This article makes three points. First, it argues that concerns about competitiveness are, as an empirical matter, almost completely unfounded. Second, it tries to explain why defining the economic problem as one of international competition is nonetheless so attractive to so many people. Finally, it argues that the obsession with competitiveness is not only wrong but dangerous, skewing domestic policies and threatening the international economic system.


Pop Internationalism (1996) - Competitiveness: A Dangerous Obsession (1994)

Paul Krugman Quotes

This article makes three points. First, it argues that concerns about competitiveness are, as an empirical matter, almost completely unfounded....

This article makes three points. First, it argues that concerns about competitiveness are, as an empirical matter, almost completely unfounded....

This article makes three points. First, it argues that concerns about competitiveness are, as an empirical matter, almost completely unfounded....

This article makes three points. First, it argues that concerns about competitiveness are, as an empirical matter, almost completely unfounded....