Democrats, listen to Elizabeth Warren on child care | Paul Krugman / Syndicated columnist
Caring for children doesn’t just help them grow up to be productive adults. It also has immediate economic benefits, making it easier for parents to...
Why can’t Trump build anything? | Paul Krugman / Syndicated columnist
Modern conservatives hate the idea of any kind of new public spending, even if it would make Americans better off — or perhaps it would...
Debt and double standards | Paul Krugman / Syndicated columnist
You don’t have to agree with everything in the Green New Deal to acknowledge that it’s very much an investment program, not a mere giveaway....
Fear not the socialist menace | Paul Krugman / Syndicated columnist
Medicare didn’t destroy freedom. Stalinist Russia and Maoist China didn’t evolve out of social democracies. Venezuela was a corrupt petrostate long before Hugo Chávez came...
The attack of fanatical centrists and their maddening vanity | Paul Krugman / Syndicated columnist
Medicare for all, says Howard Schultz, is “not American.” Elizabeth Warren has proposed taxes on the wealthy that are squarely in the tradition of Teddy...
Elizabeth Warren’s bold assault on economic inequality is worthy of consideration | Paul Krugman / Syndicated columnist
The senator has released an impressive proposal for taxing extreme wealth. And whether or not she herself becomes the Democratic nominee for president, it says...
The real governments of Blue America | Paul Krugman / Syndicated columnist
Now that Democratic control has expanded, we can expect to see more of California-style activism.
Elizabeth Warren and her party of ideas | Paul Krugman / Syndicated columnist
Democrats have experienced an intellectual renaissance. You don’t have to agree with any of the various Medicare for All plans, or proposals for a Green...
Who’s afraid of the budget deficit? | Paul Krugman / Syndicated columnist
Does anyone still believe that the Tea Party uprising was a protest against deficits? From the beginning, it was basically about race.
The Trump tax cut is even worse than you’ve heard | Paul Krugman / Syndicated columnist
It certainly made most Americans poorer. While two-thirds of the corporate tax cut may have gone to U.S. residents, 84 percent of stocks are held...