Paul Krugman

Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

RT @GagnonMacro: Not much to add. This is how I see it, too. — PolitiTweet.org

Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

Second, the landmark legislation Democrats just passed — with zero R votes — bears a strong family resemblance to Al Gore's proposals in 2000 2/ https://t.co/IzrGKtqvGd — PolitiTweet.org

Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

Doing some homework on how the GOP became the anti-environmental party. Two historical observations. First, the 1990 amendment to the Clean Air Act — which brought acid rain under control — passed with overwhelming bipartisan majorities 1/ https://t.co/U7nMVTAYv0 — PolitiTweet.org

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The most important environmental legislation in history; possibly our last chance to avoid climate catastrophe. Will it even make page 1? — PolitiTweet.org

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Excellent paper. And not just bc it quotes me a lot. The history of economic thought has a lot more to do with what economists considered tractable, and less to do with politics, than normal people can easily imagine — PolitiTweet.org

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All about the expectations https://t.co/ZdvIJmukNX — PolitiTweet.org

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What I find amazing is that Rs haven't decided to cut their losses over their ludicrous attempts to debunk the CPI. They just keep digging the hole deeper, revealing their ignorance and bad faith with each attempt https://t.co/CFsW42WEHD — PolitiTweet.org

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In which I get the opportunity to plagiarize Winston Churchill. https://t.co/4wmoVDsZmX — PolitiTweet.org

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So the FBI raid on Mar a Lago was just a fission expedition? — PolitiTweet.org

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Gotta say, Republicans don't rest on their laurels. The "Biden lied about inflation!" discourse is making the "Biden lied about recession!" discourse look reasonable by comparison — PolitiTweet.org

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If there's one thing I've learned over the past 20+ years, it is that things can always get dumber — PolitiTweet.org

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Holding up pretty well. Underlying inflation still high, but good news all the same. Have claims that the numbers are fake started yet? — PolitiTweet.org

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A boom nobody loves https://t.co/LyuTBy9do3 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MarkCurti: Glad to get this paper, coauthored with @mioana, released! Stay til the end of the 🧵 to see why Paul Krugman cited us in the… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @GasBuddy: ⛽️ NEWS: The national average price of gas in the U.S. this morning has fallen back under $4/gal for the first time since ear… — PolitiTweet.org

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To believe these numbers you’d have to think the whole country is getting stupider. Which is implau…. Oh, wait — PolitiTweet.org

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As far as I can tell, faction 1 has around 6 members — PolitiTweet.org

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Instead, with no idea what the FBI may have on Trump, they're rushing to his defense. The man who wished his generals were more like Hitler's — and was stupid enough to say it — really does own the GOP. 5/ — PolitiTweet.org

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So you might think they'd welcome this development, which might clear a path for someone like DeSantis — also an anti-democracy zealot, but smarter and more self-disciplined. At least you might expect noncommittal statements while they await more information 4/ — PolitiTweet.org

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What's interesting is the reaction of Republican legislators. They know perfectly well that Trump engaged in sedition, but they don't care. However, they're probably also aware that Trump himself is a political liability 3/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Obviously, though, the FBI had reason to believe that there was an urgent need to act. No idea what if anything they found, but does anyone really doubt that Trump engaged in massive lawbreaking? As everyone says, no way the FBI would have done this lightly 2/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Personally, I'm annoyed by the searching of Mar a Lago — not the fact that it happened, but the timing. I was hoping that we could spend at least a few days talking about Dem's incredible climate policy triumph, which has now been crowded off the front pages 1/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Tune out the cynics. This bill is, as Bidenologists would say, a BFD, and hope lives https://t.co/zW375W9TVO — PolitiTweet.org

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New York Fed: Inflation Expectations Show Marked Decline at the Short-, Medium-, and Long-Term Horizons https://t.co/DYFjM1ltlw — PolitiTweet.org

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Just want to reemphasize that on climate, Ds have NOT settled for a watered-down version of the original goals. They got almost the whole thing. Here's emission reductions from the REPEAT project: https://t.co/8tpOeyptPU — PolitiTweet.org

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But overall, it's a remarkable record for a party with 50 senators and a relentlessly obstructionist opposition 5/ — PolitiTweet.org

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What got lost were the extensive social programs. That's a tragedy; we could have virtually eliminated child poverty, among other things. Even there, this bill expanded the enhanced subsidies that have helped bring uninsurance to a record low 4/ — PolitiTweet.org

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On infrastructure, Obama wanted to invest but couldn't; Trump promised to invest but didn't; Biden actually got it done 3/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Dems came into power with a three-part agenda: climate, infrastructure, and social programs. They just delivered on the first, which was the most crucial — and no, it wasn't far less than they sought. It accomplished most of the original objective 2/ https://t.co/erxQq4lOyU — PolitiTweet.org

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To anyone about to write this up primarily as a horserace story — some already have — stop. Yes, the midterms matter, hugely; but first and foremost this was a victory for urgently needed policy 1/ — PolitiTweet.org