Paul Krugman's Blog, page 602
November 2, 2009
No saving grace
The Obama administration's "jobs created or saved" is just a way of saying "other things equal" in non-economese.
Clinton derangement syndrome
Even now, any mention of anything good that happened between the end of 1992 and the beginning of 2001 is like waving a red flag.
November 1, 2009
Growth and jobs: the lesson of the Clinton years
At the current rate of growth it would take us around a decade to reach more or less full employment.
October 30, 2009
If a deficit falls in the forest ...
If I were a politician, I'd focus on providing real improvements in peoples' lives, rather than seeking deficit reductions the public won't even hear about.
Modern bravery
Courage, neocon style.
What recovery should look like
Yes, 3.5 is a lot better than zero. But what we need is a string of numbers about twice that high.
Stimulating thoughts, 3rd quarter edition
The good news from the new GDP report is that the fiscal stimulus seems to be working just about the way a sensible Keynesian approach says it should. That's also the bad news. f
October 29, 2009
Growth and jobs
At this rate, we wouldn't reach anything that feels like full employment until well into the second Palin administration.
October 26, 2009
Peter Orszag is disingenuous
Fred Hiatt won't accept any version of fiscal responsibility that doesn't involve gutting Social Security and Medicare.
Fixed rates and protectionism, 2009 edition
Yhe problems that faced nations on the gold-standard in the 1930s are being replicated in countries pegged to the euro or the dollar today.
