Paul Krugman

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Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

Could we afford to do that? Yes. Borrowing costs were very low. There were no financial constrains on taking as long as necessary to control the virus. But there was one crucial thing where lockdown inflicted long-term damage: education 3/ — PolitiTweet.org

Posted July 11, 2020

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Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

What, after all, was the situation under lockdown? It was annoying but sustainable. Many workers and some businesses were receiving enough in emergency aid to avoid hardship, and we could have plugged the holes in that safety net, making lockdown tolerable much longer 2/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Students really need in-person teaching; we now know, if we didn't before, that remote learning is a very poor substitute. So our policy should have been to do whatever it took to make reopening schools in the fall relatively safe 4/ — PolitiTweet.org

Posted July 11, 2020