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Tag Archives: Paul Krugman
Krugman vs. Brooks
A classic debate over economic policy turns nasty, and personal—sort of
‘Small change for banks’
Paul Dewar calls on the Harper government to support a financial transaction tax at the G20.
When Mars really attacks
How would Americans handle an alien invasion in this time of partisan rancour?
Newsmakers: August 11-18, 2011
Frances Bean Cobain comes of age, Ai Weiwei opens up, and Vladimir Putin’s latest macho stunt backfires
The trouble with economists
Stephen Harper, Sept. 15, 2008. “My own belief is if we were going to have some sort of big crash or recession, we probably would have had it by now.”
“What an awful mess”
Paul Krugman really doesn’t like the Obama administration’s latest plan for fixing the banks. I mean, really really. This vehement a reaction, from this not-automatically-hostile voice, on a weekend after a hellacious week for the White House, is a non-trivial problem for the Obama administration.
Recovery is impossible without some change
Households need to save more. Banks need to rebuild capital. These are not bad things.
New Labour indeed
Gordon Brown gets a good review. The reviewer gets to polish his resumé.