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more about #paulkrugman more comments → snugbug: Even learned American person with German surname can't tell the difference between Bavaria (lederhosen) and Switzerland. @Europe: Fail! more » Smitros: If he wants to apologize, he should get in there like the Ricola guys and suck on an alpenhorn. more » ChillbearLatrigue: Look out, Krugman. Now I have the cocoa swilling cheesehead Swiss on my side. Give me a few hundred of those peaceniks and I can rule the world. How d... more » Hockeymom: A classic "non-apology" apology. I'm surprised he didn't sign off by writing "Best, Paul Krugman". more » suzyO: chocolate. LEDERHOSEN. the sound of music. international arms smugglers' bank account. yeah. cool, switzerland. more » Swifter: I'd like to know what Jacques Paysan has to say about this. more » Dr. Nick: Paul Krugman, like Ed, is sick of the Swiss. more » No Day Like Friday: That Out guy also said, "I sort of think the six-pack abs obsession got so prissy it stopped being masculine" This makes more sense. Because it's lik... more » Mo MoDo: He could always offer to take over Friedman's payments. more » the_marquee_de_lafayette: If Krugman's buying a home, I guess that means he's become a lot more comfortable with housing prices and the economic outlook. We'll see if his colu... more » Mediahohoho: I'll never understand why people don't understand that, by sloughing off the responsibility of providing healthcare to America's employer's, our gover... more » Pinekatz: Here in California we have a program that will insure kids under 18 years. One pays for either Blue Cross or Healthnet coverage. I think the family ... more » Pizza!Pizza!Pizza!: Telling people they have horrible health care is the worst part of this job... I think! more » momof3wildkids: Not a proponent of national health care despite my family paying $1900/month for reasonable, but not fabulous insurance (my husband is self employed).... more » DeadliestSin: ... or just come on up to Canada. We have all your favourtie tv shows, weed's easier to get, and you'll get used to the snow. Really. more » -
#fortherecord
Paul Krugman Addresses His Anti-Swiss Bias
Paul Krugman says Reagan sucks blah blah...oh, look, a correction! "In my column last Monday, I made a joke about the Swiss that fell flat with some readers. Also, the Swiss don't wear lederhosen." So shrill! [NYT] -
#mediacrack
Paul Krugman Moves Out of Mom's Basement
In your thrombosis-like Thursday media column: Paul Krugman buys a home, NYT photogs are harassed by crazies, Garrett Graff gets a new job, and men's mag editors speak on abs, and gayness. More » -
#whoknows
Health Care: Will America Ever Get Any?
Paul Krugman is cautiously optimistic about health care reform happening at some point this year! Let's all celebrate! More » -
#predictions
Paul Krugman Will Be Wrong In Ten Years
Paul Krugman writes in his column today about "the magazine cover curse." Funny he should mention it! More » -
#journalismism
Wall Street's Newspaper Slaves
The New York Times has a Nobel-prize-winning economist on staff. But no such expert is in tomorrow's front-page story on the trillion-dollar financial bailout. Only the stock market's verdict is included. More » -
#meetthepress
In New Era, Barney Frank Still Shouting to be Heard
We were all so excited for the Obama presidency because suddenly all those lovable losers we've grown to love during the Bush years would be influential and important! Hah. More » -
#lists
List Proves Thomas Friedman Still Important
Oh, good, Forbes has listed all the important liberals, in order of importance. God bless this new Obama era of paying attention to Times columnists again! More » -
#corrections
AP Scandal: Top 10 Quotes List Quoted Krugman Quoting Others
The Associated Press's list of the Top 10 Quotes of 2008 featured two from Nobel-winning economist Paul Krugman. But Krugman, it turns out, was not actually quotable enough to merit credit for either. More » -
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#paulkrugman
'Patently, Shamelessly Dishonest'
It was an awkward moment, topping even Barack Obama's meeting with the president he spent two years running against: Economist and Times columnist Paul Krugman, receiving congratulations for his Nobel Prize from the man he said built the "Party of Stupid," who "got rid of accountability," and who "was lying" about his "patently, shamelessly dishonest" budget, among many, many other brutal criticisms Krugman has leveled against the president over the past seven years. The photo, by Chip Somodevilla, says plenty, but hopefully Krugman will write something (for his blog?) on the words that actually came out of the president's mouth at the Oval Office meeting. -
#nourielroubini
The Secret Pleasures of Dr. Doom
One can tell the world's condition is dire because the practitioners of that famously dismal science, the economists, are the new celebrities. Putting aside Princeton's Paul Krugman—who this week won the Nobel prize for economics—one academic has emerged with a reputation of a seer, Nouriel Roubini. The NYU professor's once-mocked warnings—of a real-estate collapse, equity market slaughter, the systemic bust of the banking system—have largely come to pass. More »
