Paul Krugman

Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

The Trumpists want to hide pandemic info, because of course they do https://t.co/BgEAnKONfo — PolitiTweet.org

Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

Hard to see any quick agreement when one side is living in a fantasy world. And for many workers, the $600 supplement ends SATURDAY 5/ — PolitiTweet.org

Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

And the task of economic policy isn't "stimulus," it's emergency relief to let both families and essential govt services survive the months of difficulty ahead. Cutting payroll taxes for people who can't work is worse than useless 4/ — PolitiTweet.org

Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

In the D view, we're still in the middle of the pandemic, because premature opening wasted the gains of the spring. A lot of the economy has to stay locked down, or even returned to lockdown 3/ — PolitiTweet.org

Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

In the WH view, Covid-19 is old news and not a problem, so we should push everyone back to work with tax cuts — and financial punishment for anyone who hesitates out of fear of, you know, dying 2/ — PolitiTweet.org

Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

How to think about the current economic policy impasse, the one that is about to cut off tens of millions of desperate families: the WH and Dems have fundamentally different visions of current reality (Dems are right) 1/ — PolitiTweet.org

Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

As described, this isn't remotely acceptable. It's not even a starting point for negotiations. The next 2 months are going to be a disaster https://t.co/eAcYJN6Cur — PolitiTweet.org

Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

If killing people is the goal, it has been great 2/ https://t.co/UzNMZkEiqK — PolitiTweet.org

Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

How good has Trump's response been? Depends on the objective 1/ — PolitiTweet.org

Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

Trump: Support me! I'm racist and authoritarian! Voters: No Trump: But I'm really, really racist and authoritarian! — PolitiTweet.org

Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

For a second I wondered if this was too much political correctness. But then I thought about how I'd feel if kosher foods were sold under the label "Trader Hymie's". The intent may have been innocent, but time to end this https://t.co/3w5lMF0zwe — PolitiTweet.org

Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

The unemployment cliff is coming, and we're totally not ready https://t.co/gVVka474oM — PolitiTweet.org

Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

So, did the Marx Brothers administer Donald Trump's cognitive test? https://t.co/uVQ3HqT6jK — PolitiTweet.org

Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

I actually have no idea, although I'm partial to the idea that the air-conditioned life makes maskless crowds especially deadly. Of course, I'm old enough to remember when people said that car-centric states couldn't have NY-style problems, so no need for caution 3/ — PolitiTweet.org

Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

One question, though, is why US in general and Sunbelt in particular look so bad. AZ, like Sweden, imposed few rules; has a bit fewer people; but far more deaths. Why? Is it general pop health? Voluntary social distancing in SWE? People crammed together in aircon? 2/ — PolitiTweet.org

Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

Amazingly, I still hear from people who think Sweden's Covid response is a success story. Mostly they seem to be looking at total deaths and not realize that Sweden only has 10 million people. Per capita it looks terrible, although not as bad as America 1/ https://t.co/swQQaVZ0PH — PolitiTweet.org

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Love the Clash of the Titans reference, but aren't these moms basically anti-Karens? — PolitiTweet.org

Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

This kind of thing is why "don't disseminate conspiracy theories" isn't helpful advice right now. By all means keep your eye on the big stuff. But we're now in a situation in which questioning what authority figures claim is just being realistic 3/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Remember the poisoned milk shakes? 2/ https://t.co/wvS68lgjHi — PolitiTweet.org

Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

So the Portland Police Association says its office was set on fire by protestors. The key word is "says." Maybe it really happened. But at this point nobody should trust a police union's word on such things 1/ — PolitiTweet.org

Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

I don't even think there's a strategy here. Trump can't face the reality of his failure, so he clings to the belief that there isn't really a Covid surge, that it's all because of testing. And WH officials are catering to his delusions https://t.co/JTwoSNINVb — PolitiTweet.org

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Again, we're not talking about some super-capable authoritarian regime. We're talking about a country often seen as the sick man of Europe; but unlike America, it's run by people who actually care if their citizens die 4/ — PolitiTweet.org

Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

How many Americans would still be alive if we had matched Italy's performance? Around 40,000 so far. And we're losing >20K each month more than we would if we had brought deaths down to Italian levels 3/ — PolitiTweet.org

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The divergence in per capita deaths since late April is really striking 2/ https://t.co/kUwxe2SuWp — PolitiTweet.org

Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

Coming back to this shocking-but-not-surprising report about how the Trumpists decided that we should live free and die. I was struck by how Italy (!) became first a reassuring model, then an unattainable ideal 1/ https://t.co/cazkzKRCWk — PolitiTweet.org

Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

I don’t think he could get away with it. But assuming that he’ll follow any norms has been a losing bet every step of the way. — PolitiTweet.org

Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

But do we even know that these are federal police? No identification. How many mercenaries and/or militia members are there? — PolitiTweet.org

Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

They want us to die quietly https://t.co/QKiaBVOH8R — PolitiTweet.org

Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

Maybe Kevin Hassett can write a tell-all on his role in WH fantasies of Covid-19 fading away. Suggested title: "Deaths 36,000" — PolitiTweet.org

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A horrifying but not surprising tick-tock. Four years ago, would you have imagined that American health experts would fantasize about we could have been Italy? (our current death rate is 10X as high) https://t.co/cazkzKRCWk — PolitiTweet.org