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Paul Krugman

@pkrugman.bsky.social
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Ex NY Times, now author of Substack Paul Krugman. Nobel laureate and, according to Donald Trump, "Deranged BUM". Also Research Professor at the City University of New York Graduate Center and senior scholar at the GC-CUNY Stone Center.

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Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality @stone-lis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Watch Stone Center Senior Scholar @pkrugman.bsky.social discuss geoeconomics at last week's ECB Annual Research Conference. "Once you start turning trade relations into a source of geopolitical power, you might find yourself starting to do other things in pursuit of geopolitical power."
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Economic Size and Economic Power - Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality
Paul Krugman gave this talk on economic size and economic power during the second day of the European Central Bank's annual research conference.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
We discussed all this on our podcast as well, and @pkrugman.bsky.social is just brilliant all throughout: "Trump is going to lose this trade war...Mark Carney has a 60% approval rating and 30% disapproval. It’s Trump upside down." Listen: newrepublic.com/article/2146...
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Krugman: Trump Just Revealed Extraordinary Contempt for MAGA Voters
As Trump’s tariff scams get worse, economist Paul Krugman explains how he just exposed new levels of disdain for his own supporters—and why MAGA economics is failing so spectacularly.
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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
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Defending the Bonds
I am reporting for duty
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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Friends with children made a point of getting out of DC before the fireworks. They were right:
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Janet Gornick @janetgornick.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Part 3. Paul Krugman on "Curing U.S. Healthcare". "[W]e are approaching a point at which ambitious healthcare reform, well beyond simply repairing the damage to Obamacare, will be possible. And Democrats should be prepared to rise to the occasion." It's a wrap! (... for this healthcare series) 👇👇👇
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Janet Gornick @janetgornick.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Part 2. Paul Krugman on "Curing U.S. Healthcare". "The second Trump administration and its allies in Congress have taken two actions that will, over time, almost completely undo the expansion of health insurance since the ACA was enacted... How can and should Democrats respond?" 👇👇👇 Stay tuned ...
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Janet Gornick @janetgornick.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Part 1. Paul Krugman on "Curing U.S. Healthcare". "What works? Healthcare policy is an area in which advocates of reform don’t need to speculate about the feasibility of their plans, because all major routes to universal coverage have already been tried in multiple countries." 👇👇👇 Stay tuned ...
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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Zipf’s law drives anyone who thinks too much about it into gibbering madness
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Eduardo Porter @eduardoelreportero.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Check out the conversation Alejandro Werner from Georgetown and I had with the great Paul Krugman, about what to expect when the global hegemon, main architect and guarantor of the postwar world order, goes rogue and starts tearing it apart. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qBp...
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When the Hegemon Goes Rogue: How to Adapt to Washington's Belligerent Foreign Policy
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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
So, I almost never use dictation software. But I was in a mood today and tried for bit. “Strait of Hormuz” came out “street of hormones,” which kind of makes sense …
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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Assume we have a strait opener
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CUNY Graduate Center @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
ICYMI, watch our recent conversation between Lina Khan & @pkrugman.bsky.social - now on YouTube! Enjoy a fascinating discussion: youtu.be/Kv6ACS3a5_0 Presented with @stone-lis.bsky.social #affordability
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Affordability, Antitrust, and Inequality: Lina M. Khan and Paul Krugman in Conversation
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CUNY Graduate Center @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
💬 “All of this attempt to serve affordability…” What does that actually look like in NYC? Paul Krugman and Lina M. Khan unpack the real impact on workers and businesses. @pkrugman.bsky.social @stone-lis.bsky.social 🎥 Watch the full conversation on YouTube. youtu.be/Kv6ACS3a5_0?...
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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
New York is not terrible www.threepennyreview.com/krugman-on-n...
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On New York – The Threepenny Review
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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
OT: A few months ago the Threepenny Review asked me (along with others) to write a short essay on living in New York. It’s up now: threepennyreview.com/kr… But one passage I was pleased with reads a bit differently than when I wrote it:
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Hi all, Paul Krugman and I did a podcast on the Trump Administration and what might be happening in the bombing of Iran. Not the most uplifting of talks, but you might find it interesting. substack.com/@phillipspob...
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Hi all, @Paul Krugman and I did a podcast on the Trump Administration and what might be happening in the bombing of Iran. Not the most uplifting of talks, but you might find it interesting.
