Friends with children made a point of getting out of DC before the fireworks. They were right:
Paul Krugman
@pkrugman.bsky.social
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.
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) 👇👇👇
What could U.S. healthcare reform look like? The final primer in @pkrugman.bsky.social's Curing Healthcare series gives an international perspective on U.S. healthcare, discusses the changing political economy of U.S. healthcare reform, and proposes a path forward.
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 ...
The new assault on healthcare — Part II of @pkrugman.bsky.social's Curing Healthcare series, originally published in his Substack newsletter and now on the Stone Center site, looks at 80 years of U.S. health politics, the Obamacare story, and U.S. healthcare on the eve of Trump II.
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 ...
Curing U.S. Healthcare -- read Part I of @pkrugman.bsky.social's series, originally published in his Substack newsletter and now on the Stone Center site, to learn about why markets can’t be trusted to deliver healthcare, routes to universal healthcare, and what works.
Zipf’s law drives anyone who thinks too much about it into gibbering madness
In our conversation Krugman mentioned Zipf's Law & it's blowing my mind a little. The most common word in a language is 2X as common as the second most, 3X as common as the third most. The biggest city in a country is 2X as big as the second biggest, 3X as big as the third. And so on. 🤯
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...
When the Hegemon Goes Rogue: How to Adapt to Washington's Belligerent Foreign Policy
YouTube video by Georgetown Americas Institute
youtube.com
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 …
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
Affordability, Antitrust, and Inequality: Lina M. Khan and Paul Krugman in Conversation
YouTube video by CUNY Graduate Center
youtu.be
💬 “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?...
New York is not terrible www.threepennyreview.com/krugman-on-n...
On New York – The Threepenny Review
threepennyreview.com
Trump: "We know California is many times worse, but Minnesota is terrible. They're all terrible. Those cities are terrible. New York is terrible. What's going on in Chicago, Illinois with that slob of a governor is terrible."
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:
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...
Phillips P. OBrien (@phillipspobrien)
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
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...
Energy Policy | Lunch Money with Paul Krugman and Heather Cox Richardson
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
youtube.com
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)
Trump’s declaration that he expects UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER from Iran does not seem to be calming markets
Remember all those boasts about jobs and gasoline prices in the State of the Union? www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0Zv...
Where's My Golden Age?
YouTube video by Paul Krugman
youtube.com
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.
We've been tracking nearly 200 lawsuits against the Trump administration over its attempts to leverage federal funding to impose the president's agenda. The most startling pattern: The administration seems entirely undeterred when it loses in court. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Attacking Iran versus defending Ukraine www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Lng...
ONE BILLION DOLLARS
YouTube video by Paul Krugman
youtube.com
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.
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!
Surprise: War in the middle of the world’s most important oil-producing region has consequences www.youtube.com/watch?v=55pk...
Dear markets, what did you expect?
YouTube video by Paul Krugman
youtube.com
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???
About Anthropic, Iran, and dumbing down www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjUo...
Claude at war
YouTube video by Paul Krugman
youtube.com
@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...
The Economics of Technological Change
What history and models can (and can’t) tell us about AI
open.substack.com
Now that the Supremes have humiliated Trump, it’s time to invade the Falkland Islands, I mean, bomb Iran.
Larry Ellison is buying CNN. That’s a disaster www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEwy...
no news is bad news
YouTube video by Paul Krugman
youtube.com
New video on why you won’t receive a tariff check www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEDA...
No check in the mail
YouTube video by Paul Krugman
youtube.com
About growth in Europe and the US; it’s not the story you’ve heard open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
Europe v America: Who’s Really Winning?
A wonkish but important discussion
open.substack.com
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