What Paul Krugman thinks about government
Trade economist, Nobel laureate in 2008 for his work on economic geography, professor emeritus at Princeton and the CUNY Graduate Center, and a New York Times columnist from 1999 to 2024. Now writes on Substack.
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4 dated positions, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Paul Krugman has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Our readingTrump is globally hated but not feared, the opposite of where Machiavelli said a prince should be.
Their wordsGlobally, then, Trump is in exactly the opposite position of where Machiavelli said a prince should be: hated but not feared.
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Their wordsPolicymakers should avoid being boastful or belligerent, not simply as a matter of good manners, but to save their credibility for moments when it’s really needed.
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Their wordsAnd this is not something that you can leave up to the private sector. It’s not something where you can do your own research. It’s a very complicated world out there. And the informational burden of trying to figure out whether the people responsible for your package of hamburger are actually following safe procedures, that’s beyond everybody.
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Their wordsIt’s an administration that’s trying to turn us back to the 19th century or before. It’s really just trying to undo even the most essential functions of government.