Paul Krugman

Crony Capitalism and the Liberal Left

asecondhandconjecture.com     yesterday   17 related          

One of the more entertaining howlers of contemporary liberalism, is the outraged caterwauling about “Crony Capitalism” and the Bush administration. Not because the charge isn’t true, it certainly is. No, the problem is when it...                

The New York Times Reviews Obama’s Health Care Plan

noquarterusa.net     yesterday   3 related          

In the realm of better late than never, to be fair Paul Krugman spend months reviewing the health care plans of all the candidates, the New York Times has now taken the time to scrutinize Obama’s health care proposals. In...                

Media Fascination With Obama Is No Liberal Conspiracy

observer.com     Jul 24, 2008   53 related          

Once again, the right is up in arms, yelling that the Liberal Media is conspiring to distort coverage and silence opposing views so that their chosen candidate might claim the White House. Several specific developments account...                

Could an Obama Presidency Hurt Black Americans?

amren.com     Jul 24, 2008   6 related          

John Blake, CNN, July 22, 2008 But there are others who warn that an Obama presidency could hurt African-Americans. They say an Obama victory could cause white Americans to ignore entrenched racial divisions while claiming that...                

History Shows Again and Again [Dan Collins]

proteinwisdom.com     Jul 23, 2008   6 related          

how Gigot points up the follies of Dems: Mozila: Trying to defend the mortgage giants, Paul Krugman of the New York Times recently wrote, "What you need to know here is that the right -- the WSJ editorial page, Heritage, etc....                

Krugman’s second Enron

dailymail.com     Jul 23, 2008   1 related          

The New York Times economic columnist has much to explain over his defense of Fannie Mae against criticism by the Wall Street Journal. Sarcastically I observe, like the WSJ knows anything about the corporate world. Paul Gigot...                

Global economic turmoil — towards a paradigm shift?

hindu.com     Jul 23, 2008          

Regulators must reassert control over leverage as this is at the root of excessive lending. Large financial firms such as American Home Mortgage, BNP Paribas, and Countrywide Financial faced severe liquidity problems. A series...                

John Geyman: The Overturned Medicare Veto: A Good First Step Toward Resolving The Problems Of...

huffingtonpost.com     Jul 23, 2008   4 related          

Last week's action by Congress to override President Bush's veto of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (HR 6331) was a landmark step toward reversing the tide of privatization of Medicare over the last...                

Krugman reveals the NYT urged him to ‘lay off’ the Bush administration.

thinkprogress.org     Jul 22, 2008          

On Friday at the Netroots Nation conference, New York Times columnist Paul Krugman spoke on a panel about “How the media learned to bend over backwards to please the right.” Krugman discussed the right wing’s success at...                

Netroots Nation - a wrap-up Diary in Pictures

bluejersey.com     Jul 22, 2008   2 related          

I've been to many conferences, and this was definitely one of the best - great speakers, friendly participants, amazing surprise guests - and Austin, TX is definitely a cool city to visit. I tried to keep the New Jersey-bound...                

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