Paul Krugman

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I wrote about how the public says job growth is below normal, which is at odds not just with official statistics but with what the same public says about the job market. Today's excellent report just adds to the dissonance 1/ https://t.co/dDBvUk7v6b — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @nytopinion: Public views of the economy are at odds not just with official statistics but also with self-reported experience, @paulkrug… — PolitiTweet.org

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Growing hints also that Russian military has been lamed by corrupt contractors, which shouldn't surprise anyone. Despite all this, sheer weight of forces probably means that Kyiv eventually falls. But boy has Putin hurt his reputation for effectiveness 2/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Ah yes, the mud. If you're a WWII buff, you know all about the two mud seasons — fall rain, spring melt — that brought everything to a halt twice a year on the Eastern front. And Putin decided to invade Ukraine during the rasputitsa 1/ https://t.co/B31wZ1UVca — PolitiTweet.org

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The article also says that urban warfare will stress Russian logistics even more. In the end they can probably move enough supplies forward to storm Kyiv — or starve it out. But they never had the wherewithal for a blitzkrieg 4/ — PolitiTweet.org

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I mean, would you want to be the general telling Putin that despite the size of his army he can't easily depose his pesky neighbor because you don't have enough trucks? 3/ — PolitiTweet.org

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So they bet that they could overawe and intimidate the Ukrainians with a force far too small to overcome real resistance. It was a colossal misjudgment, but you can understand why they wanted to believe it 3/ — PolitiTweet.org

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This explains a lot of what has happened so far. The mad dash with light forces in an attempt to seize Kyiv wasn't stupid, or wasn't purely stupid: The Russians knew that an advance with their full army would quickly run out of fuel and food 2/ — PolitiTweet.org

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This is fascinating: an article on Russian logistics published well in advance of the Ukraine invasion. Basically the Russians have far too few trucks to support their forces if they move far from railheads 1/ https://t.co/YMWiskSy0W — PolitiTweet.org

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There are no winners from wars of aggression https://t.co/otStZyGYV8 — PolitiTweet.org

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There's an almost pathological resistance among some in the media (and some economists) to any notion that public pessimism about the economy in part reflects narrative overpowering lived experience. But come on, people. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JanetGornick: Another year around the sun. Happy birthday @paulkrugman. And, well, happy birthday to me too. Grateful to be in NYC this… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MaxCRoser: Russia’s exports are largely fossil fuels. A good graphic that shows which European countries import gas from Russia. I wou… — PolitiTweet.org

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Natural gas gives Putin some economic leverage. But important to remember that Russia is by no means an economic superpower https://t.co/edxO23Y8zF — PolitiTweet.org

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Like everyone else, obsessively tracking the invasion of Ukraine with dread — but also inspiration and hope. Heroism in the defense of freedom has not vanished from the world. — PolitiTweet.org

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But why can't Biden get bipartisan support for his policies? — PolitiTweet.org

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It's not intellectual kumbaya, but serious discussions about inflation have a surprising amount of common ground https://t.co/MldW7n7HrN — PolitiTweet.org

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What should we make of Putin's deeply weird attacks on Ukraine's government? Is it a sign of thuggery — "I can say crazy stuff and nobody will dare to call me on it"? Or is it a sign of mental deterioration? https://t.co/RYHFhZtrsE — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @nytopinion: Sanctions, writes @paulkrugman, “can be very effective, if the West shows the will — and is willing to take on its own corr… — PolitiTweet.org

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Hey, I'm a lawn guy from lawn guy land. You criticizing my homeland? Actually, I couldn't wait to get out of there. — PolitiTweet.org

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Indeed. The Putin regime is a kleptocracy whose political economy is dependent on the ability of cronies to stash their gains outside the country. A huge vulnerability — but only if we have the will to take it on — PolitiTweet.org

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There are 2 million tractor trailers in America. 40 of them are in the convoy https://t.co/JxBe1Pl9L3 — PolitiTweet.org

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And I think I was auto-corrected from "gag me with an NFT" — PolitiTweet.org

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Oh God, gag me with an ETF. From the Rick Scott manifesto: "Yesterday’s old government is fundamentally incompatible with the digital era." — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ChuckCBPP: To put the Rick Scott/Senate GOP Campaign proposal -- “We will immediately cut the IRS funding and workforce by 50%” – in s… — PolitiTweet.org

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Easy to say "Why bother, he's an ignoramus" But his manifesto is obviously a bid for party leadership, so it tells us what the party caucus wants to believe — and it's all Tea Party anti-government, with no hint of genuine populism 4/ — PolitiTweet.org

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He also wants to move govt agencies "out of Washington into the real world". Actually startling how few fed jobs are in DC 3/ https://t.co/vGEkIvY6Yp — PolitiTweet.org

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But still, Scott wants a 25 percent cut in the federal work force; he probably doesn't realize what they're doing 2/ https://t.co/DB0bojagWH — PolitiTweet.org

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Still reading the Rick Scott manifesto, and learning a bit from side checks. In some ways this could be seen as pointless: Scott is massively ignorant about the basics of how the government works and what it does 1/ https://t.co/GYjQ9XPvMn — PolitiTweet.org

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The Golden Horde would also like a word — PolitiTweet.org