The search for better economic policy.

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• The CPI and the Rat Race New evidence on the old question of whether money buys happiness.
  Paul Krugman Dec. 22, 1996
  
• The Gold Bug Variations The gold standard--and the men who love it.
  Paul Krugman Nov. 23, 1996
  
• Economic Culture Wars For reasons explained below, the editor dares not add a subtitle to this article.
  Paul Krugman Oct. 25, 1996
  
• The Lost Fig Leaf Why the conservative revolution failed.
  Sept. 28, 1996
  
• Supply-Side Virus Strikes Again Why there is no cure for this virulent infection.
  Paul Krugman Aug. 16, 1996
  
• How Copper Came a Cropper Sumitomo's robber-baron tactics make the case for regulation.
  Paul Krugman July 20, 1996
  
• Down-sizing Downsizing The Clinton administration is at war with itself on the hottest economic issue of the day.
  Paul Krugman June 25, 1996