Notes on economics and more. Click to read Paul Krugman, a Substack publication with hundreds of thousands of subscribers.

  • 22articles · 30d
  • 16+ hour agolatest article
  • Aug 15, 2026earliest in window
  • 91%with images
  • 320avg words
articles per day
Categories
  • News 16
  • Politics 15
  • Politics2 12
  • Economy, Business & Finance 8
  • Finance & Business 7
  • Conflict, War & Peace 2
  • Finance 2
  • People & Society 2

Please confirm you are human

This browser or connection looks automated. Press and continuously hold the control for 3 seconds to enable Google-hosted web results and, when separately allowed, AI-assisted answers.

A successful check enables 100 search requests. Interactive access does not authorize scraping, systematic collection, or reuse of search output.

Hold with a pointer, or hold Space or Enter.

News

Paul Krugman
paulkrugman.substack.com > p > trade-peace-and-war

Trade, Peace and War

16+ hour, 18+ min ago   (144+ words) A key part of the intellectual basis for the “Pax Americana” was the belief, most fervently advocated by Cordell Hull, FDR’s secretary of state, that “commerce” — that is, global economic integration — is a force for peace. But is it really?...

Paul Krugman
paulkrugman.substack.com > p > neo-nazis-and-the-impotence-of-trumponomics

Neo-Nazis and the Impotence of Trumponomics

6+ day, 15+ hour ago   (537+ words) In the days and weeks ahead there will be many analyses of the results and its implications from people who, unlike me, know something about German politics. For now, let me do something more parochial, and write about what the…...

Paul Krugman
paulkrugman.substack.com > p > weaponized-interdependence

Weaponized Interdependence

1+ week, 15+ hour ago   (40+ words) 1. What is weaponized interdependence, and how does it differ from “trade war”? 2. The sources of trade-related power 3. The special case of depression economics 4. Who has economic power in today’s world? 5. Trade in a weaponized world...

Paul Krugman
paulkrugman.substack.com > p > der-untergang

Der Untergang

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (972+ words) For all my interviews and more, subscribe on YouTube. Note: After I recorded this it was reported that Trump officials are threatening to demolish the Kennedy Center if it can’t be renovated to Trump’s taste (and presumably with his name…...