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The Age of Fake Policy

by Paul Krugman | Jan 9, 2017 | Opinion

On Thursday, at a rough estimate, 75,000 Americans were laid off or fired by their employers. Some of those workers will find good new jobs, but many will end up earning less, and some will remain unemployed for months or years. If that sounds terrible to you, and...

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Peter Navarro, center, was chosen by President-elect Trump to lead a new White House office overseeing American trade and industrial policy. Credit Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg

And the Trade War Came

by Paul Krugman | Jan 2, 2017 | Opinion

Donald Trump got within striking distance of the White House — or, more precisely, Comey-and-Putin range — thanks to overwhelming support from white working-class voters. These voters trusted his promise to bring back good manufacturing jobs while disbelieving his...

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Trump rally, Houston, Texas, June 17, 2016. Trish Badger / Reuters

Populism, Real and Phony

by Paul Krugman | Dec 27, 2016 | Opinion

Authoritarians with an animus against ethnic minorities are on the march across the Western world. They control governments in Hungary and Poland, and will soon take power in America. And they’re organizing across borders: Austria’s Freedom Party, founded by former...

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Donald Trump at a campaign event in Florida the Saturday before election day. Credit Damon Winter/The New York Times

The Tainted Election

by Paul Krugman | Dec 18, 2016 | Opinion

The C.I.A., according to The Washington Post, has now determined that hackers working for the Russian government worked to tilt the 2016 election to Donald Trump. This has actually been obvious for months, but the agency was reluctant to state that conclusion before...

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Trump supporters in Michigan, the day before the election. Credit Damon Winter/The New York Times

Seduced and Betrayed by Donald Trump

by Paul Krugman | Dec 6, 2016 | Opinion

Donald Trump won the Electoral College (though not the popular vote) on the strength of overwhelming support from working-class whites, who feel left behind by a changing economy and society. And they’re about to get their reward — the same reward that, throughout Mr....