- One Trump move will 'make Americans measurably poorer': Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman believes there is a measured decline unfolding in the US, with many set to feel the burden of the president's policy www.rawstory.com/trump-econom...
- Writing in his Substack, the award-winning economist suggested the longer-term economic traditions are at risk, and as such, the spending power of the American people. Donald Trump's economic policies will leave Americans poorer in the long term
- He wrote, "The world trading system as we knew it lasted for three generations after WWII. It was a rules-based system, in which everyone considered the US a reliable, trustworthy partner. But now US economic relations with other nations have turned abusive, and the world is moving toward divorce...Jan 29, 2026 14:21
- And this will make Americans measurably poorer." Krugman went on to suggest the rest of the world doesn't need the US economy as much as it needs the European Union or other countries they do trade with.
- He wrote, "Unlike Donald Trump, who thinks of international trade as a zero-sum game, the Europeans and the Indians understand that a free trade agreement between them is a very good deal for both parties.
