Paul Krugman

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Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

They only matter if you have a fixed money supply or if the central bank is worried about inflation, neither of which is remotely the case right now 6/ — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 2, 2020

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More generally, unemployment benefits might raise workers' reservation wages — the wages they demand to take jobs. But higher wages in the economy as a whole don't directly reduce employment, as Keynes explained long ago 5/ https://t.co/FOvVcY1qDC — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 2, 2020

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What about GOP opposition to temporary aid to states and cities? You don't even have to be a Keynesian to see that this is bad economics. It makes no sense to impose severe cuts in government services in the face of a known temporary revenue loss/ cost increase 7/ — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 2, 2020