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Paul Krugman

HELP Is on the Way 
Last week the budget office scored the proposed legislation from the Senate committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP). And the news was good. Yes, we can reform health care. July 6, 2009

That ’30s Show 
Does failing to learn from history mean we are doomed to repeat it? Not necessarily, but it’s up to Washington to ensure that 1937 doesn’t happen all over again. July 3, 2009

Betraying the Planet 
Climate change poses a clear and present danger to our way of life. How can anyone justify failing to act? June 29, 2009

Not Enough Audacity 
President Obama has eloquently explained the case for health care reform, but will he compromise so much to get a plan through Congress that it won’t do the job? June 26, 2009

Health Care Showdown 
American voters are ready to change the ailing health care system, and “centrist” Democrats who oppose the public option run the risk of undermining effective reform. June 22, 2009

Out of the Shadows 
President Obama’s plan for financial reform basically punts on the question of how to keep what went wrong from happening again. June 19, 2009

Stay the Course 
In previous liquidity-trap episodes, policy makers gave in to pressure to return to normalcy far too soon. And if the critics have their way, we’ll do the same thing this time. June 15, 2009

The Big Hate 
The rise of right-wing extremism is being systematically fed by the conservative media and political establishment. June 12, 2009

Gordon the Unlucky 
While Prime Minister Gordon Brown may deserve to be punished for the economic crisis, his opponents don’t deserve to be rewarded. June 8, 2009

Keeping Them Honest 
Health reform will fail without serious cost control, which will require a fundamental change in the way the insurance industry behaves. June 5, 2009

Reagan Did It 
The change in America’s financial rules was Ronald Reagan’s biggest legacy and the gift that keeps on taking. June 1, 2009

The Big Inflation Scare 
Does the big inflation scare make any sense? Basically, no. And I suspect that the scare is at least partly about politics rather than economics. May 29, 2009

State of Paralysis 
The Golden State’s political system has been unable to deal with the recession. Does California’s political paralysis foreshadow the future of the nation as a whole? May 25, 2009

Blue Double Cross 
Despite insurers’ appearance of cooperation with President Obama on health care reform, the double-crossing is well under way. May 22, 2009

The Perfect, the Good, the Planet  The climate change legislation now on the table isn’t the bill we’d ideally want, but it’s vastly better than no bill at all. May 18, 2009

Empire of Carbon 
China cannot continue producing greenhouse emissions at an escalating rate because the planet can’t handle the strain. May 15, 2009

Harry, Louise and Barack 
The fact that the medical-industrial complex is trying to shape health care reform rather than block it is a good omen. But I still won’t count my health care chickens until they’re hatched. May 11, 2009

Stressing the Positive 
Washington has made a decision to muddle through the financial crisis, hoping that the banks can earn their way back to health. May 8, 2009

Falling Wage Syndrome 
Even if the recession is declared over, there still are not enough jobs which is a recipe for continuing wage cuts, which will in turn keep the economy weak. May 4, 2009

An Affordable Salvation 
Gradually implementing an emissions-limitation program now might actually help the economy recover from its current slump. May 1, 2009