Paul Krugman

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Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

But the 70s were a golden age for bad acronyms; Nixon's Committee to Reelect the President, or CREEP; Ford's Council on Wage and Price Stability (everyone I knew pronounced COWPS "cowpiss") 2/ — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 6, 2021

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Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

Silly side note: it may be helpful to think of the Biden plan as the fiscal equivalent of war. But this brings back memories of Carter's Moral Equivalent of War energy policy; unfortunately, MEOW was not a good acronym 1/ https://t.co/fcxs96YgJ8 — PolitiTweet.org

So is the Biden plan too big? We need to be clear about what it's for. IT'S NOT STIMULUS. This isn't at all like th… https://t.co/jHhggoWHcH

Posted Feb. 6, 2021

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Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

I often groan over the carefully constructed acronyms that rule these days — the CARES act was great, the HEROES act would have been great, but the names were a bit ... tacky. But better than than mess up good policy ideas with accidental humor 3/ — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 6, 2021