Why can’t Krugman be a plain old economist who speaks in a nonpartisan way? That’s what supporters asked after hearing him speak dispassionately about trade on a recent podcast. His…
Newly elected member of Congress Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been calling for a “Green New Deal,” which she says will at once confront the dangers of climate change and also provide…
Picking up where we left off in episode 162, we take on additional hard questions for libertarians: quarantines (for infectious/incurable diseases), terrorism, Somalia, and climate change. Related Links “Catching Textbook…
Krugman took questions last week on Quora, and they spanned a wide range: — Has Keynesian economics failed America? — What are the causes of inequality? — What will Trump’s…