Academic Commentaries

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Professor (Emeritus) John H. Munro passed away December 23, 2013

Department of Economics,
University of Toronto
150 St. George Street
Toronto, Ontario
M5S 3G7
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Updated on: Friday, 8 November 2013
Economists' Opinions: as previously posted-online, by (chiefly) liberal economists

Listed from the most recent to the earliest postings:

'The Mutilated Economy' by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 7 November 2013 (html)
'North Atlantic Fiscal Policy: Bad here, Worse there': by Paul Krugman, New YORK TIMES, 6 november 2013
'Worst Conspirators Ever' by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 5 November 2013 (html)
'Europe's Inflation Problem': by Paul Krugman (on why moderate inflation is good for an economy), New York Times, 4 November 2013.
'Those Depressing Germans' by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 3 November 2012 (html)
'The Harm Germany Does' by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 1 November 2013 (html)
'A [Republican] War on the Poor' by Paul Krugman, New York Times. 31 October 2013 (html)
'Borscht Belt Republicans' by Paul Krugman, New York Time, 30 October 2013 (html)
'The Confidence Gnomes': by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 29 October 2013 (html)
'Raising the Medicare Age, Revisited': by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 25 October 2013 (html)
'Addicted to the Apocalypse': by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 24 October 2013 (html)
'Godwin and the Greenback': by Paul Krugman, on the role of the dollar: New York Times: 22 October 2013 (html)
'Liquidity Preference, Loanable Funds, and Erskine Bowles': by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 20 October 2013 (html
'Lousy Medicaid Arguments': by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 20 October 2013 (html).
'The China Debt Syndrome : by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 19 October 2013 (html)
'What a Drag'by Paul Krugman, on he Tea-Party Shutdown: New York Times, 17 Oct. 2013 (html)
'The Nobel': By Paul Krugman, New York Times, 14 October 2013 (html)
'The Dixiecrat Solution': by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 13 Otober 2013 (html)
'Dealing with Default': by Paul Krugman, New York Times 10 October 2013 (html).
'The War on the Poor is a War on You-Know-Who'by Paul Krugman: 'it is still race after all these years:' New York Times, 11 October 2013 (html)
'Automatic Destabilizers': by Paul Krugman (on the federal debt ceiling: New York Times, 10 October 2013 (html)
'The Midterms: Sam Wang Weighs in': by Paul Krugman (on the 2014 mid-term elections): New York Times, 8 October 2013 (html).
'On Knowing What You Don't Know: by Paul Krugman (a critique of Niall Ferguson): New York Times, 7 October 2013 (html).
'Phantom Crises (Wonkish)': by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 3 October 2013 (html).
'Reform Turns Real': Paul Krugman, on Obamacare and the Republicans: New York Times, 3 October 2013 (html).
'Agressive Blunderers' (Blame the Leaders, not the Tea Party: by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 3 October 2013 (html)
'What They Say versus What They Mean': Paul Krugman, on the Republicans: New York Times, 1 October 2013 (Ohtml).
'Good Glitches': by Paul Krugman (on Obamacare), New York Times, 1 October 2013 (html).
'Fools and Fixers': by Paul Krugman, on gov't deficits and debts: New York Times, 29 Sept. 2013 (html)
'Rebels Without a Clue': by Paul Krugman (on the Repulican threat to shut down the US gov't): New York Times, 29 September 2013 (html).
'Germany as Currency Manipulator': by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 27 Sept. 2013 (html)
'Plutocrats Feeling Persecuted: by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 26 Sept. 2013 (html)
'Trade and Secular Stagnation': by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 26 Sept. 2013 (html)
'Default Notes': by Paul Krugman (on the problem of the debt ceiling): New York Times, 25 September 2013 (html)
'The Depressed Economy is All About Austerity': by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 24 September 2013 (html)
'Attack of the Killer Hipsters': by Paul Krugman, on health care: New York Times, 23 Sept. 2013 (html)
'Free to Be Hungry: Paul Krugman on Republican Opposition to Food Stampes: News York Times, 22 Sept. 2013 (html)
'SNAP Notes': by Paul Krugman, New York Times: 20 Sept. 2013 (html)
'The Crazy Party': Paul Krugman on the Republican Party: New York Times, 19 September 2013 (html)
'Things Come to a Head': by Paul Krugman, on the Republican threat of a government shutdown: New York Times, 18 Sept. 2013 (html)
Give Jobs a Chance; by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 15 Sept. 2013
'Tobin and the Taper (Wonkish)': by Paul Krugman (on the Federal Reserve): New York Times, 13 Sept. 2013
'Rich Man's Recovery': By Paul Krugman, New York Times, 12 September 2013.
