Paul Krugman

Paul Krugman has been an opinion columnist for The New York Times since 2000 and is also a distinguished professor at the City University of New York Graduate Center. He won the 2008 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his work on international trade and economic geography.

Volunteers receive weapons at a storage facility in Fastiv, Ukraine, Feb. 25, 2022. Conquest is now a losing proposition. This has been true for at least a century and a half; it has been obvious to anyone willing to look at the facts for more than a century, Paul Krugman writes. (Brendan Hoffman/The New York Times)….

Krugman: Putin may win his war, but the Russian Federation will be weaker and poorer for it

March 1, 2022 at 2:57 p.m.

Isn鈥檛 it extraordinary and horrible to find ourselves in a situation where Hitler鈥檚 economic failures tell us useful things about future prospects? But that抖阴ap where we are. Thanks, Putin.

Trader Fred DeMarco works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, Feb. 28, 2020. Global stock markets have recovered some after falling dramatically amid concerns with the pandemic.

Krugman: Market madness in the pandemic

June 16, 2020 at 11:13 p.m.

A funny thing happened: Investors suddenly piled into the stock, driving it up by more than 500%. And Hertz -- in bankruptcy! -- announced plans to raise money by selling...

Democratic presidential candidate former New York ...

Krugman: Democrats of the living dead

February 18, 2020 at 1:13 p.m.

Some of the most destructive zombies of the past dozen years have shambled their way into the Democratic primary fight, where a couple of centrists are repeating ideas that were...

Supporters listen to Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speak at a primary night election rally in Manchester, N.H., on Feb. 11.

Krugman: Bernie Sanders Isn鈥檛 a Socialist

February 13, 2020 at 3:58 p.m.

Republicans have a long, disreputable history of conflating any attempt to improve American lives with the evils of 鈥渟ocialism.鈥�

Krugman: Australia shows us the road to hell

January 11, 2020 at 8:00 a.m.

This should be the moment when governments finally began urgent efforts to stave off climate catastrophe. But the world isn鈥檛 rational.

This March 1, 2013 photo illustration Taken in Manassas, Virginia, shows the US Capitol on the back of the twenty USD bill. US President Barck Obama met Friday with US Speaker of the House John Boehner and Congressional leaders. Obama summoned congressional leaders in a bid to avert a damaging $85 billion in arbitrary budget cuts. AFP PHOTO / Karen BLEIER (Photo credit should read KAREN BLEIER/AFP/Getty Images)

Krugman: The legacy of destructive austerity during the Great Recession

January 1, 2020 at 2:09 p.m.

There are multiple explanations for the populist rage that has put democracy at risk across the Western world, but the side effects of austerity rank high on the list.

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks ...

Krugman: Why is Trump a tariff man?

December 6, 2019 at 4:43 p.m.

Almost exactly one year has passed since Donald Trump declared, 鈥淚 am a Tariff Man.鈥� Uncharacteristically, he was telling the truth.

This Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018 photo shows Delbarton, West Virginia. The state eclipses most others in the percentage of people affected by diabetes, heart disease and obesity. It has had the nation's highest rate of drug overdose deaths for years running. It also has the highest obesity rate and the highest rates of diabetes and high blood pressure. Adding to those woes is the highest suicide rate among states east of the Mississippi River.

Krugman: As life expectancy in red states declines, conservatives write the wrong prescription

December 4, 2019 at 3:44 p.m.

At this point, blue-state residents can expect to live more than four years longer than their red-state counterparts.

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