Paul Krugman

Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

So does a Minnesotan of Norwegian descent really share that much culture with a modern Norwegian? There may be a few distinctive turns of phrase, ya sure, you betcha – but there's 5 generations of cultural change on both sides of the Atlantic 5/ — PolitiTweet.org

Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

Will someone explain to me how this isn't racist? True, the report says that it shows something about Nordic "culture". But Scandinavian emigration to the US peaked in the 1880s, and dropped off sharply after 1910 4/ https://t.co/RqBFAulQsO — PolitiTweet.org

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What really struck me, however, was this table, attempting to show that the Nordics have failed because they're not as rich as Americans of Nordic ancestry 3/ https://t.co/MFYhNZPC73 — PolitiTweet.org

Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

It was already clear that the WH economics team has some seriously strange issues with the apparent success of the Nordic economies. Are they socialist hellholes or actually free market economies in disguise? They go both ways 2/ — PolitiTweet.org

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With everything else going on, I don't think enough people are picking up on the many weird – indeed creepy – things in Jabba the Hutt's report, I mean the Economic Report of the President. We've already noted the claim that there is no poverty in America. But there's more 1/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Aha. I wrote about this a few months ago, effectively prefiguring the Moore nomination https://t.co/HsuhKdQoiS https://t.co/LL3F7pnhlV — PolitiTweet.org

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We already get to say that. What's pathetic about people like John Taylor is that they have debased themselves, year after year, presumably in the hope of currying favor with the GOP – and the party still prefers creatures like Kudlow and Moore. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @daveweigel: Have any of the "Dems are obsessed with Russia and Trump" pundits noticed how much policy is actually getting discussed in… — PolitiTweet.org

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Where are the Republican economists with serious professional reputations weighing in on the absurdity of this nomination? OK, Greg Mankiw has said no, briefly https://t.co/XCPAIiipPj. But I'm watching John Taylor @EconomicsOne . So far, nothing 2/ — PolitiTweet.org

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This is true. But worth noticing who isn't laughing 1/ https://t.co/hVcGBL7TFb — PolitiTweet.org

Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

I know that complete lack of empathy or understanding of other people's hardship is basically a required qualification to serve in the Trump admin. Still, this really beggars belief 8/ — PolitiTweet.org

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I might also note that 9% of Americans still lack health insurance. Do you really believe that the number of poor people is only a quarter as large as the number of uninsured? 7/ — PolitiTweet.org

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You can follow the links from @MilesCorak for serious scholarship on this issue, but the absurdity of the claim should have told the WH right away that there was something drastically wrong with their whole approach 6/ — PolitiTweet.org

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That is, half the poverty line is ... not poor. Let me repeat that: the WH claims that a a single parent of 2 with $10,000 in income isn't poor. Does anyone who has ever stepped outside a gated suburban community believe that? 5/ — PolitiTweet.org

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According to the Census, 5.7 percent of the U.S. population lives below 1/2 of the official poverty line. For a single parent with two children, the poverty threshold is $19,749. So the White House is basically saying that a single mother with 2 kids and an income of $10K ... 4/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Now they say the War on Poverty should be cancelled because it has been won -- their own calculations say that it was government programs that did the job. But mainly, let's focus on the absurdity and cruelty of the no-poverty claim 3/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Here's their chart. Worth noticing that just a few years ago Paul Ryan had a report claiming that the War on Poverty should be cancelled because it completely failed to reduce poverty. 2/ https://t.co/BB6PVstytF — PolitiTweet.org

Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

What with everything else, I suspect not many people noticed that the Economic Report of the President -- the one Jabba the Hutt helped write – says that we basically have no poverty in America 1/ — PolitiTweet.org

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At least he knows how to use FRED 2/ https://t.co/8JneP4YQQq — PolitiTweet.org

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My cat would be a better pick 1/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Unfortunately, there's a little note on the side 2/ https://t.co/20zJnA7N5H — PolitiTweet.org

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Oh, my. I forgot this 1/ https://t.co/iuo2OXRhYe — PolitiTweet.org

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Tell us what you *really* think, @jonathanchait . But I have a question: there are Republican monetary economists who still have professional respectability, e.g. John Taylor. Will any of them say anything about the Moore nomination? https://t.co/KlHNbUYioi — PolitiTweet.org

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The tax cut keeps paying for itself, oh yes https://t.co/UKfkEHVLHP — PolitiTweet.org

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Paul Waldman says something like Medicare for America will be the Dem position. Probably right, although I worry about some diehards on the left and a few timid types on the party's right https://t.co/GgyDDIWBXB — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @NickKristof: Good piece by my @nytopinion colleague @paulkrugman: "Don’t Make Health Care a Purity Test" https://t.co/pE2CbH3eC0 I agre… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @larry_levitt: As the 9th anniversary of the ACA's signing approaches, this is still the most important chart. https://t.co/8FI0YW0zXE — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @BCAppelbaum: Stephen Moore -- whom President Trump reportedly plans to nominate to the Fed -- got so many facts wrong that the Kansas C… — PolitiTweet.org

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You know, the one prepared with help from Batman and Jabba the Hutt 2/ https://t.co/tgrW9vxkNk — PolitiTweet.org

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Hmm. It doesn't look as if markets believe those cheery forecasts in the Economic Report of the President 1/ https://t.co/oZP61HVjU5 — PolitiTweet.org