On AlterNet: paul krugman

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "paul krugman"

Crash Tax: Wall Street Should Pay Reparations to the 99%

Leo Gerard, AlterNet. November 15, 2011.

It's time for the bankers who crashed the economy to pay back those of us who bailed them out--with a financial transactions tax.

Rachel Maddow, the Nation, Daily Kos: Winners in AlterNet's Poll of Most Influential Progressives

Don Hazen, AlterNet. April 22, 2011.

Here are the media personalities and publications that progressives love most.

Paul Krugman Trashes Fox News CEO Roger Ailes to His Face: 'Deliberate Misinformation'

John Byrne, Raw Story. February 1, 2010.

Krugman: "People did not know what was in the [health care] plan, and some of that was just poor reporting, some of it was deliberate misinformation."

If We Don't Fix the Senate's Miserable Health Bill, the Repercussions Could Last for Decades

Arianna Huffington, Huffington Post. December 24, 2009.

Calling the Senate's health bill a "awesome achievement" like Paul Krugman did is to encourage the preservation of a hideously broken system.

Krugman: "The Argument Against the Public Option is Sheer Nonsense"

Dorsey Shaw, Air America AlterNet: Video. August 24, 2009.

Paul Krugman lets 'em have it on "This Week with George Stephanopoulos."

Right-Wingers Are No Longer the Problem; So-Called 'Moderates' Are

Chris Bowers, Open Left AlterNet: Politics. June 29, 2009.

Wingnuttery is a tempting and easy target. But the political reality has changed. We need to change with it.

Is Fox So Crazy That It's Even Alienating Some Conservatives?

Eric Boehlert, Media Matters for America. June 17, 2009.

The hate-filled rhetoric spewed by Fox pundits like Glenn Beck and Bill O'Reilly is even alarming some of the people who work there.

Why Americans Don't Want Single-Payer

Bernie Horn, Campaign for America's Future. June 8, 2009.

The real reason why single-payer isn't on the table is because Americans simply don't want it as evidence suggests.

Paul Krugman Optimistic About Health Care Proposal; Ezra Klein Not So Much

Rachel Weiner, Huffington Post AlterNet: PEEK. May 11, 2009.

"The fact that the medical-industrial complex is trying to shape health care reform rather than block it is a tremendously good omen."

Krugman Calls Out GOP Hypocrisy on Job Creation and Defense Cuts

Amanda Terkel, ThinkProgress AlterNet: War on Iraq. April 13, 2009.

GOP up in arms over jobs losses only when it comes to cuts in defense spending.

Hey Paul Krugman (a Song, a Plea)

Staff, Huffington Post AlterNet: Video. March 23, 2009.

The Krugman/Geithner musical showdown sweeping YouTube.

Rahm Emanuel and Paul Krugman Spar Over Economic Recovery

Jane Hamsher, Firedoglake AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. February 23, 2009.

"The question is why Obama didn't ask for what the economy needed, then bargain from there."

In Defense of the Sanjay Gupta Appointment

Jane Hamsher, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. January 9, 2009.

I understand the critiques launched by Paul Krugman, John Conyers and others -- but I think Gupta is an inspired choice.

Krugman on Obama's Massive Tax Cuts Plan: 'Bad News'

Rachel Weiner, Huffington Post AlterNet: PEEK. January 5, 2009.

Paul Krugman worries that President-elect Obama is relying too much on tax cuts in his stimulus plan in an effort to appease Republicans.

Paul Krugman Schools George Will on the Great Depression

Staff, Huffington Post AlterNet: Video. November 17, 2008.

Nobel laureate Paul Krugman was around to remind Will of some history.

The Right-Wing, Stephen Colbert, and Know-Nothing Politics

Steve Benen, The Carpetbagger Report AlterNet: PEEK. August 8, 2008.

How the GOP has "become the party of stupid."

Columnists War Breaks out at 'NYT'

Greg Mitchell, Editor & Publisher. November 14, 2007.

New York Times columnists Bob Herbert, Paul Krugman and David Brooks battle it out over Reagan and racism.

Paul Krugman: Why Do Right-Wingers Mock Attempts to Care for Other People?

Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash. October 12, 2007.

Paul Krugman talks about his new book, Conscience of a Liberal, and the almost lethal refusal among some conservatives to consider the problems of suffering of others.