So, I almost never use dictation software. But I was in a mood today and tried for bit. “Strait of Hormuz” came out “street of hormones,” which kind of makes sense …

Assume we have a strait opener

ICYMI, watch our recent conversation between Lina Khan & @pkrugman.bsky.social - now on YouTube! Enjoy a fascinating discussion: youtu.be/Kv6ACS3a5_0 Presented with @stone-lis.bsky.social #affordability

💬 “All of this attempt to serve affordability…” What does that actually look like in NYC? Paul Krugman and Lina M. Khan unpack the real impact on workers and businesses. @pkrugman.bsky.social @stone-lis.bsky.social 🎥 Watch the full conversation on YouTube. youtu.be/Kv6ACS3a5_0?...

New York is not terrible www.threepennyreview.com/krugman-on-n...

OT: A few months ago the Threepenny Review asked me (along with others) to write a short essay on living in New York. It’s up now: threepennyreview.com/kr… But one passage I was pleased with reads a bit differently than when I wrote it:

Hi all, Paul Krugman and I did a podcast on the Trump Administration and what might be happening in the bombing of Iran. Not the most uplifting of talks, but you might find it interesting. substack.com/@phillipspob...

Prof. @pkrugman.bsky.social and historian @hcrichardson.bsky.social joined forces today by launching "Lunch Money,” a new monthly conversation series about how money shapes our politics www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6vc...

Last night we welcomed Lina M. Khan, former FTC Chair, for an enlightening conversation with our own Paul Krugman, research professor in economics. Video of “Affordability, Antitrust, and Inequality” coming soon! Presented with @stone-lis.bsky.social (Photos: Matt Harvey)

Trump’s declaration that he expects UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER from Iran does not seem to be calming markets

Remember all those boasts about jobs and gasoline prices in the State of the Union? www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0Zv...

excellent deep dive into all of the ways that the Trump administration has used the federal budget to keep punishing critics and trying to bend them to his will. FWIW, this is precisely how Viktor Orban crushed the opposition in Hungary 15 years ago. The national budget is a powerful weapon.

Attacking Iran versus defending Ukraine www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Lng...

Many people talking about how gasoline prices at the pump have already jumped. But what should really terrify Republicans is RBOB — the futures price on wholesale gasoline. This is up 75 cents a gallon since its low earlier this year.

If affordability is a political issue, who’s really responsible? Lina M. Khan and Paul Krugman discuss monopoly power, antitrust, and inequality at Affordability, Antitrust, and Inequality. @pkrugman.bsky.social March 9, 2026 | 6:30 PM 🔗 www.gc.cuny.edu/events/affor... Join us!

Surprise: War in the middle of the world’s most important oil-producing region has consequences www.youtube.com/watch?v=55pk...

Trump just held a press conference about war with Iran, and spent much of it talking about drapes and his ballroom. I guess those are the drapes of wrath???

About Anthropic, Iran, and dumbing down www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjUo...

@pkrugman.bsky.social at his most trenchant. The Economics of Technological Change: What history and models can (and can’t) tell us about AI open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

Now that the Supremes have humiliated Trump, it’s time to invade the Falkland Islands, I mean, bomb Iran.

Larry Ellison is buying CNN. That’s a disaster www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEwy...

New video on why you won’t receive a tariff check www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEDA...

About growth in Europe and the US; it’s not the story you’ve heard open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

We’re pleased to announce a $10 million gift from the James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Foundation, which supports the work of @stone-lis.bsky.social www.gc.cuny.edu/news/10-mill... @cuny.edu

Trump loves tariffs but the economy doesn't paulkrugman.substack.com/p/attack-of-...

What is a balance-of-payments deficit? I should know, but I don't. Nobody does. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VY6d...

An update: We're now starting to see how much Trump lost with the tariff ruling www.youtube.com/watch?v=El0K...

Section 232, Section 122, IEEPA and all that paulkrugman.substack.com/p/tariff-pol...

This wasn't an apology, or a real retraction. It was basically "I'm sorry you feel that way."

Now that the Supremes have humiliated Trump, it’s time to invade the Falkland Islands, I mean, bomb Iran.

New Jersey. You got a problem with that?

IEEPA! IEEPA! IEEPA! www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEBd...

Three disappointing numbers: the trade deficit, GDP growth, and the Fed's preferred measure of inflation won't make Trump happy www.youtube.com/watch?v=47oa...

Another short video, about the economics of possible war with Iran www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VhI...

Something new: A short video responding to the Trump administration saying that economists whose studies aren’t what they want to hear should be “disciplined” www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzZd...

Every Trump official is fundamentally a thug

To understand the catastrophic turn in U.S. health policy, follow the money paulkrugman.substack.com/p/how-the-ka...

I find the lack of criticism of Warsh, especially from the New Keynesian macroeconomists, bizarre. There are hints of criticism from former Fed officials: it is not a compliment to have people say you are confused about your signature policy proposal. I hope I am wrong in my concerns.

Sometimes you wonder. Bloomberg this morning saying that you can't both believe that AI is a big deal and that we're in a bubble. But you absolutely can! That's exactly the story of the tech bubble of the 90s, major economic impact but not big profits. Sigh.

When Bereleh and Faygel Krugman emigrated from Belarus to New York, which was mostly Catholic and Jewish in 1920, I don't think they did for the Scots (with one t) Irish culture

New post about tariffs. Last week two reports found that foreigners have borne very little of the cost. But the CPI came in somewhat soft. Is there a contradiction? As I explain, no. paulkrugman.substack.com/p/who-is-pay...

OK, claiming property rights in a new term (I think). I just did a Substack live with Catherine Rampell, in which she suggested that young men may be pivoting from Bitcoin to prediction markets. And it just popped into my head: the Testosterone Trade.

An experiment: A wonkish post that isn't emailed out to subscribers paulkrugman.substack.com/p/a-wonkish-...

I wrote yesterday about Kevin Warsh, saying what everyone who really follows monetary debates knows: he's a bullshitter who uses big words to make incoherent arguments that always amount to stimulus for Republicans, austerity for Dems 1/ paulkrugman.substack.com/p/a-bad-heir...

Huge thanks to @pkrugman.bsky.social for the invite to be on the show — really fun conversation on all things trade policy, tariffs, and global weirdness. Also confirming for family record-keeping purposes: this is indeed my “talking to a Nobel Laureate” face.

About Kevin Warsh paulkrugman.substack.com/p/a-bad-heir...

"Affordability, Antitrust, and Inequality" -- Register now for the free in-person and livestream event with Lina Khan and @pkrugman.bsky.social. March 9, 6:30 pm, at @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social. stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu/event/afford...

On Greenland, and how the President has actually undermined American leverage.

This is a very big deal. And Powell is a mensch. If democracy survives, he should get a presidential medal of freedom.

“Even now people continue to treat TACO — Trump Always Chickens Out — as if it were an established fact, although the past few weeks show that it’s just wishful thinking.” @pkrugman.bsky.social paulkrugman.substack.com/p/big-busine...