Paul Krugman
Paul Robin Krugman is an American economist who is the Distinguished Professor of Economics at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He was a columnist for The New York Times from 2000 to 2024. In 2008, Krugman was the sole winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his contributions to new trade theory and new economic geography. The Prize Committee cited Krugman's work explaining the patterns of international trade and the geographic distribution of economic activity, by examining the effects of economies of scale and of consumer preferences for diverse goods and services.
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Jul 22, 2026
Far Left
Krugman compared Trump's tariff to the Great Depression.
Far left respects Krugman's economic analysis but criticizes him for not advocating systemic change.
Jul 4, 2026
Far Left
In a Substack column, argued Trump is ending North America as we know it through trade tensions with Canada.
His critique echoes left anti-imperialist views on NAFTA/USMCA, but Krugman is still seen as a mainstream liberal economist.
Jul 3, 2026
Far Left
Nobel economist argued Trump is ending North American economic integration with Canada.
Krugman is a liberal establishment figure; far left agrees on the damage but criticizes his past support for NAFTA.
Jul 3, 2026
Lean Left
Commented on the weak jobs report and expressed disturbance at Kevin Warsh's economic perspective on Bloomberg.
Krugman remains a trusted voice for Lean Left, validating concerns about the labor market and Fed direction.
Jun 13, 2026
Far Left
Nobel-winning economist Paul Krugman is in the news for calling Elon Musk's SpaceX IPO a 'shell game' and 'ponzi scheme'.
The Far Left, while often skeptical of mainstream economists, aligns with Krugman's specific critique here as it exposes the predatory and financially unsound practices of the capitalist class and its enablers.
Jun 6, 2026
Far Left
Nobel laureate economist Paul Krugman argued that Trump's trade and foreign policy moves have made the United States appear inessential to the rest of the world, citing the Oval Office confrontation with Zelensky as a turning point.
The far left is skeptical of Krugman as a representative of the same mainstream economic expertise that defended austerity and bank bailouts after 2008, and views his critique of Trump as correct on symptoms but blind to the deeper structural failures of US-led global capitalism.
Jun 6, 2026
Far Left
Nobel laureate economist Paul Krugman argued this week that Trump's diplomatic and economic blunders have made the United States appear 'inessential' to the rest of the world.
The far left takes Krugman's framing with skepticism: his diagnosis of American decline under Trump implicitly mourns US global dominance rather than questioning whether that dominance was ever a left goal, making his critique ideologically constrained from the start.