'Good Times At the Top': by Paul Krugman, New York Times,12 September 2013 (html)
'C'est La V No More': by Paul Krugman, on the nature of the economic recovery (V-shaped?): New York Times, 9 September 2013 (html).
'The Wonk Gap': Paul Krugman, on the GOP" New York Times, 8 Sept. 2013 (html)
'It Takes a Government (To Make a Market)': by Paul Krugman, on Obamacare: New York Times, 5 September 2013 (html)
'Years of Tragic Waste': reflections on the fifth anniversary of the fall of Lehman Brothers, by Paul Krugman: New York Times, 5 September 2013 (html)
'The Austerian Mask Slips': by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 3 September 2013 (html).
'Love for Labor Lost': by Paul Krugman, on Labor Day: New York Times, 1 September 2013 (html)
'Aging Euroskeptics': What We Thought in 1992: by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 30 August 2013 (html)
'The Unsaveed World': by Paul Krugman, on Asian currency markets: New York Times, 29 August 2013 (html)
'Asian Vulnerability, Then and Now': by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 29 August (html)
'How Dr. King Shaped My Work in Economics': by Joseph Stiglitz, New York Times, 27 August 2013 (html)
'The Real Trouble with Economics': by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 27 August 2013 (html)
'News Flash: The CBO isn't Stupid': by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 26 August 2013 (html)
'The Decline of E-Empire': by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 25 August 2013 (html)
'Singapore is the New Chile: Another Free-Market Paragon Bites the Dust': by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 23 August 2013 (html)
'This Age of Bubbles': by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 22 August 2013 (html)
'Karl Rove Shouldn't Pretend He Understands Health Policy': by Paul Krugman, 22 August 2013 (html)
'Coalmines and Aliens -- Again': by Paul Krugman: New York Times, 20 August 2013 (html).
'Stupid is a Strategy': by Paul Krugman, on the Republicans: New York Times, 19 August 2013 (html)
'One Reform Indivisble': by Paul Krrugman, on Republican opposition to Ohamacare: New York Times, 16 August 2013 (html)
'Banks and the Monetary Base (Wonkish)': by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 16 August 2013 (html only)
'Moment of Truthiness': by Paul Krugman (on the federal budget deficit): New York Times, 15 August 2013 (html only)
'The Good Web': by Paul Krugman, on the power of the internet: New York Times, 15 August 2013.
'A Tale of Two Flat Countries (The Netherlands and Belgium)': b y Paul Krugman, New York Times, 13 August 2013 (html only)
'Milton Friedman, Unperson': by Paul Krugman (on why Friedman has lost favour with the right-wing): New York Times, 11 August 2013
'The Phoney Fear Factor': by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 8 August 2013 (html only)
'What Janet Yellen -- and Everyone Else -- Got Wrong' : by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 8 August 2013 (html only).
'The Year of Living Stupidly': by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 7 August 2013 (html only).
'Another Bad Story Bites the Dust': by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 6 August 2013 (html only).
'Republicans Against Reality': by Paul Krugman: New York Times, 4 August 2013.
'Sex, Money,and Gravitas': by Paul Krugman (on appointing the next head of the Federal Reserve): 1 August 2013
'For the Birds': by Paul Krugman, on inflation hawks and doves: New York Times, 31 July 2013.
'Fear of Froth': by Paul Krugman, on the Federal Reserve: New York Times, 29 July 2013.
'Stranded by Sprawl': by Paul Krugman (on Detroit's economic plight): 28 July 2013.
