Paul Krugman

Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

RT @JohnJHarwood: update from Commerce Dept’s Bureau of Economic Analysis today: Q4-Q4 2018 growth now 2.97% average annual 2018 growth n… — PolitiTweet.org

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So will it get any coverage? Or are we only interested in people who jump on tables? (I'm not a Beto-hater, but thi… https://t.co/3AzwFS3xzm — PolitiTweet.org

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I should add that she's quite brave in not pandering to NIMBYism. This is the kind of plan that should have broad bipartisan support; it would even have significant effects on economic growth, by helping people move to where the good jobs are 3/ — PolitiTweet.org

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It calls for expansing the housing supply, especially of rental units, in part through public investment, in part with incentives for state and local governments to loosen restrictive zoning rules. All solid economics, no gimmicks 2/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Elizabeth Warren has a housing plan -- and like every one of her policy proposals, it looks really good! 1/ https://t.co/HeIdbbBurp — PolitiTweet.org

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If this isn't what Sanders meant -- although it sure looks from the video and the transcript as if he was indeed op… https://t.co/Gur2Hhd7Ir — PolitiTweet.org

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Bernie, are you there? https://t.co/GrIpglruOO — PolitiTweet.org

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The recession may or may not be coming. But die Rezession appears to have arrived https://t.co/V2mBQcd8TF — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Noahpinion: "So far, not a peep I have seen out of anybody else: not Marty Feldstein, Michael J. Boskin, John Cogan, Douglas Holtz-Eaki… — PolitiTweet.org

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Here is the complete list of prominent Republican economists who have spoken out against putting Stephen Moore on t… https://t.co/yqnfmKa5mI — PolitiTweet.org

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They're also deeply unfair to Caligula 2/ https://t.co/gAxOG6CTDy — PolitiTweet.org

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Caligula jokes in the era of Trump make you an enemy of the people 1/ https://t.co/kUv9XGmV5H — PolitiTweet.org

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Since we're doing YouTube, I've been reading lots of analyses about how Trump's strategy now is all about the base -- which inevitably makes me think of this https://t.co/thSS6dhv1h — PolitiTweet.org

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But I just can't help thinking about The Simpsons 2/ https://t.co/xCajMsnvEv — PolitiTweet.org

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I get press releases, and to be fair this could be a perfectly useful, interesting conference 1/ https://t.co/MBdp1aKLIN — PolitiTweet.org

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"But everything I’ve seen covering the Obamacare repeal debate ... tells me that Trump is not interested in protecting preexisting conditions. There isn’t a plan to create coverage for everybody, and there never will be." https://t.co/pKgpEnhFpT — PolitiTweet.org

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If this is the story, by the way, we might want to be cautious about placing too much weight on that yield curve inversion. On the other hand, business economists I talk to are sounding very grim about the incoming data flow. (shrugs) 5/ — PolitiTweet.org

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So even if informed investors are well aware that a big asset price move -- say, a plunge in a developing country's currency – is excessive, they're unable to buy the undervalued asset because their capital has been depleted 4/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Shleifer-Vishny argued that the business of keeping asset prices somewhere near fundamental values is normally handled by specialists who need sufficient capital - and that big price moves wipe out that very capital 3/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Basically they say that an unexpected drop in rates forced some investors to scramble to cover their bets, pushing rates even lower. If so, this is a classic illustration of a point Shleifer and Vishny made long ago 2/ https://t.co/K6X0RlBOjs — PolitiTweet.org

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Extreme wonky alert: I've been watching the plunge in US bond rates, which has inverted the yield curve – historically a precursor to recession, but who knows? Anyway, Bloomberg has a really interesting piece on why the move has been so sharp 1/ https://t.co/Z9LlwQZxu1 — PolitiTweet.org

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Very unhappy to see Bernie Sanders apparently opposing the bill. Advocating single-payer is fine; opposing measures that could take effect as soon as Feb. 2021 if Dems win, benefiting millions, in pursuit of the big prize is not 2/ https://t.co/3WVcerRX4U — PolitiTweet.org

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The estimable folks at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities are very favorable on the new House plan, which they believe would insure millions of additional Americans and make insurance more affordable for many more 1/ https://t.co/2ZoNNUGHyO — PolitiTweet.org

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If the Fed had followed the rule Moore fantasizes comes from Volcker, it would have tightened monetary policy in the face of low underlying inflation and 9 percent unemployment. Yet Moore is still defending that doctrine 4/ — PolitiTweet.org

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The Fed, instead, focuses on "core" inflation, which tries to strip out the effects of volatile commodity prices for a better read on underlying inflation. And events have overwhelmingly vindicated that approach 3/ https://t.co/s3H6I82apu — PolitiTweet.org

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I know we have short memories these days, but not that long ago Paul Ryan berated Ben Bernanke, claiming that a rise in commodity prices presaged runaway inflation 2/ https://t.co/zqEyy93uu1 — PolitiTweet.org

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So Stephen Moore claims that Paul Volcker believed in linking interest rates to commodity prices. As @crampell points out, he's making stuff up (again); Volcker had no such rule. But wait, there's more 1/ https://t.co/IihDB0tl6U — PolitiTweet.org

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Great work by @crampell. Moore's record of never getting his facts right remains unbroken, including in the article… https://t.co/Ynafb2BPGy — PolitiTweet.org

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A longer meditation on the GOP plan to let Democrats do 2018 all over https://t.co/zOnlONX7CR — PolitiTweet.org

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Even Republicans want to see it by a hugely lopsided margin. If Barr summary was misleading, this may not play out… https://t.co/ulFHUmiZ7L — PolitiTweet.org