In today’s NYT, columnist Paul Krugman writes “Donald Trump Is Trying to Kill You.“ Krugman explores how Trump’s de-regulation rampage is giving rise to threats that will accelerate premature deaths among Americans. It’s a limited focus piece and I won’t get into it. However it did raise the question of
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The Disaffected Lib: Krugman – Europe Also Won in Yesterday’s Greek Bailout Referendum
From my years practicing insolvency law, I was left stunned at the illogic in the demands that the creditors sought to impose on Greece. The approach made no sense. They demanded Greece accept a debt load it could never hope to pay off. They essentially wanted the Greek government to
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Krugman Gives TPP a Thumbs Down.
New York Times economist and Nobel laureate economist, Paul Krugman, tends to support free trade but even he wants the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact, or TPP, dead and buried. Krugman’s big objection is that the deal allows corporations to monopolize intellectual property and will result in monopolized trade, not free
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: The GOP War on Working Class America
Freshmen GOP – 2010 Paul Krugman recently questioned the sanity of Congressional Republicans who, he contends, have inflicted such a level of dysfunctionality on the federal government as to leave America ungovernable. Robert Reich, however, seems method in the madness of the “Party of No.” The real answer, I think,
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Krugman – Sexism and the Federal Reserve
Misogyny in the U.S. goes straight to the top, even right into the Federal Reserve. Paul Krugman shines a light on the sexist campaign going on to undermine the eminently qualified Janet Yellen’s shot at taking over the Federal Reserve when Ben Bernanke steps down as chairman. Last week, The
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