'Republican Health Care Panic': by Paul Krugman: New York Times, 25 July 2013.
'Deficits and Interest Rates: the History': by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 25 July 2013 (html only).
'Been There, Done That: Monetary and Fiscal Policy Edition': by Paul Krugman: New York Times, 24 July 2013.
'This Time Was Predictable': by Paul Krugman: on the post-2008 financial crisis: New York Times, 23 July 2013.
'ATL vs. BOS: What's the Price of Cheap Housing?": by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 22 July 2013 (html only).
'Detroit, the New Greece': by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 21 July 2013.
'Hitting China's Wall': by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 18 July 2013.
'Why We Should Stop Subsidizing Sky-High CEO Pay: by Robert Reich, Reader Supported News, 17 July 2013.
'The Prophecies of Maestrodamus': by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 17 July 2013.
'John Galt and the Theory of the Firm': by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 16 July 2013.
'The Paradox of Flexibility': by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 16 July 2013.
'Hunger Games, U.S.A.: by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 14 July 2013.
'Spitzer': by Paul Krugman (on the politics of Eliot Spitzer, in New York): New York Times, 12 July 2013.
'Delusions of Populism': by Paul Krugman, 11 July 2013.
'Whites and the Safety Net': by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 9 July 2013 (html only).
'Political Inflationists': by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 8 July 2013.
'Defining Prosperity Down': by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 7 July 2013.
'On the Political Economy of Permanent Stagnation': by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 5 July 2013.
'E Pluribus Unum': by Paul Krugman, on Independence Day: New York Times, 4 July 2013.
'Invest, Divest and Prosper': by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 27 June 2013.
'Non-Inflation Denial': by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 26 June 2013 (html only).
'Florida versus Spain: An Update': by Paul Krugman, on the housing crises in Spain and Forida, compared: New York Times, 24 June 2013 (html only)
'Et Tu, Bernanke?': by Paul Krugman: New York Times, 23 June 2013.
'Profits Without Production': by Paul Krugman: New York Times: 20 June 2013
'A Potentially Tragic Taper: by Paul Krugman (on the Fed's monetary policy projection): New York Times, 20 June 2013 (html only).
'How Are These Times Different?: by Paul Krugman: New York Times, 19 June 2013
'Structural Excuses': by Paul Krugman (on the current European economic malaise): New York Times, 18 June 2013.
'Europe in Depression': by Paul Krugman: New York Times, 17 June 2013 (html only).
'The Hellenization of Economic Policy': by Paul Krugman: New York Times, 14 June 2013.
'Sympathy for the Luddites': by Paul Krugman: New York Times, 13 June 2013. In my view, a more accurate account of the Luddites may be found in this article in Wikipedia (on the Luddites), though this article does not take full account of the ravages of inflation during this part of the 'era of the paper pound', nor of the Combinations Act of 1799 (39 Geo. III, c. 81), which prohibited trades unions and collective bargaining (reinforced by 39 & 40 Geo. III, c. 106, of 1800). The chief era of the Luddites was 1811 to 1817.
'Hamster-Wheel Economics': by Paul Krugman, on European austerity policies: New York Times, 12 June 2013 (html only).
'Abenomics [Japan] and Interest Rates': by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 10 June 2013.
'The Quiet Closing of Washington': by Robert Reich, on how Republicans have shut down Congress: Reader Supported News, 9 June 2013.
'Who Has Draghi's Back?': by Paul Krugman, on the European Central Bank: New York Times, 7 June 2013.
'The Macroeconomics of European Disunion': by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 3 June 2012 (html only)
'The Geezers Are All Right': by Paul Krugman, on the falling deficits and US Social Security: New York Times, 2 June 2013
'Debt and Growth: The State of the Debate': by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 31 May 2013
'From the Mouths of Babes": by Paul Krugman, on the US food-stamp program: New York Times, 30 May 2013
'Rate Stories': by Paul Krugman, on trends in long-term interest rates: New York Times, 29 May 2013 ((html only: because of the graphs)
'Globalization Isn't Just About Profits: It's About Taxes, Too': by Joseph Stiglitz, The Guardian (UK), 28 May 2013
'The Obamacare Shock': by Paul Krugrman, in defence of the Affordable Care Act: New York Times, 26 May 2013.
