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My Last Column: Finding Hope in an Age of Resentment

Advertisement Supported by Paul Krugman By Paul Krugman Opinion Columnist This is my final column for The New York Times, where I began publishing...

10.12.2024 400

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The American Way of Economic War

Is Washington Overusing Its Most Powerful Weapons?

09.12.2024 90

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Crony Capitalism Is Coming to America

Advertisement Supported by Paul Krugman By Paul Krugman Opinion Columnist It’s late 2025, and Donald Trump has done what he said he would do:...

26.11.2024 80

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How Hostility to Immigrants Will Hurt America’s Tech Sector

Opinion Paul Krugman An improvised ladder hangs from a portion of the wall on the U.S.-Mexico border in Sunland Park, N.M. Credit... Paul Ratje for...

22.11.2024 60

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The Dollar Still Has Its Mojo. X, Not So Much.

Advertisement Supported by Paul Krugman By Paul Krugman Opinion Columnist “There is a great deal of ruin in a network,” Adam Smith once observed....

19.11.2024 50

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Here’s How Trump Could Lose the Coming Trade War

Advertisement Supported by Paul Krugman By Paul Krugman Opinion Columnist The good news: I don’t think Donald Trump will cause a global trade war....

15.11.2024 50

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Why Trump’s Deportations Will Drive Up Your Grocery Bill

Advertisement Supported by Paul Krugman By Paul Krugman Opinion Columnist For the past few years, over and over, voters have told pollsters and...

12.11.2024 300

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Why Trump’s Supporters Should Also Be Wary if He Returns to Power

Advertisement Supported by Paul Krugman By Paul Krugman Opinion Columnist I don’t know who will win the presidential election. Nobody does. But...

05.11.2024 90

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Leopards Are Telling You That They Will Eat YOUR Face

Advertisement Supported by Paul Krugman By Paul Krugman Opinion Columnist Do you know this widely cited meme, introduced in a 2015 tweet? “I...

01.11.2024 200

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Trump’s Biggest Con: Pretending to Support American Workers

Advertisement Supported by Paul Krugman By Paul Krugman Opinion Columnist Donald Trump has always been a con man. As a businessman, he left behind...

29.10.2024 4000

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How Trump Could Bankrupt Social Security

Advertisement Supported by Paul Krugman By Paul Krugman Opinion Columnist Remember when George W. Bush tried to privatize Social Security? I was...

25.10.2024 100

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What Lincoln Can Tell Us About MAGA

Advertisement Supported by Paul Krugman By Paul Krugman Opinion Columnist This is the third in an occasional series about Donald Trump’s...

22.10.2024 200

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Trump Has Become Unmoored in Time

His grim vision of America seems stuck in the past.

15.10.2024 850

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All the Good Economic News Vindicates Bidenomics

But not quite in the way you may think.

08.10.2024 200

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Why Trump Is Lying About Disaster Relief

His usual trash-talking is losing its mojo.

04.10.2024 200

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Why Trumponomics Could Lead to Trumpflation

The former president is contemplating policies that would act like a self-inflicted pandemic.

01.10.2024 21500

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The Tech Bro Style in American Politics

Why some billionaires are helping to promote political extremism.

27.09.2024 400

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Trump Learned Nothing From the Obamacare Debate. Neither Did Vance.

Their “concepts” would abandon people with pre-existing conditions.

24.09.2024 80

The New York Times

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The Fed’s Big Rate Cut Wasn’t Political. It Was an Economic No-Brainer.

The cut was “jumbo.” The implications are bigger.

19.09.2024 2

The New York Times

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How Trump Is Undermining the Economy in Some Struggling Cities

Immigration to small cities creates jobs for everyone.

17.09.2024 100

The New York Times

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Here’s Why Trump Was Forced to Say That He Only Has ‘Concepts of a Plan’

Advertisement Supported by Paul Krugman By Paul Krugman Opinion Columnist Kamala Harris exceeded my expectations in her debate with Donald Trump on...

13.09.2024 100

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Donald Trump on the Dollar, in His Own Words

Advertisement Supported by Paul Krugman By Paul Krugman Opinion Columnist This is the first in an occasional series about Donald Trump’s...

