Controversial global consultancy McKinsey & Company has been dumped from giving advice on how to reduce emissions from rainforests in Papua New Guinea, writes freelancer David Ritter.
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Political snippets: Are talking heads blowing hot air?
A research group analysed the predictions of 26 pundits who wrote columns in major print media and who appeared on the three major Sunday news shows: The key finding? Most prognosticators are not very accurate predictors
Profile on prize-winning Paul Krugman
Well known NY Times economic columnist Paul Krugman predicted the latest US recession, called for a bigger Wall St bailout and warned that Barack Obama didn’t have the balls to do it. Why does he do what he does?
NYT smackdown: Krugman vs. Sorkin
Nerd fight! NYT business writer Andrew Ross Sorkin took a swipe at economist Paul Krugman. Krugman has hit back, demanding an apology. Who’s next? Dowd? Friedman? Douthat?
Video of the Day: A musical ode to Paul Krugman
NY Times columnist and Nobel Prize winning economist Paul Krugman may not seem like usual song fodder. But after a chance encounter with Krugman on a train, Loudon Wainwright III penned The Krugman Blues.
Inside the world of Paul Krugman
A rare and in depth profile on Nobel prize winning economist and NY Times columnist Paul Krugman, focusing on how he became the darling of the political Left and his problems with Barack Obama.
Has economics stopped working?
Did economists fail to predict the coming financial crisis as Paul Krugman controversially argued? Or was the problem that the research existed — but there wasn’t a way to communicate it to those in power? Joshua Gans takes a look at economic soul searching.
Jobs outlook bleak despite things being on the up
If the US recession is “likely over” as many Americans, led by Fed chairman Ben Bernanke, seems to think, where are the jobs going to come from to power growth in sales and earnings?
Talking the Town: Talking the Town: The 86 Biggest Lies on Wall St launch
There was no better way to commemorate one year since the fall of Lehman Brothers than in the company of esteemed economics editor Ross Gittins and author John R. Talbott.
Risk models were cactus, not junk securities
The real sub-prime failure was the quants’ mathematical models of risk that suggested the arcane stuff was safe.
Economist death match: Krugman vs. Ferguson
Economists Paul Krugman and Niall Ferguson are apparently “at war” over how to save the world’s economy, but their spat has descended into petty name-calling and an unnecessarily lengthy debate over the ethnicity of a cartoon cat.
VIDEO: Krugman: The US is in economic purgatory
Commentators must stop trying to view the economy in black and white terms, says Paul Krugman: the US is in neither economic heaven nor hell — it is in purgatory, with both the GDP and unemployment rising.
Big Government hiding an inconvenient truth
If you believe Nobel-Prize winning New York Times commentator Paul Krugman, we’ve all been saved by the state and their quick thinking Big Government. Except, the worst may not be over.
Goldman Sachs is bad for America
Goldman Sachs’ over-the-top profit results highlights the hypocrisy haunting Wall St, writes the venerable Paul Krugman.
Konichiwa, Krugman
Daniel Gross thinks he’s found economist Paul Krugman’s doppelganger: in Norika Hama, the purple-haired, patent-leather-pumps-wearing Japanese professor.
Deflating inflation scare tactics
A renewed era of runaway inflation isn’t likely to happen any time soon, despite what the more excitable pundits proclaim.
More smoke and mirrors from the coal lobby
What happened to the analyses by Nicholas Stern and Ross Garnaut who showed that spending big on renewable energy could be a net benefit to the economy?
IMF needs to up its credit limit
A truly global crisis calls out for a global response, but the IMF desperately needs to back up its talk with cash money.
Why things are stilll baaaaad
Don’t count your recoveries before they’re hatched, writes Paul Krugman.
Video of the Day: Hey, Paul Krugman
A song for “economist, Nobel prize winner and all around cool guy” Paul Krugman.