'The Four Percent Solution': by Paul Krugman, on inflation targets: New York Times, 24 May 2013.
'Japan the Model': by Paul Krugman: on current Japanese monetary policies to promote recovery: New York Times, 23 May 2013.
'Elementary, My Dear Watanabe-san (Somewhat Wonkish>: by Paul Krugman, about Japanese policies and the Nikkei (Stock Exchange: New York Times, 23 May 2013.
'Sharing Abuse Fairly': by Paul Krugman, on the Reinhart-Rogoff controversy: New York Times, 21 May 2013.
'Macroeconomic Machismo': by Paul Krugman, on austerity economics again: New York Times, 20 May 2013.
'That Hideous Strength': by Paul Krugman, on the current Irish Economy: New York Times, 17 May 2013 ((html only: because of the graphs)
'The Smith/Klein/Kalecki Theory of Austerity': by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 16 May 2013.
'About That Debt Crisis? Never Mind': by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 15 May 2013 (html only: because of the graphs)
'Which Textbook is That, Exactly': by Paul Krugman, on the Liquidity Trap issue, New York Times, 13 May 2013.
Nicholas Crafts: 'Escaping Liquidity Traps: Lessons from the UK's 1930s Escape': Vox: Research Based Policy Analysis and Commentary from Leading Economistz; 12 May 2013.
'Bernanke, Blower of Bubbles?": by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 9 May 2013.
'I Am Become Ben, Destoyer of Worlds': By Paul Krugman: on the hostility to Ben Bernake and the Federal Reserve, New York Times, 9 May 2013. (html only: because of the graphs)
'10 Reasons Why Austerity Is a Crock': by Stephanie Kelton, New Economic Perspectives (Alternet), 7 May 2013.
'The Stimulus Debate, Revisited': by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 7 May 2013.
'Exchange Rates and Austerity': by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 6 May 2013 (html only: because of the graphs)
'The Chutzpah Caucus': by Paul Krugman -- on the austerity debate again; New York Times, 5 May 2013.
'Varieties of Academic Temptation': by Paul Krugman, on Reinhardt and Rogoff (again), New York Times, 3 May 2013.
'Not Enough Inflation': by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 2 May 2013.
'Medicaid Nonsense': by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 2 May 2013.
'Baltic Brouhaha': Paul Krugman, on economic recovery in Latvia: New York Times, 1 May 2013 (html only: because of the graphs)
'Still Coring After All These Years": Paul Krugman on the nature of 'core inflation': New York Times, 30 April 2013 (html only: because of the graphs).
'The Protectionist Non-Surge': by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 29 April 2013.
'The Story of Our Time': by Paul Krugman, on the austerity debate, New York Times, 28 April 2013.
'Grasping at Straw Men', by Paul Krugman -- more again on the Reinhardt-Rogoff public debt controversy: New York Times, 26 April 2013 (html only: because of the graphs).
'Academic Non-Obscurity': by Paul Krugman: more on the Reinhart-Rogoff public debt controversy: New York Times, 25 April 2013 ((html only: because of the graphs).
'The 1 Percent Solution': by Paul Krugman: Keynseians vs. Austerians, New York Times 25 April 2013.
'Krugman and Keynes to Obama and Lagarde: Get Real!': by Steve Weissman, Reader Supported News, 24 April 2013.
'Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto -- I Mean Mr. Smith': by Paul Krugman, on the Japanese Liquidity Trap issues, New York Times, 24 April 2013.
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Folly": by Paul Krugman, on the 2008 world financial crisis: New York Timees, 23 April 2013 ((html only: because of the graphs).
'Understanding the NBER [National Bureau of Economic Research]': by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 22 April 2013.
'The Jobless Trap': by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 21 April 2013.
'Lack of Nuance Is Not The Problem': by Paul Krugman, on the Reinhart-Rogoff controversy, New York Times, 19 April 2013.
