Paul Krugman

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Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

So part of what's happening is simply that the Biden team is actually listening to the economic consensus, rather than grabbing dubious doctrines that fit right-wing preconceptions. But it's also true that there have been some changes in theory 6/ — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 17, 2021

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Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

No, austerity isn't expansionary; no, there isn't a growth cliff at a debt ratio of 90 percent. Nothing in standard macro suggested either of these things should be true. All that supported them was bad statistical analysis and the political will to believe 5/ — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 17, 2021

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Concerns about debt did loom larger in economic analysis than they should have — partly, I think, because people didn't grasp the implications of r<g, partly out of partially unconscious deference to political fashion 7/ — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 17, 2021