Paul Krugman's Blog, page 600
November 10, 2009
Depression multipliers
Yes, fiscal expansion is expansionary.
The plural of anecdote is data
Casual observation suggests a stronger recovery than anything I see in published numbers.
November 9, 2009
What ever happened to "Commie"?
Why is "Nazi" the right's preferred term of abuse?
Finance mythbusting, third world edition
There's no striking evidence that capital flows have been a major source of economic success.
Reagan mythbusting, productivity edition
No, productivity growth didn't accelerate.
TIPS and inflation expectations
The same financial disruptions that wreaked havoc with many assets also did some funny stuff to TIPS.
November 8, 2009
Technology in daily life
If I had to make a guess, the fastest progress in the technology of daily life -- the biggest changes -- probably came between the 1880s and the 1920s.
Nancy Pelosi delivers
Pretty impressive so far.
November 7, 2009
Reagan! Reagan! Reagan!
There's no measure I can think of by which the U.S. economy has done better since 1980 than it did over an equivalent time span before 1980.
US tariff history
Tariffs over the past 175 years.
