Paul Krugman

Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

You would think that even Republicans would consider this a bridge too far — essentially destroying the legitimacy of the U.S. government. But so far every time we've said "But they wouldn't do that" ... they have 3/ — PolitiTweet.org

Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

There's still a possibility of a stolen election: on election night Trump still ahead in states that haven't yet counted mail-in ballots, and a partisan Supreme Court finds some excuse to stop the counting. 2/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Whoa. Charlie Cook really sticking his neck out here, with a pretty much unambiguous prediction of a Dem sweep. Bear in mind that his outfit has access to a lot of district-level polling that's better than the publicly available material. But ... 1/ https://t.co/SaSKEGvSh1 — PolitiTweet.org

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So, if anyone is still impressed by the 7.4% US growth from the 2nd to 3rd quarter — do NOT use annual rates! — the Euro area grew 12.7%. In both cases it's a partial snapback that still leaves us way down from pre-covid; in both cases rising cases bode very badly for the future — PolitiTweet.org

Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

Since people want to know, it’s Highland Park scotch, somewhat watered. Holmes wasn’t interested. — PolitiTweet.org

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OK, you’ve worked enough https://t.co/VDRlfsqj2I — PolitiTweet.org

Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

Perdue has no connection with the poultry processor of the same name, but that doesn't mean he isn't chicken (sorry, couldn't help myself) https://t.co/71cLLXVrf7 — PolitiTweet.org

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The president and his party have rejected the very idea of objective truth https://t.co/7HK2f9mGjF — PolitiTweet.org

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If you round three corners you end up back where you started. Back to pandemic horror. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Redistrict: Five days from Election Day, it's clear who's the favorite. And it's not Donald Trump. https://t.co/cRUwNN1iNp — PolitiTweet.org

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What with the hypothermia in Nebraska, Game of Thugs is turning into a Song of Ice and Fire — PolitiTweet.org

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Short version: practically zero effect on GDP from Biden's tax policies, even though they'd raise taxes on the rich. TPC doesn't analyze his spending proposals, which would probably provide a large boost https://t.co/QE4sMbaUZc — PolitiTweet.org

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Reuters, go stand in the corner until all the PA ballots have been counted. — PolitiTweet.org

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Obligatory tweet on GDP report: 1. Everyone knew it would be a big number 2. It's telling us about the rapid but partial snapback of late spring/early summer; growth has slowed a lot since then 3. We're still far from full recovery 4. Nobody cares — PolitiTweet.org

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We were asked to write about ways Trump will have changed America, even after he's gone. My entry: https://t.co/NwoVXjvhOw — PolitiTweet.org

Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

The revenge of Jensen's Inequality. If you have no idea what I'm talking about, consider yourself lucky. — PolitiTweet.org

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PS: Not just pulling a term out of a hat. I went through a very painful final few months with my late father, and this reminds me of some of the awful scenes we went through. — PolitiTweet.org

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In particular, Trump has run America very much the way the Bush team ran Iraq during the occupation — the same combination of corruption and prioritization of loyalty over competence and expertise — PolitiTweet.org

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The man with the nuclear codes is sundowning. This is very scary. — PolitiTweet.org

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And of course it's even more misleading if the growth is expressed at an annual rate. Anyone who reports "the economy grew 35% in the third quarter" should be required to stand in the corner until the election is called 4/ — PolitiTweet.org

Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

"3rd quarter growth" will actually be growth from the average of the 2nd q to the average of the 3rd — which means that it will mostly be telling us that there was rapid growth earlier this year, not that we're growing now: 3/ https://t.co/klCMqtVO5t — PolitiTweet.org

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What we know from lots of evidence is that we're having a "reverse square root recovery" — huge plunge, rapid partial snapback, much slower growth since: 2/ https://t.co/Ci3HC2rHRX — PolitiTweet.org

Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

Lots of good explainers on why the big GDP number we're likely to see tomorrow doesn't actually mean we're doing OK. I thought I'd add a schematic graph 1/ https://t.co/0Ga5ifat21 — PolitiTweet.org

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OK, if you ask me the screenwriters for Season 4 of Game of Thugs are going overboard with their metaphors https://t.co/b0aw6wVk7p — PolitiTweet.org

Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

The right's determination to see AOC as stupid and/or uneducated, in flat denial of what everyone can see watching her in action — like her or not, her intelligence and talent is obvious — is remarkable. But then they did the same thing to Obama. — PolitiTweet.org

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WAR IS PEACE. FREEDOM IS SLAVERY. SICKNESS IS HEALTH — PolitiTweet.org

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Yes yes yes! Great book and I’d say that even if JoAnne Yates weren’t a personal friend — PolitiTweet.org

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Rounding the turn in the battleground. The worst is that I suspect that for once Trump isn't exactly lying; he doesn't know what's happening, because nobody will dare tell him https://t.co/vl6ZrfIhxZ — PolitiTweet.org

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Which means that since the TCJA failed to boost investment, hence shouldn't raise wages, ~40% of the corporate tax cut went to foreigners — PolitiTweet.org

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So it's really all about next week. How far will an extremist GOP go to hold power? 6/ — PolitiTweet.org