Paul Krugman

Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

Key point in this reporting: there's not a hint that Republicans are bothered by the fact that Trump has utterly betrayed his oath of office. They're only worried about the political fallout https://t.co/5d4B5Xje2H — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ParkerMolloy: I mean https://t.co/ZKKnXZ0rYr — PolitiTweet.org

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Or read Jane Mayer 3/ https://t.co/kiUvarQzoZ — PolitiTweet.org

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And these institutions are largely financed by individual billionaires — who are overwhelmingly, if quietly, very right-wing 2/ https://t.co/m0395R4Ft9 — PolitiTweet.org

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Hate to say this, but Larry is just wrong on the political economy here. Two words: Koch brothers. Influence goes far beyond campaign contributions; climate denial, for example, is driven by a network of disinformation institutions 1/ — PolitiTweet.org

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At the time, the unemployment rate was 8 percent and the economy desperately needed fiscal support — but Republicans and a lot of centrists were demanding austerity. Now we have <4% unemployment, a trillion-dollar deficit — and crickets 2/ — PolitiTweet.org

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A thought on the budget deficit: it's now roughly back to what it was in 2012. Here's what Paul Ryan said in his convention speech that year: "In this generation, a defining responsibility of government is to steer our nation clear of a debt crisis while there is still time. " 1/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Obviously governments of both left and right can mess up. But the persistent belief that big business and the wealthy know How Things Work and can run the economy best is completely at odds with experience 4/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Chile has long, as Branko says here, been the poster child for neoliberalism. I remember very well when Bush & co tried to sell Chile's privatized pensions as a replacement for Social Security. But rampant inequality is now causing mass unrest 3/ https://t.co/79ioJ6X6NM — PolitiTweet.org

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Macri was the business community's candidate; he was going to bring sound management in after years of populism, and things were going to be great. But he screwed up the macroeconomics, borrowing heavily in dollars (!), and presided over recession 2/ — PolitiTweet.org

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If Democrats nominate Elizabeth Warren, there will a chorus of well-funded voices declaring that her progressivism would destroy the economy. So it's not irrelevant to look at how that sort of thinking is holding up abroad 1/ https://t.co/YYnwmqyE3Z — PolitiTweet.org

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For those who don't know, Paul De Grauwe arguably saved the euro, by arguing that Spain and other countries weren't fundamentally insolvent, just illiquid — an insight that led to Mario Draghi's crucial "whatever it takes" 3/ https://t.co/JZQ9gXDHWU — PolitiTweet.org

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Here's the flyer. 2/ https://t.co/Z8vtEnVJwc — PolitiTweet.org

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Just realized that I haven't tweeted about this. Don't know if any seats are available, but should be an interesting evening 1/ https://t.co/jRdFx8LSIA — PolitiTweet.org

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So what's the real reason? Sorry, but I can't believe that this administration actually cares about workers' rights. — PolitiTweet.org

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It's the tax cuts, stupid 2/ — PolitiTweet.org

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A note on the budget deficit, which is about $300 billion more than CBO was projecting in June 2017, before the Trump tax cut. The usual suspects will claim that it's about excessive spending. But here's where it actually came from 1/ https://t.co/2JVzSbqHS4 — PolitiTweet.org

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Given the news that Facebook is including Breitbart as a trusted news source, thought I might recall this incident https://t.co/GojM5uoxHE — PolitiTweet.org

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The 2016 election, to the media's eternal shame, was all about "But her emails" It would be poetic justice, although unlikely, if 2020 is all about "But his butt" — PolitiTweet.org

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Worth pointing out that the fiscal 2019 deficit is $300 billion larger than CBO projected in June 2017, before the Trump tax cut. Think of all the things we could do with $300 billion a year — and then think of all the things progressives will be told we can't afford to do 3/ — PolitiTweet.org

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... except anyone who was paying attention — a group that unfortunately included very few people in the news media 2/ https://t.co/VC0OUlaCEI — PolitiTweet.org

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Nobody could have predicted that Republicans who spent the Obama years predicting a debt apocalypse would turn out to be total hypocrites 1/ https://t.co/gltyBgLTd9 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @nytopinion: .@paulkrugman responded to readers who commented on his most recent column, "The Day the Trump Boom Died." Read their excha… — PolitiTweet.org

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We are ruled by evil clowns https://t.co/UTI98lIrL4 — PolitiTweet.org

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This is a big policy failure: the research I've seen says that the human and economic costs of air pollution are huge, even ignoring climate change 3/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Somewhat similarly, reduced enforcement, especially under Trump, is part of the problem here, but also true that increased driving and other factors really need a policy response, which we aren't getting 2/ — PolitiTweet.org

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A thought about worsening air pollution: in a way it's like the financial abuses that set the stage for the 2008 crisis. Banking deregulation played some role in those abuses, but the bigger factor was failure to update regulation for a changing system 1/ https://t.co/vpnNV3QhOf — PolitiTweet.org

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Which kind of makes sense: people are preoccupied with the crisis of democracy, but also looking for some lifestyle escapism. So am I! A bit hard to find an audience for economics right now. But God knows, maybe at this point business cycle analysis counts as escapism ... 2/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Apropos of nothing very important, I was shocked to find that a lot of people read today's column. In general, these days the Times "most popular" list goes something like this: Impeachment Impeachment How to boil a perfect egg Impeachment 25 places to visit in Italy 1/ https://t.co/GA82cHneJw — PolitiTweet.org

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Yes, all of this stuff -- storming the secure room, Lindsey Graham, the Barr craziness — shows that the original WH plan to stonewall is collapsing, and they're desperately searching for exits https://t.co/wgaTlYLxjC — PolitiTweet.org