Paul Krugman

excellent deep dive into all of the ways that the Trump administration has used the federal budget to keep punishing critics and trying to bend them to his will. FWIW, this is precisely how Viktor Orban crushed the opposition in Hungary 15 years ago. The national budget is a powerful weapon.

YouTube video by Paul Krugman ONE BILLION DOLLARS

Attacking Iran versus defending Ukraine www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Lng...

Many people talking about how gasoline prices at the pump have already jumped. But what should really terrify Republicans is RBOB — the futures price on wholesale gasoline. This is up 75 cents a gallon since its low earlier this year.

If affordability is a political issue, who’s really responsible?

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YouTube video by Paul Krugman Dear markets, what did you expect?

Surprise: War in the middle of the world’s most important oil-producing region has consequences www.youtube.com/watch?v=55pk...

Trump just held a press conference about war with Iran, and spent much of it talking about drapes and his ballroom. I guess those are the drapes of wrath???

YouTube video by Paul Krugman Claude at war

About Anthropic, Iran, and dumbing down www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjUo...

The Economics of Technological Change What history and models can (and can’t) tell us about AI

@pkrugman.bsky.social at his most trenchant. The Economics of Technological Change: What history and models can (and can’t) tell us about AI open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

Now that the Supremes have humiliated Trump, it’s time to invade the Falkland Islands, I mean, bomb Iran.

YouTube video by Paul Krugman no news is bad news

Larry Ellison is buying CNN. That’s a disaster www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEwy...

YouTube video by Paul Krugman No check in the mail

New video on why you won’t receive a tariff check www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEDA...

Europe v America: Who’s Really Winning? A wonkish but important discussion

About growth in Europe and the US; it’s not the story you’ve heard open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

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Attack of the Zombie Tariffs A brain is a terrible thing to have eaten

Trump loves tariffs but the economy doesn't paulkrugman.substack.com/p/attack-of-...

YouTube video by Paul Krugman So what is a balance of payments deficit, anyway?

What is a balance-of-payments deficit? I should know, but I don't. Nobody does. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VY6d...

YouTube video by Paul Krugman Trump loses his tariff power

An update: We're now starting to see how much Trump lost with the tariff ruling www.youtube.com/watch?v=El0K...

Tariff Policy by the Numbers Understanding what just happened and what can come next

Section 232, Section 122, IEEPA and all that paulkrugman.substack.com/p/tariff-pol...

This wasn't an apology, or a real retraction. It was basically "I'm sorry you feel that way."

Now that the Supremes have humiliated Trump, it’s time to invade the Falkland Islands, I mean, bomb Iran.

New Jersey. You got a problem with that?

YouTube video by Paul Krugman IEEPA! IEEPA! IEEPA!

IEEPA! IEEPA! IEEPA! www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEBd...

YouTube video by Paul Krugman Three disappointing numbers

Three disappointing numbers: the trade deficit, GDP growth, and the Fed's preferred measure of inflation won't make Trump happy www.youtube.com/watch?v=47oa...

YouTube video by Paul Krugman Wag the dogs of war

Another short video, about the economics of possible war with Iran www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VhI...

YouTube video by Paul Krugman Now Trumpists are menacing economists

Something new: A short video responding to the Trump administration saying that economists whose studies aren’t what they want to hear should be “disciplined” www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzZd...

Every Trump official is fundamentally a thug

How the Kakistocracy Became a Quackistocracy Corruption is a germ’s best friend

To understand the catastrophic turn in U.S. health policy, follow the money paulkrugman.substack.com/p/how-the-ka...

I find the lack of criticism of Warsh, especially from the New Keynesian macroeconomists, bizarre. There are hints of criticism from former Fed officials: it is not a compliment to have people say you are confused about your signature policy proposal. I hope I am wrong in my concerns.

Sometimes you wonder. Bloomberg this morning saying that you can't both believe that AI is a big deal and that we're in a bubble. But you absolutely can! That's exactly the story of the tech bubble of the 90s, major economic impact but not big profits. Sigh.

When Bereleh and Faygel Krugman emigrated from Belarus to New York, which was mostly Catholic and Jewish in 1920, I don't think they did for the Scots (with one t) Irish culture

This also implies that fears of a lot of tariff-induced inflation still in the pipeline are exaggerated. Most of the tariff hit to inflation has already happened 4/