KRUGMAN: Ryan phenomenon fueled by the gullible center
To admit that the president’s critique is right would be to admit that they were snookered by Ryan, who is the same as he ever was.
Paul Krugman / New York Times Syndicate
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KRUGMAN: Quiet group is about lobbyists, guns and money
Now, ALEC isn’t single-handedly responsible for the corporatization of our political life.
KRUGMAN: How the GOP became severely constricted
Something has clearly gone very wrong with modern U.S. conservatism.
KRUGMAN: Why frack when the sun is rising on solar?
Will our political system delay the energy transformation now within reach?
KRUGMAN: Occupiers strip Wall Street of immunity
It’s harder than ever to see what, if anything, financiers are doing to earn that money.
KRUGMAN: The specious myth of Perry’s Texas miracle
What Texas shows is that a state offering cheap labor and, less important, weak regulation can attract jobs from other states.
KRUGMAN: No good reason to let bankers off easy
The arguments that officials are reportedly making for a quick, bank-friendly settlement of the mortgage-abuse scandal don’t make sense.
KRUGMAN: GOP willing to let debt calamity happen
Is a failure to raise the debt ceiling unthinkable? Not at all.
KRUGMAN: The mistake of 1937 is back to haunt us
To be sure, things could be worse—and there’s a strong chance that they will, indeed, get worse.
KRUGMAN: Republicans hold America hostage … again
It’s hard to know whether the “what, us worry?” types believe what they’re saying, or whether they’re just staking out a bargaining position.
KRUGMAN: It’s too bad the truth is still inconvenient
As Upton Sinclair pointed out long ago, it’s difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it.
KRUGMAN: Education won’t fix wage disparity by itself
Both high-wage and low-wage employment have grown rapidly, but medium-wage jobs—the kinds of jobs we count on to support a strong middle class—have lagged behind.
KRUGMAN: Majoring in the minors in balanced budget
In a better world, politicians would talk to voters as if they were adults. They would explain that discretionary spending has little to do with the long-run imbalance between spending and revenues.
KRUGMAN: Texas is a bad omen for the nation
Wasn’t Texas supposed to be thriving even as the rest of America suffered? Didn’t its governor declare, during his re-election campaign, that “we have billions in surplus”? Yes, it was, and yes, he did. But reality has now intruded.