Paul Krugman

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Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

Also, coin mining, although environmentally destructive and a big stress on some national energy markets, is still a fairly small economic activity. If I'm reading the numbers right, around 800K bitcoins mined in 2021; at $50K each, that's around 0.2% of US GDP 5/ — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 26, 2022

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For comparison, post-2006 housing bust wiped out wealth = ~60 percent of US GDP 4/ https://t.co/2lYIqfPSt9 — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 26, 2022

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By contrast, residential investment peaked at almost 7% of GDP and fell by more than 4% 6/ https://t.co/PDSNM4BV7l — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 26, 2022