Paul Krugman

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Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

There are rules to prevent this, but there are also ways to circumvent these rules, at least to some extent. Ideally states wouldn't have to do this, bc aid from DC would make it unnecessary. But that's not going to happen, at least unless Dems win big in GA 7/ — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 18, 2020

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But here's the thing: this time around we know that the pandemic is a temporary shock, which means that state and local government *should* be borrowing to cover part of the temporary fiscal gap 6/ — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 18, 2020 Hibernated

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So isn't there a good case for bending the budget rules to get through the pandemic slump with less austerity than might otherwise be required? Curious to see how experts would react 8/ — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 18, 2020