Paul Krugman - New York Times Blog
April 11, 2009, 1:48 pm

Armey of darkness

Aha. So the “tea parties” are to a large extent being run by Freedom Works, which is basically Dick Armey with a lot of Koch-Scaife-Bradley-Olin support ( Read more... )

Krugman Wants Anyone Making More Than 75K In Jail: Morning Joe Panelists

What, exactly, is it about Paul Krugman that gets the blood boiling for so many pundits?

The Nobel Prize winning economist was the object of derision on Thursday morning, with panelists of MSNBC's "Morning Joe" wondering aloud if he was a crazed anti-capitalist demanding that ( Read more... )

by Rachel Weiner, Huffington Post

The high-profile policy duel between Tim Geithner and Paul Krugman came to a head on Sunday. Following the Treasury Secretary's appearance on ABC's "This Week (read/watch that interview here), Krugman participated in the panel session and made clear that he hadn't yet been convinced ( Read more... )

Obama's Bailout
The Nobel Prize-winning economist says there's only one problem with the president's $787 billion stimulus plan: It isn't big enough.

By Paul Krugman


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CONCERN TROLL?? I think not!


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This is Paul Krugman debating CEO Donald Marron of Lightyear Capital, who <333s the new Geithner plan. Krugman does not, says it is an undeserved gift to financial elites but makes the public bear losses.

It's from the March 23, 2009 [Monday] Jim Lehrer News Hour on PBS. Warning: It is kind of wonkish & technical.

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( Part 2 of 2 beneath the cut )

Financial Policy Despair
by PAUL KRUGMAN


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This morning at CPAC, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell paid homage to hate radio host Rush Limbaugh, saying that he epitomized how fun Republicans are:

McCONNELL: Compare that [CPAC] to the left’s annual attempt to imitate, the so-called Take Back America conference, which last year drew about a third as many people as CPAC. What this proves ( Read more... )