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HT-MintAsia Leadership Summit l Not a good time to head businesses: Krugman

Speaking at the HT-MintAsia Leadership Summit , economist Dr Paul Krugman said that the US-China trade tensions and the ensuing uncertainty make this a difficult time for running big businesses. He added that rules of the game on trade are much more fragile than they were thought to be.

6 Sep 2019
News

Not a good time to run big business due to global uncertainty: Krugman

HT-Mint Asia Leadership Summit 2019: 'I wouldn’t want to be running a large business actually, because nobody knows at all'The economist is pessimistic about prospects for any kind of resolution of the US-China trade dispute

2 min read6 Sep 2019
News

Paul Krugman sees possible US recession with little Fed wiggle room

Paul Krugman , a vocal critic of the Trump administration, said it was hard to see the US leadership 'respond in any kind of a nimble way'US chief financial officers in a Duke University survey published in December also expected a recession within two years

1 min read12 Feb 2019
Opinion

Opinion | Why the 70% marginal top tax rate won’t work in the US

Unless all aspects, like tax arbitrage, are coordinated, raising the rate won't deliver social justice

4 min read14 Jan 2019
Opinion

Opinion | How Basel III plugged regulatory loopholes

It is not foolproof, but it has fixed Basel II's flaws and reduced the likelihood of cataclysmic events like the global financial crisis recurring

4 min read13 Sep 2018
Opinion

Opinion | Teaching economics in today’s world

Modelling in basic economics plays an instrumental role in explaining the essential workings of a society

4 min read13 Aug 2018
Science

Scientists outscore economists when it comes to Twitter

Economists use more jargon and mention fewer users compared to scientists on Twitter

2 min read29 Mar 2018
Politics

Paul Krugman says India needs to move more into manufacturing

Paul Krugman, in an interview, spoke about the trends in global economy, protectionism and the challenges facing India, Asia's third-largest economy

5 min read19 Mar 2018
Politics

Services exports give India an edge in world trade but AI a speed breaker: Paul Krugman

Paul Krugman say s Indian economy faces the risk of falling into a 'middle income trap' and the rise of artificial intelligence eroding its services industry's potential

2 min read17 Mar 2018
News

Donald Trump unveils ‘fake news’ award list: Paul Krugman, CNN among ‘winners’

Donald Trump announces his top-ten list which included CNN, The New York Times and The Washington Post. Nobel-prize winning economist Paul Krugman tops the list

4 min read18 Jan 2018
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