Paul Krugman

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Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

So I met him in 2016, to argue against raising the value-added tax, which could derail Japan's economic progress. As in other cases in my life, I was pretty clearly a stalking horse, a foreign expert brought in to add credibility to a domestic policy faction. Which is OK! 4/ — PolitiTweet.org

Posted July 8, 2022

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He was also, however, an innovative economic leader, willing to break with fiscal and monetary orthodoxy in an attempt to break Japanese deflation. And unorthodox in surprising other ways too 3/ — PolitiTweet.org

Posted July 8, 2022

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Having done this sort of thing before, I knew the drill. I had an hour. 5-10 minutes of pleasantries; maybe 20-25 minutes on the substance (the phrase "achieving escape velocity" seemed to resonate with him.) But how to use the rest of the time? 5/ — PolitiTweet.org

Posted July 8, 2022