Entries tagged "Paul Krugman"

Australian interest rate move missive

Australia became the first G-20 country to raise interest rates. But if many economists and analysts are to be believed, the Aussies have just shot themselves in the foot.

Krugman, Roubini and the double dip

Paul Krugman and Nouriel Roubini, who are forecasting a double-dip recession, typify media-centric economists with agendas.

Roll Call: Krugman makes a $1.7M Manhattan bet

Here are some must-reads and sees to kick off your Thursday.

Contemplating Obama's far-out plan

President Obama has proposed yet another financial services reform to the administration's evolving effort to curtail systemic risk.

Krugman sees Obama's stimulus not enough

Paul Krugman offered up some uncharacteristically harsh words about President Obama in Friday's New York Times.

Examining Krugman's inconsistencies

The Nobel laureate economist Paul Krugman continues to criticize Republicans for not giving Obama policies enough time while he argues it is time for new policies.

Why green shoots are bad for financial regulation

This isn't the Great Depression. This isn't 1932. True, it's still early -- Treasury has just begun sending proposals up Pennsylvania Avenue -- and we could take another sickening descent into chaos, but all the evidence of incremental reform are there.

The danger of Krugman's anti-inflation meme

Economist Paul Krugman's dismissal of the dangers of inflation are dangerous given how markets react to the perception of fear.

Stress tests, gossip and speculation

The pundits speculate that the Obama administration's willingness to intervene in Chrysler's affairs indicate it may still nationalize banks.

Wall St. and Washington: Conspiracy or screwup?

Making sense of the latest screeds for and against Wall Street.

Stressed out over stress tests

Pundits and journalist are grousing over the meaning of Treasury's upcoming stress test results for 19 big banks as they continue to debate the merits of nationalization as a remedy to the crisis.

Lex tackles the question of prediction

In our era of 24-hour media, pundits willing to pontificate about the future rule the airwaves and Web. But some, like the FT's Lex, buck the trend and reject the gurus.

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