The search for better economic policy.

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• Speed Trap The fuzzy logic of the "New Economy."
  Paul Krugman Dec. 19, 1997
  
• A Raspberry for Free Trade Protectionists serve up tainted fruit and red herrings.
  Paul Krugman Nov. 21, 1997
  
• The Power of Biobabble Pseudo-economics meets pseudo-evolution.
  Paul Krugman Oct. 24, 1997
  
• Who's Buying Whom? The Milliken Man March on Washington.
  Paul Krugman Sept. 26, 1997
  
• Bahtulism Who poisoned Asia's currency markets?
  Paul Krugman Aug. 15, 1997
  
• The East Is in the Red A balanced view of China's trade.
  Paul Krugman July 18, 1997
  
• Unmitigated Gauls Pardon my French about French economics.
  Paul Krugman June 6, 1997
  
• Rat Democracy Economics explains a political scandal.
  Paul Krugman May 16, 1997
  
• Earth in the Balance Sheet Economists go for the green.
  Paul Krugman April 18, 1997
  
• In Praise of Cheap Labor Bad jobs at bad wages are better than no jobs at all.
  Paul Krugman March 21, 1997
  
• Vulgar Keynesians A penny spent is not a penny earned?
  Paul Krugman Feb. 7, 1997
  
• The Accidental Theorist All work and no play makes William Greider a dull boy.
  Paul Krugman Jan. 24, 1997