- The Piketty Panic: “Capital in the Twenty-First Century,” the new book by the French economist Thomas Piketty, is a bona fide phenomenon. And Conservatives are terrified. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/25/opinion/krugman-the-piketty-panic.html?smid=re-share 94 comments politics
- Thomas Piketty's work on income inequality and the 1%/0.01%, the intellectual backbone of OWS, is causing a panic among conservative economists. [Krugman] http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/04/25/opinion/krugman-the-piketty-panic.html 16 comments politics
- Economist: "This is the first time in the history of the United States that the president has sought to provoke a financial panic to get legislation through Congress." http://www.truthout.org/100408y 7 comments politics
- Global markets are reeling, but economists say: Don’t panic yet — Monday’s slide might reflect overvalued stocks more than worries about fundamentals https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/08/05/global-markets-economists-calm/ 24 comments economics
- Fiscal Cliff? Obama Urged Not To Panic: "Republicans and deficit hawks are raising unnecessary alarm over the so-called 'fiscal cliff' to pressure President Barack Obama into a 'grand bargain' he shouldn't make, progressive economists and scholars said Tuesday at a symposium." http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/13/fiscal-cliff-obama_n_2124832.html 17 comments politics