Paul Krugman Quotes About Past

Quotes about: Past

• The raw fact is that every successful example of economic development this past century – every case of a poor nation that worked its way up to a more or less decent, or at least dramatically better, standard of living – has taken place via globalization, that is, by producing for the world market rather than trying for self-sufficiency.

  Paul Krugman

  Taken, Successful, Past

  "Enemies of the WTO", Slate Magazine, November 24, 1999.

• The raw fact is that every successful example of economic development this past century ... has taken place via globalization.

  Paul Krugman

  Business, Taken, Successful

• There has been plenty to criticize about President Obama’s handling of the economy. Yet the overriding story of the past few years is not Mr. Obama’s mistakes but the scorched-earth opposition of Republicans, who have done everything they can to get in his way - and who now, having blocked the president’s policies, hope to win the White House by claiming that his policies have failed.

  Paul Krugman

  Mistake, Past, Winning

  "Debt, Depression, DeMarco" by Paul Krugman, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 3, 2012.

• A snarky but accurate description of monetary policy over the past five years is that the Federal Reserve successfully replaced the technology bubble with a housing bubble

  Paul Krugman

  Past, Technology, Years

• To the extent that sacrifices need to be made, shouldn't the people who've made out like bandits this past generation be first in line? The problem with getting out of the slump is that we need to spend more. It's not that somebody needs to spend less. We have idle workers who have the skills and the willingness to work. We have idle factories. Dealing with this is not about saying somebody needs to suffer. It's saying that we need to be prepared to open the taps.

  Paul Krugman

  Sacrifice, Past, Skills

  "Playboy Interview: Paul Krugman". Interview with Jonathan Tasini, www.playboy.com. February 15, 2012.

• Most work in macroeconomics in the past 30 years has been useless at best and harmful at worst.

  Paul Krugman

  Past, Years, Useless

  "The Academic Man’s Burden" by Jaime Pozuelo-Monfort, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 4, 2009.

• You know that Republicans will yell about the evils of partisanship whenever anyone tries to make a connection between the rhetoric of Beck, Limbaugh, etc. and the violence I fear we’re going to see in the months and years ahead. But violent acts are what happen when you create a climate of hate. And it’s long past time for the GOP’s leaders to take a stand against the hate-mongers.

  Paul Krugman

  Hate, Past, Violent Acts

  "Assassination Attempt In Arizona". krugman.blogs.nytimes.com. January 8, 2011.

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