Paul Krugman

Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

Very anxious to see tomorrow's labor report. While waiting, the new Beige Book reports "at least some moderation of wage pressures" in some districts 1/ https://t.co/qdeGMvoD77 — PolitiTweet.org

Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

So are people focused on the hipster menace stalking America? If Dems regain full control in 2024, this nation will be run by guys from Brooklyn. — PolitiTweet.org

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The thing is, average wage growth has come down a lot. ECI not as much yet — but at this point it's 3 months behind. Friday's employment report will be a big deal 2/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Shorter Powell: It's all about wages. He basically says not to worry about goods or shelter (bc market rents coming down). So wage rates feeding into other services are the key 1/ https://t.co/NHeEAMM8Zx — PolitiTweet.org

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If we accept that 3% is the right target, we might be very close, maybe even already there 3/ https://t.co/lpsmORcPcW — PolitiTweet.org

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BLS shelter lags these numbers bc of leases, but we're clearly set for large declines in core inflation over the next year. Waiting on Friday's wage numbers, but ... 2/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Apartment List rent numbers for November are out, confirming that new-tenant rents are really rolling over — much more than you can explain with seasonal factors 1/ https://t.co/FGxBRFS93m — PolitiTweet.org

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That's not exactly the NY Times. It's me; yes, strictly speaking part of the paper, but still at some level a moonlighting professor — PolitiTweet.org

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Also, I was unreasonably bothered by the fact that the film placed UN headquarters in Geneva. Um, the UN is not the WTO. — PolitiTweet.org

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So, finally saw Wakanda Forever. Very well done, and visually gorgeous. But am I the only person who finds that long CGI battles have become excruciatingly boring, and keeps wishing they would finally end? — PolitiTweet.org

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um, "advances" — PolitiTweet.org

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Easy (and justified!) to rail against giveaways to undeserving corps. But sometimes leakage is the price of achieving crucial advantages 3/ — PolitiTweet.org

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It's like the way Obamacare brought insurance companies onboard. Single-payer would have been cheaper, but wasn't going to happen. And millions got coverage 2/ — PolitiTweet.org

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More evidence that Biden got the political economy of climate policy right: corporate interests have been coopted 1/https://t.co/2ozioQawFL — PolitiTweet.org

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Playing an NFT of the world's tiniest violin https://t.co/02iNdaU6BE — PolitiTweet.org

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Just eyeballing it, a strong correlation between vehicle deaths and Covid deaths since vaccines became available. And both correlated with Trump vote in 2020 4/ — PolitiTweet.org

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And it's not just because people take public transit in the Northeast, though that helps. Deaths per 100M miles driven, in 2018: FL 1.41 TX 1.29 CA 1.02 NY 0.76 3/ https://t.co/fQQf9pe0Ou — PolitiTweet.org

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In 2020, Texas had twice as many vehicle-related deaths per person as NY; FL >2.5X as many. CA in between 2/ https://t.co/z4xPMnbBB6 — PolitiTweet.org

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This is a very good article about US traffic deaths, which are now far above comparable nations. But it doesn't mention huge variation among US states 1/ https://t.co/ok3UgIYwLY — PolitiTweet.org

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I mean, how sad is it to try to be "different" and embrace white supremacy and anti-Semitism? 8/ — PolitiTweet.org

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But as always, people who imagine themselves edgy and transgressive end up turning into John Birchers circa 1961 7/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Zuckerberg wastes billions on the metaverse; others buy into the crypto scam. And like Musk, they try to be politically edgy 6/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Having billions of dollars isn't much consolation. So many of them try desperately to reclaim their youth 5/ — PolitiTweet.org

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So what's a cool whizkid who's becoming middle-aged, whose products aren't fun anymore, to do? 4/ — PolitiTweet.org

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But cool often doesn't last; cool guys get older, and tech has suffered in particular from diminished delivery 3/ — PolitiTweet.org

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What is cool? Always hard to define, but it's a real thing. And a dozen years ago tech had it. Musk had it longer: obviously his perceived cool was a major marketing tool 2/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Idle thoughts on the Muskopalypse, crypto and all that. How much is about midlife crises among formerly cool tech bros? 1/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Biggest driving days of the year, and gasoline is NOT expensive https://t.co/GsNt4U1Mdm — PolitiTweet.org

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Ok, time to hit the NYC markets. After all, it’s Black and White Friday https://t.co/C9i4GUjf5a — PolitiTweet.org

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Eventually, our evaluation of the Biden economy will depend on how costly disinflation turns out to be. But if we have a relatively soft landing, the scorecard will have been quite positive 7/ — PolitiTweet.org