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Byline: Paul Krugman Lately I've become obsessed with bacon - or, more accurately, with Donald Trump's obsession with the price of bacon, which has long been his favorite gauge of [...]

Byline: Paul Krugman There were local elections in several German states a few days ago, and the results - a strong showing by the Alternative for Germany or AfD, a [...]

Byline: Paul Krugman Once upon a time there was an emperor who loved being fashion-forward. So he was receptive to some fast-talking tailors who promised to make him a suit [...]

Byline: Paul Krugman My latest column is about how inflation is fading as both an economic and a political issue - which is good news for Kamala Harris and bad [...]

Byline: Paul Krugman Last week was full of speeches. Most of those that attracted national attention were at the Democratic National Convention, culminating in Vice President Kamala Harris's big moment [...]

I was mugged in Cambridge, Mass., back in 1979. I wasn't hurt; I matter-of-factly handed over my wallet, and that was that. But I'd be lying if I said I [...]

Byline: Paul Krugman On Friday, Vice President Kamala Harris gave her first big economic policy speech as the Democratic presidential nominee. It was, of course, very different from the 'economic' [...]

Surging inflation during President Biden’s first two years took a huge toll on his popularity, and the memory of that inflationary episode is probably the main reason that, at least [...]

On Friday, Vice President Kamala Harris gave her first big economic policy speech as the Democratic presidential nominee. It was, of course, very different from the 'economic' speech and news [...]

Byline: Paul Krugman Like everyone who follows this stuff, I'm a bit awe-struck by the polling shift since Vice President Kamala Harris replaced President Biden at the top of the [...]

Like everyone who follows this stuff, I'm a bit awe-struck by the polling shift since Vice President Kamala Harris replaced President Biden at the top of the Democratic ticket. We [...]

Byline: Paul Krugman Donald Trump has been using an ugly word to describe Vice President Kamala Harris. No, I don't mean privately calling her the B-word, although he reportedly does. [...]

On Saturday, Kamala Harris was asked to respond to Donald Trump’s https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/08/trump-says-he-should-get-a-say-on-federal-reserve-interest-rate-decisions.html that the president should have a say in the Federal Reserve’s interest rate decisions. She was https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/10/harris-trump-federal-reserve-independence-election.html, saying, [...]

The data keep telling us that inflation is basically over as a problem. This morning we got the latest report on https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ppi.nr0.htm, and it was “soft.” That’s a good indicator [...]

Donald Trump has been using an ugly word to describe Vice President Kamala Harris. No, I don't mean privately calling her the B-word, although he reportedly does. I mean ''communist,'' [...]

Byline: Paul Krugman You could say that Tim Walz became the Democratic vice-presidential nominee with one weird trick - that is, by using that word to describe Donald Trump and [...]

You could say that Tim Walz became the Democratic vice-presidential nominee with one weird trick -- that is, by using that word to describe Donald Trump and JD Vance, a [...]

Byline: Paul Krugman As an American of a certain age, I know quite a few people who've been warned by their doctors that they're prediabetic. That is, their blood sugar [...]

Como estadounidense de cierta edad, conozco a bastantes personas a las que sus médicos les han advertido que son https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/prediabetes/symptoms-causes/syc-20355278. Es decir, que su nivel de azúcar en sangre es [...]

On Oct. 19, 1987, Black Monday, stock prices https://www.federalreservehistory.org/essays/stock-market-crash-of-1987, with the Dow Jones industrial average falling 22.6 percent in a day. Many commentators rushed to explain what triggered the crash [...]

Byline: Paul Krugman I didn't anticipate the political twists and turns of the past few weeks, but then, who did? One thing I do blame myself for not seeing coming, [...]

There’s an old joke about a motorist who runs over a pedestrian, then says, “I’m sorry. Let me fix that” — so he backs up and runs over the pedestrian [...]

Byline: Paul Krugman There are talented politicians, there are untalented politicians, and then there's JD Vance - I mean, he tried to calm the furor over his 'childless cat ladies' [...]

Do you remember the 2023 recession? I hope not, because it didn’t happen. But back in 2022 there were so many https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/19/business/economy/economy-soft-landing.html of imminent recession that I wonder whether some [...]

You may have heard about JD Vance's ''childless cat ladies'' riff. But even if you have, it's worth revisiting the full quote -- and reminding yourself of what it says [...]

Byline: Paul Krugman You may have heard about JD Vance's 'childless cat ladies' riff. But even if you have, it's worth revisiting the full quote - and reminding yourself of [...]

Byline: Paul Krugman Obviously, the big political news of the past couple of days has come from the Democratic side. But before last week's Republican National Convention fades from view, [...]

On the eve of the 2020 election Donald Trump, in a post on the platform formerly known as Twitter, https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-donald-trump-police-economy-3082b995c1fd89129671b245797bc902 that “This election is a choice between a TRUMP RECOVERY [...]

Obviously, the big political news of the past couple of days has come from the Democratic side. But before last week's Republican National Convention fades from view, let me focus […]

Byline: Paul Krugman J.D. Vance once feared that Donald Trump might become 'America's Hitler.' Now he's Trump's running mate. But never mind that history. Trump and Vance have a lot [...]

Donald Trump has a thing about crime. His 2017 inaugural speech was all about “https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/cp/opinion/presidential-inauguration-2017/trump-gives-us-american-carnage,” the wave of violence he claimed was sweeping the nation’s cities. His https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/19/us/politics/trump-rnc-speech-transcript.html last night [...]

J.D. Vance once feared that Donald Trump might become 'America's Hitler.' Now he's Trump's running mate. But never mind that history. Trump and Vance have a lot of things, including […]

Byline: Paul Krugman I'm not going to speculate about the effect of Saturday's attempted assassination of Donald Trump on the 2024 presidential race. I will, however, make one observation: Some [...]

Out of many major political figures in the United States, J.D. Vance may have had the single worst reaction to Saturday’s assassination attempt on Donald Trump: He https://x.com/JDVance1/status/1812280973628965109 without presenting [...]

While Democrats tear themselves apart over President Biden's disastrous debate performance and his refusal to consider stepping aside, the Republican National Committee, without much fanfare, has released its 2024 platform. [...]

One of my go-to economic data experts emailed on Thursday morning about the latest https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/11/business/june-inflation-data.html, which showed prices actually falling in June and up only 3 percent over the past [...]

The past two years have been very good for the U.S. economy. Unemployment has crept up a bit, but not by a lot, and the employed share of Americans in [...]

Here are three true things about President Biden: He has done an excellent job as president. He has been ludicrously mistreated -- his every verbal or physical stumble dissected and […]

Byline: Paul Krugman Imagine yourself as a small-business owner who produces something - say, plastic lawn ornaments - for American consumers. (One of my uncles actually was in that business.) [...]

Byline: Paul Krugman France held the first of two rounds of parliamentary elections on Sunday, and its 'far right' party won big. I put that in quotes because right-wing parties [...]