'Meet the 28-year-old Student Who exposed Two Harvard Professors Whose Shoddy Research Drove Global Austerity': by Lynn Stuart Parramore, Alternet, 18 April 2013.
'The Excel Depression': by Paul Krugman, on the Reinhart-Rogoff controversy, New York Times, 18 April 2013.
'Blame the Pundits, Too': by Paul Krugman, on the Reinhart-Rogoff controversy, New York Times, 17 April 2013.
'Horse Soldiers Blogging': by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 17 April 2013.
'Density': by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 16 April 2013: on urban population densities and land prices in the US (html only: because of the graphs).
'A Tax System Stacked Against the 99 Percent': by Joseph Stiglitz, New York Times, 16 April 2013 (Reader Supported News).
'Europe in Brief': by Paul Krugman, on the Euro, New York Times 15 April 2013.
'The Antisocial Network': by Paul Krugman, on the bitcoin controversy, New York Times, 14 April 2013.
'Simple Natural Goodness': by Paul Krugman, New York Times: 12 April 2013 (html only: because of the graphs).
'Lust for Gold': by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 11 April 2013.
Monetary Policy in a Liquidity Trap: by Paul Krugman: a favourable view of current Japanese monetary economy: New York Times, 11 April 2013 (html only: because of the graphs).
'Imaginery Grownups': by Paul Krugman: on Obama's Budget Proposals and the Republicans: New York Times, 10 April 2013
'Margaret Thatcher's True Heir: by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 10 April 2013 (html only: because of the graphs).
'Deficit Derangement Syndrome': by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 9 April 2013 (html only: because of the graphs).
'France Has Its own Currency Again': by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 8 April 2013 (html only: because of the graphs).
'Insurance and Freedom': by Paul Krugman: on Social Security, New York Times, 7 April 2013.
'Hedge Fund American' : by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 5 April 2013 (html only: because of the graphs).
'The Urge to Purge': by Paul Krugman: on federal deficits in depressions: New York Times, 4 April 2013.
'Debt and David Stockman': by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 3 April 2013 (html only: because of the graphs).
'America the Debtor': a Reply to David Stockman: by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 3 April 2013 (html only: because of the graphs).
'Financing the Deficit: More Feldstein': by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 1 April 2013.
'The Bond Bubble Brouhaha: by Paul Krugman (commenting on Martin Feldstein's views on interest rates): New York Time, 1 April 2013. Also available in PDF format, but without the graph on interest rates.
'Lessons from a Comeback': by Paul Krugman: on California politics and state finances: New York Times, 31 March 2013.
'Europe's Second Depression': by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 29 March 2013 (in html): with link's to a related column by Brad DeLong
'Cheating Our Children": Paul Krugman on more deficit-scold myths: New York Times, 28 March 2013
'What's the Greek for Corralito?': Paul Krugman, comparing the Argentinian Crisis of 2001 with the Cypriot Criss: New York Times, 28 March 2013
'Poland is Not Yet Lost': by Paul Krugman, on Poland's respose to the economic slump: New York Times, 27 March 2013
'The Unnatural Rate Hypothesis ': by Paul Krugman (on the budget-deficit problem -- again): New York Times, 26 March 2013. See also the PDF version , but lacking the graphs in the online html. version.
'Don't Mention the Flimflam': by Paul Krugman, on Paul Ryan's conservative budget proposals: New York Times, 25 March 2013.
'Hot Money Blues': by Paul Krugman, on the Cryrus Banking and Fiscal Criss: New York Times, 24 March 2013.
'Treasure Island Trauma': Paul Krugman, again writing about the Cyprus financial disaster: New York Times, 22 March 2013
'Cyprus: the Sum of all FUBAR': by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 21 March 2013. Note that FUBAR was a World War II US Army expression in essence meaning: 'Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition' -- except for the fact that American soldiers never use the word 'fouled'.
Tom Walkom: 'Cyprus Relents, But the Damage Has Been Done': Toronto Star, 20 March 2013. Tom Walkom, long-time Star columnist, received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Toronto.
