As I’ve often said, you can shop online and find whatever you’re looking for, but bookstores are where you find what you weren’t looking for. – Paul Krugman
The real danger with debt is what happens if lots of people decide, or are forced, to pay it off at the same time. – Paul Krugman
We know that advanced economies with stable governments that borrow in their own currency are capable of running up very high levels of debt without crisis. – Paul Krugman
I think so long as fossil fuels are cheap, people will use them and it will postpone a movement towards new technologies. – Paul Krugman
But Wall Street people are in fact very smart; they’re funny, they’re not company men who work their way up the chain. – Paul Krugman
I have friends, political scientists, sociologists, who all share an interest at least in certain kinds of science fiction. – Paul Krugman
I admit it: I had fun watching right-wingers go wild as health reform finally became law. – Paul Krugman
I don’t think I’ve had any great success in predicting politics or social change, nor have I really tried. – Paul Krugman
The problem isn’t that people don’t understand how good things are. It’s that they know, from personal experience, that things really aren’t that good. – Paul Krugman
Social Security is a social insurance program – it is not designed to be the same thing as a 401(k). – Paul Krugman
The great thing about fiscal policy is that it has a direct impact and doesn’t require you to bind the hands of future policymakers. – Paul Krugman