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Paul Krugman

Paul Krugman

Paul Krugman is a columnist for the New York Times and professor of Economics and International Affairs at Princeton University. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2008. He describes himself as liberal.

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Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
stated on September 30, 2017 a tweet
Said there is cholera in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria.  
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 2, 2017
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
stated on July 5, 2015 an interview on ABC's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos"
"Greece is not a big economy. It's about the size of metropolitan Miami."
True
By Jon Greenberg • July 6, 2015
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
stated on May 28, 2012 a column in The New York Times
Says "there have been some job gains in the McMansion State since Mr. Christie took office, but they have lagged gains both in the nation as a whole and in New York and Connecticut, the obvious points of comparison."
True
By Bill Wichert • May 31, 2012
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
stated on August 15, 2011 a column in the "New York Times"
"One in four Texans lacks health insurance, the highest proportion in the nation."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 15, 2011
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
stated on July 31, 2011 on "This Week with Christiane Amanpour."
"The average Republican voter thinks there should be some revenue as part of this deal."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 3, 2011
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
stated on July 11, 2011 a "New York Times" column
"There are actually half a million fewer government employees now than there were when (President Barack) Obama took office."
True
By Louis Jacobson • July 11, 2011
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
stated on June 9, 2011 a New York Times column
"The average unemployed American has been out of work for almost 40 weeks."
True
By Louis Jacobson • June 10, 2011
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
stated on April 18, 2011 a newspaper column
"Large majorities" of the public "oppose major changes to Medicare" and favor higher taxes on the wealthy.
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 25, 2011
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
stated on February 28, 2011 an op-ed column.
Says taxes paid by the poorest residents of Texas are above the national average.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 14, 2011
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
stated on January 6, 2011 an op-ed column
Texas leads "the nation in the percentage of residents without health insurance."
True
January 24, 2011
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
stated on January 6, 2011 an op-ed column.
Says that "data from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities suggest that the Texas budget gap is worse than New York’s, about as bad as California’s, but not quite up to New Jersey levels."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 21, 2011
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
stated on November 14, 2010 "This Week with Christiane Amanpour"
A proposal to reduce the deficit "involved large tax cuts for the top bracket."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 17, 2010
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
stated on November 14, 2010 "This Week with Christiane Amanpour"
A recent report from the president's deficit commission was "completely empty" on controlling health care costs.
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 16, 2010
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
stated on August 1, 2010 on "This Week with Christiane Amanpour."
The Bush administration "pulled the troops out of Afghanistan, pulled the resources away, because they wanted to invade Iraq instead."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 3, 2010
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
stated on January 31, 2010 an interview on ABC's 'This Week'
The Senate-passed health care bill "is identical to the Massachusetts health care plan -- the same thing."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • February 4, 2010
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
stated on November 29, 2009 ABC's 'This Week with George Stephanopoulos'
"If you want to talk firsts for Bush, this was the first time in American history that a president took us into a war and cut taxes."
Mostly True
November 30, 2009
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
stated on August 5, 2009 a blog posting.
During the 2005 fight over Social Security, "there were noisy demonstrations — but they were outside the events," and opponents were "not disruptive — crowds booed lines they didn’t like, but that was about it."
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 7, 2009
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
stated on June 22, 2009 a column
Even high estimates for an early draft of the health care plan are "less than the $1.8 trillion cost of the Bush tax cuts."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 24, 2009
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