# Paul Krugman Latest Top Discussions ## [The Chips Are Down](https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-chips-are-down) [What, if anything, are the markets telling us?](https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-chips-are-down) 5 hrs ago • [Paul Krugman](https://substack.com/@paulkrugman) 1,036 131 128 ## [Will Surrendering to Iran Relieve Trump’s Gas Pains?](https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/will-surrendering-to-iran-relieve) [Capitulation probably won’t pay off at the polls in November](https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/will-surrendering-to-iran-relieve) Jun 23 • [Paul Krugman](https://substack.com/@paulkrugman) 1,894 370 276 ## [How MAGA Undermined the Military](https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/how-maga-undermined-the-military) [Ideology, bigotry and cronyism have endangered national security](https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/how-maga-undermined-the-military) Jun 22 • [Paul Krugman](https://substack.com/@paulkrugman) 2,583 399 484 ## [Technology, Capital and Skills](https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/technology-capital-and-skills) [Rethinking the story of AI and inequality](https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/technology-capital-and-skills) Jun 21 • [Paul Krugman](https://substack.com/@paulkrugman) 1,114 300 141 ## [Arindrajit Dube on Wages](https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/arindrajit-dube-on-wages) [Labor economics you should know about](https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/arindrajit-dube-on-wages) Jun 20 • [Paul Krugman](https://substack.com/@paulkrugman) 835 223 150 ## [Donald Trump, Champion of Renewable Energy](https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/donald-trump-champion-of-renewable) [His humiliating defeat in Iran has sealed the deal](https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/donald-trump-champion-of-renewable) Jun 19 • [Paul Krugman](https://substack.com/@paulkrugman) 3,519 665 763 ## [Power and Geopolitics After Trump](https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/power-and-geopolitics-after-trump) [A preview of a talk I'm giving](https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/power-and-geopolitics-after-trump) Jun 18 • [Paul Krugman](https://substack.com/@paulkrugman) 1,778 315 280 ## [Lunch Money with Paul Krugman and Heather Cox Richardson](https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/lunch-money-with-paul-krugman-and-f52) [A recording from Paul Krugman and Heather Cox Richardson's live video](https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/lunch-money-with-paul-krugman-and-f52) Jun 18 • [Paul Krugman](https://substack.com/@paulkrugman) and [Heather Cox Richardson](https://substack.com/@heathercoxrichardson) 1,275 79 139 ## [Unlocked Repost: Curing US Healthcare, Part III: The Future](https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/unlocked-repost-curing-us-healthcare) [What reform could look like](https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/unlocked-repost-curing-us-healthcare) Jun 17 • [Paul Krugman](https://substack.com/@paulkrugman) 878 249 196 ## [Hype and Glory](https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/hype-and-glory) [The SpaceX frenzy continues](https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/hype-and-glory) Jun 17 • [Paul Krugman](https://substack.com/@paulkrugman) 2,086 466 357 ## [The Theory of the Vulgar Class](https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-theory-of-the-vulgar-class) [Collapsing norms, cage matches, and a republic in danger](https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-theory-of-the-vulgar-class) Jun 16 • [Paul Krugman](https://substack.com/@paulkrugman) 3,869 691 788 ## [Meet the New Bosses, Worse Than the Old Bosses](https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/meet-the-new-bosses-worse-than-the) [The second Gilded Age is much uglier than the first](https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/meet-the-new-bosses-worse-than-the) Jun 15 • [Paul Krugman](https://substack.com/@paulkrugman) 3,226 631 736 ## [Technology and Social Change](https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/technology-and-social-change) [Rising GDP isn’t the whole story](https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/technology-and-social-change) Jun 14 • [Paul Krugman](https://substack.com/@paulkrugman) 1,325 293 185 ## [Talking With Azeem Azhar](https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/talking-with-azeem-azhar) [Taking the pulse of AI again](https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/talking-with-azeem-azhar) Jun 13 • [Paul Krugman](https://substack.com/@paulkrugman) 930 251 122 ## [Elon Musk, Human Ponzi Scheme](https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/elon-musk-human-ponzi-scheme) [With Wall Street’s help, you’re about to be forced to buy stock in SpaceX](https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/elon-musk-human-ponzi-scheme) Jun 12 • [Paul Krugman](https://substack.com/@paulkrugman) 5,248 649 1,359 ## [Social Security is Facing a Political Crisis](https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/social-security-is-facing-a-political) [America can afford to keep paying full benefits. But will we?](https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/social-security-is-facing-a-political) Jun 11 • [Paul Krugman](https://substack.com/@paulkrugman) 2,815 610 694 ## [Breaking the Heart of the Heartland](https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/breaking-the-heart-of-the-heartland) [White rural voters are belatedly awakening to reality](https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/breaking-the-heart-of-the-heartland) Jun 10 • [Paul Krugman](https://substack.com/@paulkrugman) 3,879 839 789 ## [Money and Machismo are Undermining America](https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/money-and-machismo-are-undermining) [Fragile MAGA egos are rejecting the future, from energy to drones](https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/money-and-machismo-are-undermining) Jun 9 • [Paul Krugman](https://substack.com/@paulkrugman) 2,781 513 557 ## [A Gesture of Contempt](https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/a-gesture-of-contempt) [Trump makes the little people suffer, sports edition](https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/a-gesture-of-contempt) Jun 8 • [Paul Krugman](https://substack.com/@paulkrugman) 2,751 409 379 ## [Off Today](https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/off-today-9b1) [Anything happen?](https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/off-today-9b1) Jun 8 • [Paul Krugman](https://substack.com/@paulkrugman) 816 94 33 ## [AI and the Pitfalls of Innovation](https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/ai-and-the-pitfalls-of-innovation) [History offers warnings about technological optimism](https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/ai-and-the-pitfalls-of-innovation) Jun 7 • [Paul Krugman](https://substack.com/@paulkrugman) 1,192 334 164 ## [Comments on a Freaky Friday](https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/comments-on-a-freaky-friday) [Today my head talks alone](https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/comments-on-a-freaky-friday) Jun 6 • [Paul Krugman](https://substack.com/@paulkrugman) 2,286 373 253 ## [America, the Inessential Nation](https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/america-the-inessential-nation) [It turns out that Trump doesn’t have the cards](https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/america-the-inessential-nation) Jun 5 • [Paul Krugman](https://substack.com/@paulkrugman) 3,310 582 601 ## [Illegal Tariffs, Round 3](https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/illegal-tariffs-round-3) [Another failing war Trump won’t end](https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/illegal-tariffs-round-3) Jun 4 • [Paul Krugman](https://substack.com/@paulkrugman) 2,516 404 392