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CUNY Graduate Center @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Prof. @pkrugman.bsky.social and historian @hcrichardson.bsky.social joined forces today by launching "Lunch Money,” a new monthly conversation series about how money shapes our politics www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6vc...
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Energy Policy | Lunch Money with Paul Krugman and Heather Cox Richardson
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CUNY Graduate Center @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Last night we welcomed Lina M. Khan, former FTC Chair, for an enlightening conversation with our own Paul Krugman, research professor in economics. Video of “Affordability, Antitrust, and Inequality” coming soon! Presented with @stone-lis.bsky.social (Photos: Matt Harvey)
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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Trump’s declaration that he expects UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER from Iran does not seem to be calming markets
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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Remember all those boasts about jobs and gasoline prices in the State of the Union? www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0Zv...
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Where's My Golden Age?
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Kim Lane Scheppele @kimlanelaw.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
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.
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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Attacking Iran versus defending Ukraine www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Lng...
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ONE BILLION DOLLARS
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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
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.
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CUNY Graduate Center @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
If affordability is a political issue, who’s really responsible? Lina M. Khan and Paul Krugman discuss monopoly power, antitrust, and inequality at Affordability, Antitrust, and Inequality. @pkrugman.bsky.social March 9, 2026 | 6:30 PM 🔗 www.gc.cuny.edu/events/affor... Join us!
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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Surprise: War in the middle of the world’s most important oil-producing region has consequences www.youtube.com/watch?v=55pk...
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Dear markets, what did you expect?
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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
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???
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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
About Anthropic, Iran, and dumbing down www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjUo...
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Claude at war
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David Wessel @davidmwessel.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
@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...
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The Economics of Technological Change
What history and models can (and can’t) tell us about AI
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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Now that the Supremes have humiliated Trump, it’s time to invade the Falkland Islands, I mean, bomb Iran.
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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Larry Ellison is buying CNN. That’s a disaster www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEwy...
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no news is bad news
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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
New video on why you won’t receive a tariff check www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEDA...
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No check in the mail
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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
About growth in Europe and the US; it’s not the story you’ve heard open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
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Europe v America: Who’s Really Winning?
A wonkish but important discussion
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CUNY Graduate Center @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
We’re pleased to announce a $10 million gift from the James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Foundation, which supports the work of @stone-lis.bsky.social www.gc.cuny.edu/news/10-mill... @cuny.edu
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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Trump loves tariffs but the economy doesn't paulkrugman.substack.com/p/attack-of-...
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Attack of the Zombie Tariffs
A brain is a terrible thing to have eaten
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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
What is a balance-of-payments deficit? I should know, but I don't. Nobody does. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VY6d...
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So what is a balance of payments deficit, anyway?
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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
An update: We're now starting to see how much Trump lost with the tariff ruling www.youtube.com/watch?v=El0K...
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Trump loses his tariff power
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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Section 232, Section 122, IEEPA and all that paulkrugman.substack.com/p/tariff-pol...
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Tariff Policy by the Numbers
Understanding what just happened and what can come next
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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
This wasn't an apology, or a real retraction. It was basically "I'm sorry you feel that way."
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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Now that the Supremes have humiliated Trump, it’s time to invade the Falkland Islands, I mean, bomb Iran.
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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
New Jersey. You got a problem with that?
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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
IEEPA! IEEPA! IEEPA! www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEBd...
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IEEPA! IEEPA! IEEPA!
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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
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...
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Three disappointing numbers
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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Another short video, about the economics of possible war with Iran www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VhI...
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Wag the dogs of war
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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
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...
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Now Trumpists are menacing economists
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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Every Trump official is fundamentally a thug
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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
To understand the catastrophic turn in U.S. health policy, follow the money paulkrugman.substack.com/p/how-the-ka...
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How the Kakistocracy Became a Quackistocracy
Corruption is a germ’s best friend
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Claudia Sahm @claudia-sahm.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
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.
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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
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.
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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
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
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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
New post about tariffs. Last week two reports found that foreigners have borne very little of the cost. But the CPI came in somewhat soft. Is there a contradiction? As I explain, no. paulkrugman.substack.com/p/who-is-pay...
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Who Is Paying the Trump Tariffs?
A wonkish guide for the confused
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