'Cogan, Taylor, and the Confidence Fairy': Paul Krugman on Ryan's Proposed Budget and the Confidence Question: New York Times, 19 March 2013.
'The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming': Paul Krugman on Russia's role in the Cyprus Crisis -- and Bank Regulations: New York Times, 18 March 2013.
'Marches of Folly': Paul Krugman on the Iraq Debacle -- and the Folly of Repeating the Folly with Iran: New York Times, 17 March 2013.
'After the Flimflam': Paul Krugman on the Republican Budget proposals: New York Time, 14 March 2013
'Night of the Living Alesina, Continued': Paul Krugman on Paul Ryan's Economic Views: New York Time, 14 March 2013
'The Eurobeatings will continue': Paul Krugman on the continued folly of Europe's austerity policies: New York Tinmes, 12 March 2013
'Dwindling Deficit Disorder': Paul Krugman on the folly of right-wing concerns about the budget deficits: New York Times, 10 March 2013.
'The Market Speaks': Paul Krugman on the good and bad aspects of the current stock market boom: New York Times, 7 March 2013.
'Why Don't We Have Deflation?': by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 5 March 2013. See the PDF version, but without the graphs available in the html version.
'The Life Expectancy Zombie': by Paul Krugman (on when to measure life-espectancy: from birth or from age 21?), New York Times, 5 March 2013.
'Mooching Off Medicaid': Krugman on the Republican's current stance on Medicaid, under Obamacare: New York Times, 3 March 2013.
'Bernanke of Hippo': Krugman on Ben Bernanke and the Federal Reserve: New York Times: 27 February 2013.
'Another Attack on the 90 Percent Zombie': Krugman on the Italian Public Debt and the 90 Percent Ratio; 27 February 2013.
'A Tale of Two Adjustments': by Paul Krugman, comparing Spain and Germany: New York Times, 25 February 2013. The graphs are not reproduced in the PDF file, and must be located at the NYT web site for Krugman's blog.
'Austerity, Italian Style': by Paul Krugman, on the current Italian election: New York Times, 24 February 2013.
'Sequester of Fools': by Paul Krugman, on the ongong US debt cris, and sequestration: New York Times, 21 February 2013.
'Alan Simpson and Bernie Madoff': by Paul Krugman, on the US debt crisis, and the Simpsons-Bowles plan: New York Times, 21 February 2013.
'Data, Stimulus, and Human Nature': Krugman on the Economic Stimulus Debate: New York Times, 19 February 2013.
'Raise That Wage': Krugman on Raising the Minimum Wage: New York Times, 17 February 2013.
'Equal Opportunity: Our National Myth': Stiglitz again on economic inquality: New York Times and Reader Supported News, 17 February 2013
'Rubio and the Zombies': Krugman on Senator Rubio's Reply to Obama's 'State of the Umion' Message: New York Times, 14 February 2013.
'The Ignorance Caucus': Concerning the speech from Eric Cantor, GOP House Majority Leader', by Paul Krugman, in the New York Times, 10 February 2013.
'On Economic Inequality: G-20? How About G-0?": by Joseph Stiglitz, in Reader Supported News, 10 February 2013
'Corporate Hoarding and the Slow Recovery': by Paul Krugman: New York Times, 8 February 2013. For the graph (not included in the PDF file), got to this NYT web link.
'Kick That Can': by Paul Krugman: New York Times, 7 February 2013: on the current fiscal crisis and the reasons for 'kicking the can down the road'.
'Spending Cuts and Monetary Policy': by Paul Krugman: New York Times, 7 February 2013
'The Non-Decisive Decade'L: by Paul Krugman: New York Times, 6 February 2013: on a decade of budget deficits and why they are not decisive problems
'Friends of Fraud': by Paul Krugman: New York Times, 3 February 2013: on the incomplete nature of financial reform in the US.
'Looking for Mr. Goodpain': by Paul Krugman: New York Times, 31 January 2013: another Krugman column on the follies of those advocating national austerity policies. See also one of his cited documents: Iceland: Second Post-Program Monitoring Discussions by the International Monetary Fund.
