Paul Krugman's Blog, page 586
January 13, 2010
Percents And Sensibility
You have to start by assuming wildly dysfunctional financial markets before you can blame the government for the crisis; and if markets are that dysfunctional, who needs the government to create a mess?
January 12, 2010
How Many Currencies?
Why the euro isn't necessarily a good thing.
French Family Values
GDP per capita: it's complicated.
January 11, 2010
Crazy Like a Fox (Executive)
The terrorists are coming!
Crazy Like A Fox (Executive)
The terrorists are coming!
White Man's Burden?
Yes, we spend more on defense than the major European countries. But it's on the order of 1 or 2 percentage points of GDP.
Europe's OK; the euro isn't
Just because I think Europe does better than Americans imagine doesn't mean that it does everything right.
Jonathan Gruber
Jon Gruber is a technical expert, some of whose research has been supported -- entirely properly -- by government agencies. And we need his input into policy.
Too big to fail fail?
Breaking up the big players is neither necessary nor sufficient to protect us against financial crises.
