Paul Krugman

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Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

Book recommendation: a novel about Westerners trying unsuccessfully to impose their values in central Asia — except the Westerners are Alexander the Great's Macedonians https://t.co/IboFTZn3in — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 21, 2021

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The psychology is clear — why I joked after the financial crisis that the govt should invent a fake alien invasion, fighting which somehow required infrastructure investment, to make the debt scolds shut up — PolitiTweet.org

@paulkrugman Glad you agree with the gist Paul. All I meant about WWII is that it set the stage for Abba Lerner. Pe… https://t.co/wJ7oXNW0AS

Posted Aug. 21, 2021

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A memory perhaps relevant to the discourse over debt: In the 1950s, I think, when Britain was obsessed over the balance of payments, an official was asked why they didn't have these problems in the heyday of empire. His answer: "You see, back then we didn't have statistics" — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 21, 2021