Paul Krugman

Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

But what if the competence of a country's bureaucracy — aka its deep state — has been undermined by leadership that… https://t.co/fwigA6AWHo — PolitiTweet.org

Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

A bleak thought: I often tell people not to worry too much about disasters in advanced countries, because such coun… https://t.co/p7b2PmeENB — PolitiTweet.org

Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

My God. Lombardy has more than 10 million people. Equivalent to preventing anyone from entering or leaving New York. https://t.co/aSbNDTmFwR — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Lawrence: A Trump Republican operative I’ve know for decades approached me in a restaurant this week with hand outstretched as usual. I… — PolitiTweet.org

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I have American friends currently in Europe considering whether to extend their stay in the belief that universal h… https://t.co/6ELxElQ3og — PolitiTweet.org

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And the absence of paid leave makes it hard, perhaps impossible, for many to take time off. 9/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Finally, a lot of what you need to contain a pandemic is social rather than strictly medical. You need to get peopl… https://t.co/SWYNqihlVe — PolitiTweet.org

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Also, the GOP has been at war with science for a long time. A party that denies climate science and evolution isn'… https://t.co/7owqUqOnTh — PolitiTweet.org

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Remember, the Bush administration crippled FEMA before Katrina; the degrading of epidemic response under Trump is the same kind of thing 6/ — PolitiTweet.org

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But this goes beyond Trump's personal failings. The modern Republican Party hates investing in public goods of any… https://t.co/FfJJBsXqkr — PolitiTweet.org

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He demands obsequious displays of personal loyalty from all around him — which means that everyone with principles,… https://t.co/0aPphYV18T — PolitiTweet.org

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He also can't admit mistakes. Every past decision was perfect. So no capacity to adjust. 3/ — PolitiTweet.org

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First, we have a man-child as president: not only does he judge everything solely in terms of whether it makes him look good, he has a very short-term focus. Downplay the threat to win today's news cycle, never mind what might happen down the road 2/ — PolitiTweet.org

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There are now good reasons to believe that the coronavirus will hit America especially hard, even though it origina… https://t.co/1gdfQdLLg7 — PolitiTweet.org

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Some thoughts inspired by viruses and bonds https://t.co/AIvJYNyqxL — PolitiTweet.org

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Wilbur Ross squared. Everything is a zero sum game — PolitiTweet.org

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Just two weeks ago I was making the case for Dems to support Bernie if he was nominated. I hope that Bernie support… https://t.co/kWlWJvcULI — PolitiTweet.org

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So how many Bernistas will refuse to back Biden if the near-certain happens? 2/ — PolitiTweet.org

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The headline actually understates the case. Pretty clear that whoever has a plurality of delegates will be the nom,… https://t.co/XhUJPOV1eZ — PolitiTweet.org

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But is there a pot of Bitcoin at the end of the VR rainbow? https://t.co/5NCYY3GIt8 — PolitiTweet.org

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On a personal note: I think my 1998 paper warning that Japan might be a harbinger for all of us was the best thing… https://t.co/seerKN8RZH — PolitiTweet.org

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10-year bonds under 0.7%; negative across most of the rest of the advanced world. The US spent 8 of the past 12 years in a liquidity trap, and appears to be heading back; Europe/Japan never left. This is our new normal, folks 1/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Finally, the sad paradox of US politics: non-college whites are far better off in social democracies like Denmark,… https://t.co/Oj4FSBllwn — PolitiTweet.org

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Second, economists who claim that if you measure things right the working class isn't being left behind are clearly… https://t.co/lJS2Wxihhs — PolitiTweet.org

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Three points I'd like to make. First, it's awesome that some conservatives are still treating this as a "values" issue (and that people like Trump still imagine that "American carnage is a nonwhite inner-city issue). This is what happens when good jobs disappear 2/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Very good writeup of Case/Deaton on deaths of despair. There's an awful lot of misery in America — far more than in… https://t.co/0g67HZ8Mie — PolitiTweet.org

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Democrats mostly agree on values. Their argument is about strategy — and Bernie's case for maximalism isn't convinc… https://t.co/olGilWH08I — PolitiTweet.org

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Progressives didn't get one of their own to head the ticket. But they have reshaped the D party agenda, much more than people realize 4/ — PolitiTweet.org

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So Democrats we call "moderates" are actually pushing an agenda that would have been considered very liberal just a few years ago (and of course is vastly to the left of the right-wing radicals of the GOP). 4/ — PolitiTweet.org

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And the Tax Policy Center has a new analysis of his tax proposals https://t.co/UtZsjIk3c5 which would hit the top 1% and the top 0.1% hard 3/ https://t.co/YjectwdniP — PolitiTweet.org