Paul Krugman on Townhall

• Liberal Myths Sat Oct 1
  John C. Goodman
  Did you know that Paul Krugman is more compassionate than you are? Or so he says. ... more
• Gov. Perry's Right About Social Security Wed Sep 21
  Walter E. Williams
  During the recent GOP presidential debate, Texas Gov. Rick Perry said that Social Security is a "monstrous lie" and a "Ponzi scheme." More and more people are coming to see that Social Security is a Ponzi scheme, but is it a lie, as well? Let's look at it. ... more
• I'm for The Rich Tue Sep 20
  Mona Charen
  President Obama and the Democrats are finally happy. Liberated from thoughts of compromise with Republicans, they can fully indulge their most lascivious pleasure -- trashing rich people. ... more
• Big Brother, Sketchy Pasts and Those Damn Robots Are Taking Over! Sun Sep 18
  Derek Hunter
  Tone-deaf is one thing; incompetent is another. There’s a fine line between the two and they are often confused. If there was any doubt about which camp President Obama belongs to, it has been removed this month. ... more
• Email, Hate Mail and Comments from Readers Sun Sep 18
  John Ransom
  Liberal strategist James Carville has suggested that Obama find someone to indict. Never mind whether the person is actually guilty of a crime. So the Mighty One has fallen a bit, but hasn’t fallen enough yet to take his place with the rest of us mere mortals bound by laws. ... more
• Obama Sends American Con Act to Congress Sat Sep 17
  Tony Marsh
  Every single statement Obama makes was carefully calculated to elicit an emotional response. Veterans shouldn’t have to fight for jobs; small businesses must be helped to create jobs; students can’t learn in dilapidated buildings; we must keep policemen and firemen on the streets – every statement true, but none relevant to the actual legislation he proposed. ... more
• The Truth Will Out Wed Sep 14
  Michael Reagan
  No matter what the record shows, there will always be the nay-sayers who have no trouble ignoring facts as obvious as the noses on their faces. ... more
• A Conspiracy of Counterfeiters Tue Aug 30
  Pat Buchanan
  "Lenin is said to have declared that the best way to destroy the Capitalist System was to debauch the currency. By a continuing process of inflation, governments can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens." ... more
• Disaster Isn't a Stimulus Package Mon Aug 29
  Jeff Jacoby
  COLUMNISTS MAKE PREDICTIONS at their peril, but I'll go out on a limb: If Hurricane Irene turns out to have wrought the havoc some forecasters have predicted, it will be only a matter of days before some expert reassures us that all the destruction will actually be good for the economy. ... more
• Obama is a Bad President: An Answer to Jonathan Alter Sat Aug 27
  John Ransom
  Jonathan Alter asked sincerely why everyone thinks Obama's such a bad president. I will answer with five reasons based on substance, although I could probably come up with twenty reasons easily. ... more
• Atatürk, the Arab Spring and Europe's Fall Thu Aug 18
  Cliff May
  If I asked you to name the important events of the early 20th century, you’d probably mention the start of World War I in 1914, the Russian Revolution in 1917, the signing of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919, the stock market crash in 1929, and Hitler becoming Chancellor of Germany in 1933. ... more
• Watch Out for Falling Prices; I Did Sat Aug 13
  Mike Shedlock
  Prior to the Great Financial Crisis I had a bet with "Heli-Ben", a staunch hyperinflationist who insisted we would hyperinflation before deflation. I won the bet but have not yet received my prize, a "crying towel" from "Heli-Ben". ... more
• The Recession that Killed Keynes Thu Aug 11
  Jeff Carter
  The way forward is to truly embrace classical economics. Get the money out of the hands of bureaucrats and Congressman. Aggressive tax cuts, combined with reduced Keynesian spending will put us on that path. ... more
• The Road to Hell Is Paved With Compromise Thu Aug 4
  J.D. Thorpe
  During the entire process of the debt ceiling battle, many politicians, and pundits repeated similar nonsense about democracy working better through compromise. Yet often compromise is the bane of our political system and a major hindrance to our ability to enact good public policy. ... more
• Strong profits, easy money, and Tea Party gains argue against recession Thu Aug 4
  Larry Kudlow
  Slowly but surely the Tea Party Republican coalition is turning the tide on spending. Too bad President Obama was out once again this week attacking millionaires, billionaires, businesses, and oil and gas with his usual soak-the-rich class-warfare redistributionism. This kind of politics has helped generate a capital strike by profitable and cash-rich businesses. ... more
• Greece Defaults, Krugman Screams Sat Jul 23
  Mike Shedlock
  The proposal involves the creation of a "European Monetary Fund" and it will require changes to the Maastricht Treaty. Paul Krugman does not like the austerity measures and ECB president Jean-Claude Trichet had to eat his words regarding defaults and acceptance of defaulted bonds as collateral. German taxpayers may potentially be screwed big time on this bailout. ... more
• Budget Lies and Distortions Mon Jul 11
  Bruce Bialosky
  It’s amazing how often an absurd idea becomes an article of faith among Democrats, who then – with the help of their puppets in the media – repeat it over and over again. ... more
• The Golden Days Are Over Wed Jul 6
  Mike Shedlock
  Before any project can be economically viable, labor costs must be addressed, and that is exactly why we need to scrap Davis-Bacon and all prevailing wage laws. We also need to eliminate collective bargaining of public unions, preferably getting rid of public unions in entirety. ... more
• Avoiding the Next Bubble Tue May 17
  Rich Tucker
  Just a few years ago, most homeowners were convinced that property values could only increase. So it made sense to take out second mortgages and home equity loans, even if that left them underwater in the short term. ... more
• The Myth of 'Herbert Hoover Economics' Wed Apr 13
  Jeff Jacoby
  To convey their disdain for the ongoing Republican pressure to reduce federal spending -- pressure that led to the recent agreement with President Obama for $38 billion in cuts in the current fiscal year -- critics have been reaching back eight decades for what they seem to regard as the ultimate in fiscal put-downs. ... more
• Obama: The Man and the Myth Tue Apr 12
  Bill Murchison
  So why (you ask, reasonably enough) does he bother? Doesn't President Obama know that the Republicans who wrung substantive budget cuts out of him last week aren't going to applaud this week when he calls for tax increases on "the rich" to help pay down the federal deficit? ... more
• Liberals: They Blinded Us With Science Wed Mar 23
  Ann Coulter
  In response to my column last week about hormesis -- the theory that some radiation can be beneficial to humans -- liberals reacted with their usual open-minded examination of the facts. ... more
• Libeling the Right: The Key to the Left's Success Tue Jan 18
  Dennis Prager
  Last week, following the murder of six people and the attempted murder of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in Arizona, the American people were given a vivid display of the single most important tactic of the left: libeling opponents. ... more
• Is Obama Leaving the Left Behind? Fri Jan 14
  Pat Buchanan
  The day that President Obama departed for Arizona to address the nation on the Tucson massacre, Washington was abuzz. ... more
• The Exploitive Rhetoric of Tragedy Wed Jan 12
  Jonah Goldberg
  In the wake of the horrendous shooting rampage in Tucson, why isn't anyone talking about banning "Mein Kampf"? Or "The Communist Manifesto"? Or for that matter, "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "The Phantom Tollbooth"? ... more
• The Left Is Not About To Waste This 'Crisis' Tue Jan 11
  David Limbaugh
  Theme: The left's immediate reaction to the Arizona shooting proves, again, that it will not forgo any chance to exploit a tragedy ("crisis"). ... more

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