Paul Krugman

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Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

The answer is, it's the deficit, stupid. This chart compared the unemployment rate with the IMF's measure of the structural budget deficit as % of GDP, a rough measure of stimulus, since 2012 2/ https://t.co/RKuwwNAR9Y — PolitiTweet.org

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So there's going to be a big speech in DC tonight, probably mainly focusing on the economy. But enough about my sol… https://t.co/DXaX5pCN1r — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump's deficitpalooza is giving the economy as much stimulus now as it was getting in 2012, when the unemployment rate was 8%. Imagine what Obama's economy would have looked like if Rs and Very Serious People had let him run deficits that big 3/ — PolitiTweet.org

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