10.09.2024 90

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Bacon Prices and the Windmills of Trump’s Mind

Advertisement Supported by Paul Krugman By Paul Krugman Opinion Columnist Lately I’ve become obsessed with bacon — or, more accurately, with...

06.09.2024 200

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The Political Rage of Left-Behind Regions

Advertisement Subscriber-only Newsletter By Paul Krugman Opinion Columnist There were local elections in several German states a few days ago, and...

03.09.2024 2

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Naked Emperors and Crypto Campaign Cash

Why a mostly useless industry dominates corporate political spending.

30.08.2024 70

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Why Economists Worry About Trumpflation

Advertisement Subscriber-only Newsletter By Paul Krugman Opinion Columnist My latest column is about how inflation is fading as both an economic and...

28.08.2024 100

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Inflation Is Fading, Statistically and Politically

Advertisement Supported by Paul Krugman By Paul Krugman Opinion Columnist Last week was full of speeches. Most of those that attracted national...

27.08.2024 20

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Trump’s Made-Up ‘Kamala Crime Wave’

Advertisement Supported by Paul Krugman By Paul Krugman Opinion Columnist I was mugged in Cambridge, Mass., back in 1979. I wasn’t hurt; I...

23.08.2024 80

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Kamalanomics, Revealed: A Solid Center-Left Agenda

Advertisement Supported by Paul Krugman By Paul Krugman Opinion Columnist On Friday, Vice President Kamala Harris gave her first big economic...

19.08.2024 2

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Is It Morning in Kamala Harris’s America?

Advertisement Supported by Paul Krugman By Paul Krugman Opinion Columnist Like everyone who follows this stuff, I’m a bit awe-struck by the...

16.08.2024 100

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Trump Calls Harris a ‘Communist.’ That Shows How Worried He Is.

Advertisement Supported by Paul Krugman By Paul Krugman Opinion Columnist Donald Trump has been using an ugly word to describe Vice President...

13.08.2024 400

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Tim Walz and the Weird Politics of Free School Lunches

Advertisement Supported by Paul Krugman By Paul Krugman Opinion Columnist You could say that Tim Walz became the Democratic vice-presidential...

09.08.2024 200

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The Economy Is Looking Pre-Recessionary

Advertisement Supported by Paul Krugman By Paul Krugman Opinion Columnist As an American of a certain age, I know quite a few people who’ve been...

06.08.2024 70

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How 2024 Became a Crypto Election

Advertisement Supported by Paul Krugman By Paul Krugman Opinion Columnist I didn’t anticipate the political twists and turns of the past few...

02.08.2024 40

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Keep Sahm and Carry On

Advertisement Subscriber-only Newsletter By Paul Krugman Opinion Columnist Do you remember the 2023 recession? I hope not, because it didn’t...

31.07.2024 10

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Tech Bro Elegy: How Did JD Vance Get Here?

Advertisement Supported by Paul Krugman By Paul Krugman Opinion Columnist There are talented politicians, there are untalented politicians, and...

30.07.2024 100

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JD Vance’s ‘Cat Ladies’ Riff Has Serious ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Vibes

Advertisement Supported by Paul Krugman By Paul Krugman Opinion Columnist You may have heard about JD Vance’s “childless cat ladies” riff. But...

26.07.2024 100

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Trump’s Cynical Attempt to Pit Recent Immigrants Against Black Americans

Advertisement Supported by Paul Krugman By Paul Krugman Opinion Columnist Obviously, the big political news of the past couple of days has come...

23.07.2024 100

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Can We ‘Make America Affordable Again’? Should We?

Advertisement Subscriber-only Newsletter By Paul Krugman Opinion Columnist The third item on the 2024 Republican Party platform, after promises to...

20.07.2024 70

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J.D. Vance Puts the Con in Conservatism

Advertisement Supported by Paul Krugman By Paul Krugman Opinion Columnist J.D. Vance once feared that Donald Trump might become “America’s...

19.07.2024 80

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Don’t Lose Sight of Project 2025. That’s the Real Trump.

Advertisement Supported by Paul Krugman By Paul Krugman Opinion Columnist I’m not going to speculate about the effect of Saturday’s attempted...

16.07.2024 100

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Why Does the G.O.P. Despise America?

Advertisement Supported by Paul Krugman By Paul Krugman Opinion Columnist While Democrats tear themselves apart over President Biden’s disastrous...

12.07.2024 300

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