Paul Krugman

Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

There were 5 ways Trump could have turned this around 1. Covid fading away 2. Huge economic boom 3. Biden coming across as senile 4. Fake scandal 5. Vote suppression Only 5 is left. Going to be ugly — PolitiTweet.org

Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

Does Trump ever wonder if he should have tried to actually do his job? https://t.co/Gwqq6jbRcT — PolitiTweet.org

Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

Look, I know I recently published a book titled "Arguing with zombies." But I wasn't proposing them for high office https://t.co/IN2oYW4wAc — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @nytopinion: . @PaulKrugman responded to readers commenting on his column "How the G.O.P. Can Still Wreck America." Join the conversatio… — PolitiTweet.org

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The remarkable truth about BLM protests https://t.co/C8Tse9QbBf https://t.co/h5iOUe5TRf — PolitiTweet.org

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Disclosure: I don't get The Times in physical form — my life is too complicated. But the physical front page is still a useful guide to what people are seeing as the top of the news. Today's paper is not great for a president boasting about how good things are https://t.co/ewB80J7iP2 — PolitiTweet.org

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Think of as doing to the environment what GOP judges are doing to the pandemic 2/ https://t.co/YxntnRH7Vj https://t.co/lHUuR5WzLQ — PolitiTweet.org

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On climate change, Amy Coney Barrett declared herself "not a scientist." We know what that means — and the G.O.P.-stuffed court will be a threat to the planet https://t.co/aIWBnDjWRK — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @nytopinion: It’s hard to overstate just how dangerous it will be if the power of the Supreme Court ends up being used to undermine envi… — PolitiTweet.org

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OK, this sounds like a guy who's just losing it. Claiming that China pays the tariffs was factually wrong but had some surface plausibility. This makes no sense at all — and won't persuade anyone who isn't already deep in the cult — PolitiTweet.org

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What Trump and his party have wrought 2/ https://t.co/3QZGngNKrp — PolitiTweet.org

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What Trump and his party have wrought 1/ https://t.co/qYGLJkL6HZ — PolitiTweet.org

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And since Kudlow is always wrong about everything ... — PolitiTweet.org

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Which is what I wrote about earlier this week 2/ https://t.co/7emm4sJBGh — PolitiTweet.org

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Correction: GOP *claims* to be resisting stimulus out of deficit concerns. There is absolutely nothing in recent history to suggest that they actually care about deficits, as opposed to blocking anything that might make people favor more government 1/ — PolitiTweet.org

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So "study the big things" isn't a good guide; most research should probably focus on smaller, more tractable things with bigger implications. In any case, the test is how much it adds to our understanding 7/ — PolitiTweet.org

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On the other hand, detailed study, using hitherto unexploited data, of the impacts of railroad expansion in colonial India may tell you quite a lot 6/ https://t.co/5EWoCiiVTe — PolitiTweet.org

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So, to take an area both Branko and I built our careers around, the consequences of globalization are a big issue, but a big book on global-shmobal may not add much (although his have!) 5/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Maybe the point is that research should aim to help answer the big questions, but that often the way to do that is to study smaller, more tractable questions that are steps on the way — which is by and large how science works 4/ — PolitiTweet.org

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PS, "other things being equal" — Chandler sounding like an economist! Anyway, something to be said for not biting off more than anyone knows how to chew 3/ — PolitiTweet.org

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He's right that economics should be trying to answer the big questions. On the other hand, research should focus on questions it can actually answer. Raymond Chandler in "The simple art of murder": 2/ https://t.co/bZ934eyl39 — PolitiTweet.org

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What should economists work on? What kind of work should be honored? Branko has some intriguing thoughts, some — but not all of which — I agree with 1/ — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ritholtz:  Here is the failing $NYT stock chart, up 400% during the Trump presidency. (I think he CAN take at least a little credit… — PolitiTweet.org

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To understand how crazy this is, look at Wisconsin's data 2/ https://t.co/KWkzU7jcep — PolitiTweet.org

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Amazing how trying to avoid mass death has become a partisan issue 1/ https://t.co/0xg2cdXDQ6 — PolitiTweet.org

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Btw, kudos to The Upshot for reporting all polls, state as well as national, with swing from 2016, which allows easy comparisons. The median recent swing in state polls is 7, which is a quick and dirty way to see why models give Biden such an advantage https://t.co/CWdY36lDk3 — PolitiTweet.org

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A telling moment. 4/ https://t.co/aVFmhQl3CY — PolitiTweet.org

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This tells you who they're afraid of — the groups and people they won't even make an insincere pretense of criticizing 2/ — PolitiTweet.org

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A parallel between Trump and ACB: there are thing both won't condemn despite clear political advantages to pretending to be decent. Trump won't criticize Putin or white supremacists; ACB won't condemn election intimidation, rejection of peaceful transition, or election delay 1/ — PolitiTweet.org

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A further thought. My guess is that if Ds take both the WH and the Senate, the stolen court won't overturn Roe or the ACA, which it knows would lead to quick court expansion. Instead, it will save its ammunition so it can engage in sustained sabotage of environmental policy 3/ — PolitiTweet.org