The Latest Breaking News from Paul Krugman

The Princeton economist and New York Times columnist said tech billionaires are “often, in practice, easy marks for grifters and con men.”

Inflation is finally falling. Although the year-over-year inflation rate is still over 4%, well above the Federal Reserve’s 2% target, much of that reflects especially large price increases from last summer. As those unusual months cycle out of the data, the rate will likely keep dropping.

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The billionaire calls on the Fed to lower interest rates to avoid a new shock to the economy, a position at odds with the Wall Street consensus.

Re: "PM2.5: Endless deja vu in Thailand", (Opinion, March 13).

The economist says he was unable to make payments via the popular app. Neither Venmo nor parent PayPal was able to fix the problem.

Krugman sees benefit cuts as "a choice" but believes that implementing a massive tax increase on American employers and workers would be "of course" no big deal.

Inflation likely rose last month, but it may not be a huge deal.

Let’s have a sort of “upper-level extension” to the RBA in the fight against inflation, writes Alan Kohler.