Paul Krugman

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Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

The US didn't do anything that dramatic, but as the Hutchins Center estimate shown above shows, it did have significant austerity under Obama, which changed to stimulus under Trump. How much has that mattered? 5/ https://t.co/MsCavGVV2b — PolitiTweet.org

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And here's what happened during the years of panic-driven austerity (measured by the change in the IMF's measure of the structural budget balance) 4/ https://t.co/yA0a9ldHIU — PolitiTweet.org

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Well, here's a comparison: growth during Obama's 2nd term versus growth since the Trump tax cut. You may be surprised to learn that there was only a slight acceleration. And ALL of it (and then some) can be explained by the shift toward stimulus 6/ https://t.co/sVhNIEsLtg — PolitiTweet.org

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