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Paul Krugman

Paul Krugman

Paul Krugman

The Trumpian roots of the chip crisis

The US is still paying the price of tantrum-based trade policy

The Trumpian roots of the chip crisis
Updated On : 10 Jul 2021 | 1:54 AM IST

Why can't America be like Italy?

These days Americans can only envy Italy's success in weathering the coronavirus pandemic

Why can't America be like Italy?
Updated On : 25 Jul 2020 | 12:41 AM IST

Trump hits the panic button

Why is he calling for emergency monetary stimulus? Politics

Trump hits the panic button
Updated On : 14 Sep 2019 | 12:50 AM IST

The world has a Germany problem

The debt obsession that ate the economy

The world has a Germany problem
Updated On : 22 Aug 2019 | 1:03 AM IST

2008: The first responders' view

Firefighting is a brief account of that crucial moment by three of the most important actors

2008: The first responders' view
Updated On : 22 Apr 2019 | 12:36 AM IST

After Theresa May's humiliating defeat, what's next for Britain and Europe?

The short run could be bad for the rest of Europe, too

After Theresa May's humiliating defeat, what's next for Britain and Europe?
Updated On : 17 Jan 2019 | 8:09 AM IST

Trump slump coming?

A return to protectionism and trade wars would make the world economy poorer over time, and would in particular cripple poorer nations that desperately need open markets for their products

Trump slump coming?
Updated On : 15 Nov 2016 | 1:31 AM IST

Paul Krugman: Progressive family values

Child care economics is in some ways like health economics. We can't trust unregulated markets to deliver a decent outcome

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Updated On : 26 Sep 2016 | 9:50 PM IST
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Paul Krugman: Walmart's visible hand

The retailer's wage hike seems to reflect the same forces that led to the Great Compression, albeit in a much weaker form

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Updated On : 03 Mar 2015 | 10:17 PM IST

Ending Greece's nightmare

What actually transpired was an economic and human nightmare. Far from ending in 2011, the Greek recession gathered momentum

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Updated On : 27 Jan 2015 | 1:08 AM IST

Amazon's monopsony is not OK

Amazon, which dominates online book sales, is acting as a monopsonist, a dominant buyer with the power to push prices down

Amazon's monopsony is not OK
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The fear economy

When the economy is weak, workers have a very weak hand and employers are in a position to work them harder, pay them less, or both

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Updated On : 28 Dec 2013 | 9:24 PM IST

Paul Krugman: Addicted to the apocalypse

Washington has spent the past three-plus years in terror of a debt crisis that has yet to happen, and, in fact, can't happen to a country like the United States, which has its own currency and borrows

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Updated On : 26 Oct 2013 | 9:49 PM IST

Money, gender and 'gravitas'

Campaigns against Janet Yellen for chair of the US Federal Reserve are both sexist and wrong-headed

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Updated On : 02 Aug 2013 | 11:15 PM IST

Japan the model

A short-term boost to growth won't cure all of Japan's ills, but, if it can be achieved, it can be the first step toward a much brighter future

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Updated On : 25 May 2013 | 11:12 PM IST