The Latest Breaking News from Paul Krugman

From threatening cage matches to backing RFK Jr., billionaires prove too much money detaches a person from reality

Economist and Nobel laureate Paul Krugman revealed he had no soft corners for an emerging group he calls “recession truthers,” following a decline in inflationary pressure over the past year

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.

There may be anger over capitalism in the context of income and wealth inequality, but money is about more than just survival

Administration officials are misreading the political moment – polls show the electorate is on the side of the president

The Princeton professor and New York Times columnist said circumventing the national debt limit with a platinum coin could work, but public perception is the problem.

Krugman doesn’t think A.I. is going to propel America toward an economic boom any time soon.

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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.