs hospitals... More »

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health care • United Kingdom • Switzerland • universal health care • National Health Service • health care reform • Paul Krugman

 Reappoint Bernanke: Krugman 


Aug 10, 09 11:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - If there’s any justice, Ben Bernanke will get another go-around at the helm of the Federal Reserve, Paul Krugman tells Bloomberg. “He’s earned the right to a second term,” the Nobel laureate says. “When the banking system failed to deliver capital where it was needed,... More »

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Ben Bernanke • Federal Reserve • Nobel Prize • Nobel Prize in Economics • Paul Krugman • economy • Joseph Stiglitz • Obama administration • President Obama

OPINION

Big Government Prevented Great Depression II

...And Republicans kept demanding that it step aside and allow it

Aug 10, 09 8:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - The economy isn’t in great shape, but we’re going to avoid Great Depression II, writes Paul Krugman in the New York Times. “What saved us? The answer, basically, is big government.” Unlike the private sector, the government didn’t decrease spending as its income decreased,... More »

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government spending • Paul Krugman • economic stimulus package • economy • financial crisis • Wall Street bailout • big government

(Newser) - The mob-like scenes at recent town halls are "something new and ugly," writes Paul Krugman, who notes that 2005's protests against Social Security privatization never saw baying crowds and congressmen hanged in effigy. The New York Times columnist is unconvinced that the mobs are in the pay... More »

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health care • Barack Obama • Medicare • health care reform • Paul Krugman • town hall meeting • racial tension • AstroTurf • birther

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