'Calvinist Monetary Economics': by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 30 January 2013: Not Calvin, the Reformation leader, but the cartoon figure in Calvin and Hobbes!
'Makers, Takers, and Fakers': by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 27 January 2013: on Republican economic policies concening the deficits.
'Deficit Hawks Down': : by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 24 January 2013: a critique of right-wing macro-economic and fiscal policies
'The Big Deal': by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 20 January 2013: on 'Obamacare" and Obama's first-term record.
'The Dwindling Deficit': by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 17 January 2013.
'On the Non-Equivalence of Greenhouse Gases and Entitlement Spending': by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 17 January 2013.
'Coins Against Crazies': by Paul Krugman (on the US Federal Debt Limits): New York Times, 10 January 2013.
'The Post-Crisis Crises': by Robert Reich (on Global Warming, International Trade Imbalances, and Inequality): Reader Supported News, 9 January 2013.
'The Hoax of Entitlement Reform': by Robert Reich, Reader Supported News, 7 January 2013.
'The Big Fail': by Paul Krugman (on international austerity macro-policies), New York Times, 6 January 2013.
'Debt in a Time of Zero': by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 2 January 2013
'Perspective on the Deal': by Paul Krugman (on avoiding the 'fiscal cliff'), New York Times, 2 January 2013.
'Brewing Up Confusion': by Paul Krugman (on the US fiscal crisis), New York Times, 30 December 2012
'Closing Loopholes Isn't Enough': by Leonard E. Burman and Joel Slemrod (on the US fiscal crisis), New York Times, 27 December 2012
'Is [Economic] Growth Over?': by Paul Krugman, on whether Industrial Revolutions and sustained growth are over: New York Times, 26 Dec. 2012
'Bond Vigilantes and the Power of Three': by Paul Krugman, on the US debt crisis: New York Times, 24 Dec. 2012
'When Prophecy Fails': by Paul Krugman (on the ongoing US budget crisis): New York Times, 23 Dec. 2012
'Playing Taxes Hold 'Em': by Paul Krugman on the US budget negotiations: New York Times, 20 Dec. 2012
'On Not Seeeing the Forest for the Equations' by Paul Krugman, on 'salt water' vs. 'freshwater' macroeconomics in the US: New York Times, 20 Dec. 2012
'Trillion Dollar Deficits and Jobs': by Robert Reich, Reader Supported News, 16 Dec. 2012
'That Terrible Trillion': by Paul Krugman (on the US budget deficit): New York Times, 16 Dec. 2012
'Inequality Is Undermining our Democracy': by Robert Reich, Reader Supported News, 11 Dec. 2012
'Macro Trumps Micro': by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 7 December 2012
'The Forgotten Millions': by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 6 December 2012
'Life, Death, and Deficits': by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 15 November 2012
'Let's Not Make a Deal': Krugrman's Advice to President Obama in Dealing with the 'Fiscal Cliff': as published in the Nnew York Times, on 8 November 2012.
'Medicaid on the Ballot':by Paul Krugman: on Romney proposals for Medicaid in the current US election campaign: as published in the New York Times, on 28 October 2012.
'Pointing Towards Prosperity': by Paul Krugman: a comparison of Romney's and Obama's economic policies in this US Presidential campaign: as published in the New York Times, on 25 October 2012 (Not favourable to Romney).
'Romney's Economic Model': by Nicholas Kristoff: comparing Romney's economic proposals with the disastrous economic policies now being pursuded in the European Union: as published in the New York Times, 25 October 2012 (Not favourable to Romney).
'The Secret of our Non-Success': by Paul Krugman: on why our economic recovery has so far been only partially successful: as published in the NY Times, on 21 October 2012.
'1933 and All That': by Paul Krugman: comparing the economic impact of financial crises in 1928-1933 and the current crisis that began in 2008: published in the NYT Times, on 19 October 2012.
'Snow Job on Jobs': by Paul Krugman: a critique of Romney's job-creating proposals, published in the NYT Times, on 18 October 2012.
