https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/nobel-winner-krugman-says-france-may-have-become-too-big-to-saveContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/nobel-winner-krugman-says-france-may-have-become-too-big-to-savehttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/nobel-winner-krugman-says-france-may-have-become-too-big-to-save#u124171Thu, 15 Oct 2026 14:17:17 +0000Nobel laureate economist Paul Krugman warns that France faces a severe debt crisis and may have become too big for the European Central Bank to rescue. Writing on his Substack, Krugman cited persistent budget deficits, rising government debt, and a failure to address a relatively low retirement age amid an aging population. He described France as following a fiscally unsustainable path that risks triggering an explosive European debt crisis. France's bond risk has outpaced Italy's by the widest margin in euro history, while global borrowing costs continue to rise amid domestic protes