Paul Krugman

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Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

Thanks to the tax cut but also the GOP relaxing austerity now that they have their own guy in office, we've had quite a lot of fiscal stimulus. Here's the CBO estimate of the cyclically adjusted budget deficit 4/ https://t.co/aEOSJHiiwW — PolitiTweet.org

Posted July 17, 2019 Hibernated

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They use documentary evidence to isolate fiscal stimulus that was NOT in response to trouble, and finds that in those cases it's expansionary -- a result very relevant to the Trump economy 3/ — PolitiTweet.org

Posted July 17, 2019 Hibernated

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So its not surprising that we've had a moderate growth bump. The thing is, we could have had that long ago, when we really needed it – but the GOP pretended to care about deficits 5/ — PolitiTweet.org

Posted July 17, 2019 Hibernated