Diminishing Returns Aren’t Waste, but Irrational Bourgeois Economics

I’ve always found it entertaining to see the contrast, or just small differences, between particular economic views. As I’m sure some of you are aware I follow Paul Krugman’s blog on the New York Times website. Once in a while I come across some interesting posts where I can clearly see a contrast between his…

The Legend of King Midas according to Paul Krugman

Ed: A wonderful piece regarding a Marxist view of gold as currency in relation to a parable by Paul Krugman. This is part of a larger post that must be read. I highly recommend subscribing to this blog Critique of Crisis Theory. Paul Krugman writes: “The legend of King Midas has been generally misunderstood…. What…

Imaginary Bond Vigilantes

I came across a very interesting piece in “End This Depression Now!” by Paul Krugman where he lays out why the belief that investors will dump a country’s bonds if they lose confidence in that country’s monetary and/or fiscal policies, is untrue. According to the theory fear of budget deficits are driven (primarily) by an…

Did Paul Krugman Admit Exploitation?

It’s wonderful to see a mainstream economics man like Paul Krugman come across a Marxist criticism by accident. I’m not surprised its Krugman who does it, he seems to be a hell of a lot more honest than just about anyone out there in the media. I found this statement in his book End This…