Paul Krugman

Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

All the best people, continued https://t.co/nlp7YSnqQV https://t.co/6ImwsTzn1y — PolitiTweet.org

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The thing is, he's probably right. All indications now are that there is no nomination Trump can make that's so absurd that more than 1 or 2 GOP Senators will say no 5/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Some people inside the conservative cult probably didn't even know that Moore was a hack. Everybody knew, to the ex… https://t.co/DRujfd8cdz — PolitiTweet.org

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But while Moore was out there predicting hyperinflation, faking numbers for the WSJ and giving speeches to Freedomfest, Cain was selling phony remedies for erectile dysfunction. 3/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Moore is an incompetent, dishonest hack. But he didn't come out of nowhere. The modern GOP wants people like him, and Moore -- along with Kudlow – has been the party's go-to guy for hack economics for a long time. Trump was just rounding up the usual suspects 2/ — PolitiTweet.org

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By choosing Herman Cain for the Fed, Trump has actually broken new ground. Moore was a shocker, but Cain represents a whole new level of Trumpiness. The two can seem similar, in that both are clearly unqualified and likely to be purely political animals. But there's more 1/ — PolitiTweet.org

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And if we look across countries, social spending and poverty have a strong negative correlation. Maybe just giving money isn't enough; but more money for the poor does, in fact, help fight poverty 3/ https://t.co/SPQZJRSUpN — PolitiTweet.org

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Here's social spending on families from the OECD, as a percent of GDP. Do you think that the contrast between US cuts and sharp Canadian increases might have had some effect? 2/ https://t.co/sng3qmjW4i — PolitiTweet.org

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My colleague David Brooks has an interesting and encouraging column about how Canada has reduced poverty, which emphasizes community activism and cooperation. All good stuff. But I suspect that money matters too ... 1/ https://t.co/Kv0FZ9tFkU — PolitiTweet.org

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General note: Please consider all jokes about raising Cain, Cain not being able, Cainesian economics already made.… https://t.co/OKsMNMMWWi — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Noahpinion: @mijaresluis419 @boes_ Remember, any time you formalize MMT, the MMT Sages will tell you "No, that is not MMT". And the rea… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @joshtpm: Seriously what on earth is this about? Don’t most of us just have paper copies in a folder somewhere? It’s not like you have t… — PolitiTweet.org

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Actually I may have been too quick to endorse. Chait is right that Cain, like Stephen Moore, owes his attempted elevation to crazy policy ideas and being wrong about everything. But mistreating women also seems essential. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jonathanchait: Herman Cain is nuts and not qualified for the Fed. That's why Trump wants him there. https://t.co/8llvKIW87G https://t.c… — PolitiTweet.org

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Only two things certain under this administration: death (for the little people) and tax cuts (for the rich) https://t.co/vdEJLlsFqR — PolitiTweet.org

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Cain is a hard-line gold standard guy. So probably worth pointing out that pegging the dollar to gold would have required drastic monetary tightening from 2007-2010, exactly when unemployment was soaring 2/ https://t.co/XWFMGb651G — PolitiTweet.org

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Meanwhile, I didn't think Trump could do worse than Stephen Moore for the Fed. But never underestimate his resourcefulness 1/ https://t.co/vyGDGxbQBL — PolitiTweet.org

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Oh, and PS: Please don't report that Democrats "requested" Trump's tax returns, or anything like that. They demanded the returns, to which they are legally entitled. Failure to deliver them is just breaking the law 6/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me 4,755 times? Shame on me. What the heck were the media thinking? 5/ https://t.co/8rVuUHf6q3 — PolitiTweet.org

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I mean, guys, we're two years into an administration that lies about everything, all the time. Why give it the benefit of the doubt on something that bears so directly on its perceived legitimacy? 4/ — PolitiTweet.org

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And I truly hope that many media people are feeling chastened. From the beginning, every story should have said "Barr claims that Mueller report says ...", not that "report says" – and in fact skepticism about Barr's portrayal should have been there from day one 3/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Why? Because Barr could prove them wrong at any time by releasing the report. If he stonewalls (which he almost surely will) that's a de facto confession that he grossly misrepresented the actual conclusions 2/ — PolitiTweet.org

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I've really tried to stay away from the Mueller beat. But everyone should realize that the leaks we're now getting about a deeply damaging report have a different standing from usual inside reporting: they have to be presumed true until proven false 1/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Exonerated! Exonerated! Ex ... uh oh https://t.co/GC4sk0nGYK — PolitiTweet.org

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Nobody could have predicted — PolitiTweet.org

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Maybe a good time to recall one review of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle, about meatpacking before regulation Mary had a little lamb And when she saw it sicken She sent it off to packing town And now it's labeled chicken https://t.co/S0FD7mizZ2 — PolitiTweet.org

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We're often told that it should be possible to disagree without being disagreeable. But what if those you disagree with are consistently disagreeable – in fact, truly horrible people? https://t.co/tnsijgugvA — PolitiTweet.org

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PS: Why oh why aren't Dems doing the same thing on Trump's tax returns? — PolitiTweet.org

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Yes. If nothing else, this highlights the fact that WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S IN THE REPORT - only what a Trump loyalist claimed it said. And every day the Trumpists fight this, they remind everyone of that reality https://t.co/uWl7ggHJjl — PolitiTweet.org

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So being a carbon tax purist may sound responsible and hard-headed, but it's not helpful. In practice, it makes you part of the problem 12/ — PolitiTweet.org