KRUGMAN: Liberal wonks have a plan for that

Donald and the Delusion Discount

The events of the past few weeks destroyed whatever credibility Donald Trump may still have had on economic policy. And investors are celebrating. At...

KRUGMAN: How would you like Mar-a-Lago health care?

KRUGMAN: Donald Trump's tantrums get Democrats out of a trap

KRUGMAN: Donald Trump is a problem for the rural United States

KRUGMAN: The trouble with Joe and Bernie

Disrespect and armpits

The myth of 1 percent

Purity vs. pragmatism

He's trying to kill you

Pre-existing cruelty

Getting rural about America

Don't blame robots

Deficit Man

She's no self-made woman

Running on MMT (Wonkish)

With everything else going on, I really don’t want to spend time arguing with the Modern Monetary Theory people; after all, we agree on basic policy...

Dems for Family Values

Donald and Deflationists

Democrats, Debt and Double Standards

Much of Donald Trump’s State of the Union address was devoted to describing the menaces he claims face America — mainly the menace of scary brown...

The Socialist menace

Attack of the centrists

Elizabeth Warren Does Teddy Roosevelt

America invented progressive taxation. And there was a time when leading American politicians were proud to proclaim their willingness to tax the...

The sum of some fears

What to expect

A libertarian experiment

Trump’s Big Libertarian Experiment

“Government,” declared Ronald Reagan in his first Inaugural Address, “is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem.”...

Elizabeth Warren and Her Party of Ideas

Almost 40 years have passed since Daniel Patrick Moynihan — a serious intellectual turned influential politician ­— made waves by declaring,...

The Economics of Soaking the Rich

The Economics of Soaking the Rich

I have no idea how well Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will perform as a member of Congress. But her election is already serving a valuable purpose. You...

Who's afraid of the deficit?

Who’s Afraid of the Budget Deficit?

On Thursday, the best House speaker of modern times reclaimed her gavel, replacing one of the worst. It has taken the news media a very long time to...

The Trump Tax Cut: Even Worse Than You’ve Heard

The 2017 tax cut has received pretty bad press, and rightly so. Its proponents made big promises about soaring investment and wages, and also assured...

Hope for a Green New Year

Let’s be honest with ourselves: The new Democratic majority in the House won’t be able to enact new legislation. I’ll be astonished if there are...

Bad faith and economics

Bad Faith, Pathos and G.O.P. Economics

As 2018 draws to an end, we’re seeing many articles about the state of the economy. What I’d like to do, however, is talk about something...

The Ghost of Trump Chaos Future

Two years ago, after the shock of Donald Trump’s election, financial markets briefly freaked out, then quickly recovered. In effect, they decided...

The Case for a Mixed Economy

A mind is a terrible thing to lose, especially if the mind in question is president of the United States. But I feel like taking a break from that...

Hard-money men go soft

Hard-Money Men, Suddenly Going Soft

I have a confession to make: I have been insufficiently cynical about modern conservative economics. Longtime readers may find this hard to believe....

Conservatism’s Monstrous Endgame

The midterm elections were, to an important extent, a referendum on the Affordable Care Act; health care, not Donald Trump, dominated Democratic...

Manhood and moolah

Manhood, Moola, McConnell and Trumpism

After Tuesday’s testy exchange between Donald Trump and Democratic leaders, it seems quite possible that the tweeter in chief will shut down the...

The G.O.P. Goes Full Authoritarian

Donald Trump, it turns out, may have been the best thing that could have happened to American democracy. No, I haven’t lost my mind. Individual-1 is...

The Art of the Imaginary Deal

Are we going to have a full-blown trade war with China, and maybe the rest of the world? Nobody knows — because it all depends on the whims of one...

What deal?

Climate Denial Was the Crucible for Trumpism

Many observers seem baffled by Republican fealty to Donald Trump — the party’s willingness to back him on all fronts, even after severe defeats in...

MAGA meets reality

Brexit, Borders, and the Bank of England (Wonkish)

A few days ago the Bank of England released a report on the possible macroeconomic impact of Brexit. The most pessimistic scenarios were eye-poppingly...

When MAGA Fantasy Meets Rust Belt Reality

Let’s face it: Make America Great Again was a brilliant political slogan. Why? Because it could mean different things to different people. For many...

The Depravity of Climate-Change Denial

The Trump administration is, it goes without saying, deeply anti-science. In fact, it’s anti-objective reality. But its control of the government...