'No More Industrial Revolutions?': by Thomas Edsall, New York Times, 15 October 2012, commenting on the paper that Prof. Robert Gordon published in the NBER Working Paper Series in August 2012, under the title: 'Is U.S. Economic Growth Over?'
'Death by Ideology': a critique of Romney's views on the American medical care system, by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 14 October 2012.
'Triumph of the Wrong?: a critique of Republican econonomic policies, by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 11 October 2012.
'Lessons from history on public debt': Hows did the UK's Fiscal Famine and Monetary Necrophilia Work in the Inter-War Period?: by Martin Wolf, Financial Times (London), 9 Oct. 2012
'The Truth About Jobs': on the current nature of employment and unemployment in the U.S., by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 9 October 2012
The American Dream Has Become a 'Myth': An Interview between Spiegel Online and Prof. Joseph Stiglitz (Columbia), Reader Supported News, 4 October 2012
'The Real Referendum': on the New Deal and the Great Society, this presidential election: by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 30 September 2012.
'Europe's Austerity Madness', by Paul Krugman: New York Times, 28 Sept. 2012
'The Optimism Cure': on Romney's economic policies, by Paul Krugrman, New York Times, 23 Sept. 2012
'Disdain for Workers': by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 20 Sept. 2012
'Hating on Ben Bernanke': on opposition to the Federal Reserve's monetary policies: by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 17 Sept 2012
'Obstruct and Exploit': by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 9 Sept 2012
'Cleaning up the Economy': By Paul Krugman, New York Times, 7 Sept 2012.
Barack Obama's Economic Record: End-of-term Report: The Economist: 1 September 2012. Also available in PDF, which does not have, however, the important graphs available in the Economist's online version.
Saving Obama, Saving Ourselves: by Tom Hayden, Peace Exchange Bulletin, 6 September 2012
Mitt Romney's Tax Avoidance Weakens Bonds of American Society: by Joseph Stiglitz, The UK Guardian, 3 September 2012
The Medicare Killers: by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 30 August 2012
"Galt, Gold, and God: on Ayn Rand and Paul Ryan's Economic Views": by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 23 August 2012
Question: 'Has Obama Made the Job Situation Worse?' By Prof. Robert McElvane Millsaps College, from the New York Times, 22 August 2012. The answer is, of course, NO; and Republican contentions to the contrary are false.
"From Resource Curse to Blessing": by Joseph Stiglitz, 8 August 2012
"The Crash of the Bumblebee": on the Euro : by Paul Krugman, 29 July 2012
"Money For Nothing": On Budget Deficits, Inflation, and Interest Rates: by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 26 July 2012
"Sticky Wages and the Macro Story": by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 22 July 2012
"Whose Incentives? Note on Taxes, Benefits, and Incentives": by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 11 July 2012
"Greece as Victim": by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 17 June 2012
"The Price of Inequality": by Joseph Stiglitz, 11 June 2012
"I'm Sick of Being Cassandra": by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 5 June 2012
"Easy Useless Economics": by Paul Krugman, New Yortk Times, 10 May 2012
"Paul Krugman on How to Fix the Economy": article by Julian Brookes (Rolling Stone), 3 May 2012
"What Greece Means" : by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 11 March 2012
"What Ails Europe?": by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 25 Febuary 2012
"Money and Morals" : by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 9 February 2012
"The Austerity Debacle": by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 29 January 2012
"Jobs, Jobs, and Cars": by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 26 January 2012
"How Fares the Dream?": by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 15 January 2012
"A Yen for Yen": by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 30 December 2011 (on the Japanese deflation trap)
"Keynes was Right": by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 29 December 2011
"Oligarchy, American Style": by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 3 November 2011
"How Did Economists Get It So Wrong?": by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 6 September 2011
"Economics in Crisis": by J. Bradford DeLong, Berkeley Economic Papers: The Economists' Voice, May 2011
"On the Edge": on the Perils of Deflation": by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 5 February 2009
"Credit Crisis Meets Retirement Income": by William Robson, President & CEO, C.D. Howe Institute, 5 November 2008
Douglas Diamond and Anil Kashyap on the Recent Financial Upheavals": by Steven D. Levitt, 18 September 2008

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