Paul Krugman

Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

Within the US, states that threw caution to the wind gained a short-term boost but are now falling behind 4/ https://t.co/KFOXCMgjDa https://t.co/X2HVqbZLsJ — PolitiTweet.org

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But there really isn't a tradeoff. The US is now lagging behind other countries that didn't rush to reopen 3/ https://t.co/zMjZLsgYFf https://t.co/6CHWtPmj1i — PolitiTweet.org

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But that seemed impossible for the interviewers to process: each time they would come back with, "Yes, but how should we make the tradeoff between the economy and fighting the pandemic?" 2/ — PolitiTweet.org

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A couple of months ago, before the great reopening disaster, I did several interviews in which I was asked about the tradeoff between the economy and fighting the pandemic. I answered that there was no tradeoff; you can't recover until you beat the virus. 1/ — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @TBPInvictus: Time to give @GovRonDeSantis a chart of his own. Harder to source quotes than with Trump, so consider this a work in progr… — PolitiTweet.org

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So it's the ideology of modern conservatism as a whole, but just Trump's hopeless inadequacy, that has made America the sick man of the Western world — literally 5/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Abbott killed a lot of Texans, although his state's toxic political culture is making it hard for him to do better 4/ https://t.co/piDTKNTMNC — PolitiTweet.org

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Ron DeSantis killed a lot of Floridians 3/ https://t.co/O3ItLuTCWP — PolitiTweet.org

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But it's not just Trump. Republican governors also played crucial dire roles 2/ — PolitiTweet.org

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One of these trajectories is not like the others. Is it Trump's fault? Of course: pandemic response is heavily dependent on presidential leadership, and Trump has been a malign influence every step of the way 1/ https://t.co/c9Yumw4PPJ — PolitiTweet.org

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This perfectly encapsulates how GOP hatred of the idea of helping people in need has crippled our response to Covid-19. Remember, 22 million people didn't decide to stop working because the money was good; they were forced to stay home by the virus. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @davidfrum: Province of Ontario, with 2/3 Florida population (14.5 million vs 21.5 million) is reporting 138 new cases today https://t.c… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @BrankoMilan: The key contradiction is the idea that you combat something with extremely high externality (*infectious* disease) by lett… — PolitiTweet.org

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Arizona, with 7 million people, consistently exceeding daily death toll in the whole European Union, population 420 million. — PolitiTweet.org

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THINK AHEA D https://t.co/xPeGIC67Gz — PolitiTweet.org

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Ernie Tedeschi has more. At least two surveys suggest that July may be a blowout jobs month — in the wrong direction. By no means a sure thing, but the "rocket ship" recovery has semi-officially crashed 6/ https://t.co/Of3Y7Dyjkq — PolitiTweet.org

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So here's the thing: as far as I can tell, Rs still counting on a boom to rescue Trump. But they're already out of time 5/ — PolitiTweet.org

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And after that, just one more report before the election; report on October won't come until Nov. 5. Even if that report is great, how much impact can it have? 4/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Something I'm just registering: because official monthly employment reports are actually snapshots of the second week of the month, "August" numbers will reflect reality <3 weeks from now. It won't be great either 3/ — PolitiTweet.org

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It's still not clear whether the official BLS number will be a small plus or a minus. But it won't be another big positive month 2/ — PolitiTweet.org

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And another: the Real-Time Population Survey, conducted in coop with Dallas Fed, suggests a decline in employment between the June and July reference weeks 1/ https://t.co/gs5pnh9iiR https://t.co/qZcuFBVnwL — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @nytopinion: . @PaulKrugman responded to readers commenting on his column "Why Can’t Trump’s America Be Like Italy?" Join the conversati… — PolitiTweet.org

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On the lower right, the program that is expiring and Rs want to cut by 2/3 — in the face of mass unemployment. That's a huge hit to incomes among people who would be forced to slash spending; gratuitous disaster https://t.co/517I5MlXUX — PolitiTweet.org

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Italy and Germany, with 3 and 4 times Florida's population, each reported 10 fatalities. — PolitiTweet.org

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So, we're on the brink of catastrophe bc Republicans are obsessed with the idea that unemployment benefits discourage low-wage workers from taking jobs WHEN THERE ARE NO JOBS TO TAKE https://t.co/9hY9hh8Zhp — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Brad_Setser: A forty year old model that has stood the test of time ... https://t.co/DSzbZuq5mN — PolitiTweet.org

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My 26-year-old self thanks you for the reference https://t.co/L2GLRfWKUQ — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jhaushofer: Today @haralduhlig, lead editor of the @JPolEcon, a prominent journal in economics, called for @paulkrugman to step down as… — PolitiTweet.org

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Goldman on the state of the "recovery." It's a great time to cut off aid to the unemployed! https://t.co/LLHPFuDul0 — PolitiTweet.org

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Florida vs. Italy. Where does DeSantis go to give his apology? https://t.co/QsRbHUzAFA — PolitiTweet.org