Paul Krugman

Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

Hope you’re right. — PolitiTweet.org

Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

I wish I thought this really was an area of "bipartisan agreement". But everything I've seen says that the modern GOP is objectively on the side of wealthy tax cheats. — PolitiTweet.org

Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

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RT @JustinWolfers: A damn solid line-up of policy economists announced for Biden's CEA: Cecilia Rouse (Chair) Jared Bernstein (Member) Heat… — PolitiTweet.org

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Marx was wrong: we're getting tragedy — a dangerous assault on democracy — and farce all at once. Four Seasons Total Landscaping, Melting Rudy, tiny desks, and now, trending on Twitter https://t.co/E3ThaLsLaH — PolitiTweet.org

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Of course, a lot depends on what happens in GA. Rs will of course try to sabotage everything, so the difference between 49 and 50 seats is immense 3/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Consider Yellen v. Geithner, Neera Tanden v. Peter Orszag. All highly qualified technocrats, but a huge increase in diversity and a lot more known commitment to a progressive agenda. 2/ — PolitiTweet.org

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I'm very happy with every name I'm hearing. The contrast with the Trump creatures is, of course, overwhelming. But pretty strong contrast even with Obama 1/ — PolitiTweet.org

Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

For a few months Europe, after doing pretty well on Covid, lost it. But they've been getting things back under control, while the pandemic in America is running wild. (That slight dip at the end is an artifact of disrupted holiday data) https://t.co/jWVzEZbvWp — PolitiTweet.org

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I've been taking a mental vacation from the political scene, with some very wonkish thoughts on world trade: Notes on globalization and slowbalization https://t.co/T35IvO3ahT https://t.co/tmKmKLJg2G — PolitiTweet.org

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So refusing to take measures to limit the spread of the pandemic now — or, in the case of the Supreme Court, blocking states from acting responsibly — is basically a decision to kill people 4/ — PolitiTweet.org

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And the case for flattening the curve is especially strong now that we know that a vaccine is on the way: at this point an infection postponed for a few months may well be an infection avoided 3/ https://t.co/mdNcb6IalJ — PolitiTweet.org

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We've known since the early days of the pandemic that it was crucial to flatten the curve to avoid overloading the health care system 2/ https://t.co/zaRlmgETsD — PolitiTweet.org

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This is going to be a very dark and tragic winter — especially tragic because so many Americans are going to die unnecessarily 1/ https://t.co/Yj8uiXEoA4 — PolitiTweet.org

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Anyway, I don't know the answers; all I can suggest is to be honest and promote good policies, knowing full well that the political rewards may be elusive 5/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Again, I have no answer to all of this. I don't think there are magic words that will make all this resentment disappear; policies that help working Americans might help, but should be done mainly bc they're the right thing to do 4/ — PolitiTweet.org

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To say that many Trump supporters basically engaged in a massive self-own sounds condescending; yet what could be more condescending than pretending that this isn't exactly what happened? 3/ — PolitiTweet.org

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voting for a corrupt, dishonest, incompetent guy who barely conceals his contempt for his own supporters." I honestly have no idea how we're supposed to deal with this 2/ — PolitiTweet.org

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So Trump lost, but we're still talking about why so many people voted for him. And story seems to be that millions thought "We feel disrespected by liberal elites, who think we're stupid. So we're going to own them by ... 1/ — PolitiTweet.org

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This is a wild story for trade economists. Surging Asian exports have created a container shortage, so they're being rushed back to Asia empty — crimping US exports of ag goods, bc no boxes to put them in https://t.co/B5x4Mj5ost — PolitiTweet.org

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PS: The Foundation novels were what got me into economics: I wanted to be a psychohistorian saving galactic civilization. Econ was as close as I could get ... — PolitiTweet.org

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She helped save macroeconomics as a useful discipline at a time when it was under threat from within and without https://t.co/X0q1KkChQY — PolitiTweet.org

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Has anyone else noticed that we're living in an Isaac Asimov novel? Specifically, The Naked Sun, about a society where people live on remote estates, served by robots, and only interact by hologram https://t.co/gfV2pyXw2p — PolitiTweet.org

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Very impressive that NPR's Tiny Desk Concerts series managed to get a live performance from the president of the United States https://t.co/U2V82otdmJ — PolitiTweet.org

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The scary thing is that 5 members of the court appear to think they're living in the Fox cinematic universe, where actual facts about things like disease transmission don't matter — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @nytopinion: “It’s immensely reassuring to know that economic policy will be made by someone who knows what she is doing,” writes @paulk… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MaxCRoser: @paulkrugman That's a very nice perspective. I haden't thought about the question of why someone ended up understanding the… — PolitiTweet.org

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This is a really bad omen, among other things, for environmental policy. Strong odds that Biden's efforts to avoid climate catastrophe will be blocked by this court 4/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Freedom of belief, yes; the right to hurt other people in tangible ways — which large gatherings in a pandemic definitely do — no. 3/ — PolitiTweet.org

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The bad logic is obvious. Suppose I adhere to a religion whose rituals include dumping neurotoxins into public reservoirs. Does the principle of religious freedom give me the right to do that? 2/ — PolitiTweet.org