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Paul Krugman

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Paul Krugman

@paulkrugman

Nobel laureate. Op-Ed columnist, @nytopinion. Author, “The Return of Depression Economics,” “The Great Unraveling,” "Arguing With Zombies," + more.

New York City

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Joined October 2008

Paul Krugman
@paulkrugman
May 22, 2020
Has anyone pointed out that Biden is capable of admitting error? That by itself puts him on a higher moral plane than you know who
Paul Krugman
@paulkrugman
Oct 7, 2019
So did Trump just betray the Kurds because (a) He has business interests in Turkey (b) Erdogan, being a brutal autocrat, is his kind of guy (c) His boss Vladimir Putin told him to Remarkable that all three stories are perfectly plausible.
Paul Krugman
@paulkrugman
Mar 29, 2020
America's response to the coronavirus is the worst in the world, which is shocking and has a lot to do with a leader who is completely unfit, temperamentally and intellectually, for the job 1/
Paul Krugman
@paulkrugman
Dec 19, 2017
Susan Collins says she's concerned about deficits, and that's why she's voting for the tax bill. I'm watching my weight, and that's why I'm having a huge piece of pie with ice cream.
Paul Krugman
@paulkrugman
Feb 23, 2020
Well, Bernie Sanders is now the clear favorite for the Democratic nomination. Lots of things to say about that, but the most important is that he is NOT a left-leaning version of Trump. Even if you disagree with his ideas, he's not a wannabe authoritarian ruler 1/
Paul Krugman
@paulkrugman
Apr 24, 2020
I could be wrong, but somehow the Lysol moment feels like it could be a psychological turning point — the moment when even a lot of Trump diehards face up to his essential unfitness 1/
Paul Krugman
@paulkrugman
Sep 21, 2017
Think about what it means that Jimmy Kimmel has evidently done more homework on health than any Republican senator over the past 8 years
Paul Krugman
@paulkrugman
Jun 30, 2022
Undoing Roe is awful. Kneecapping environmental regulation is existential. This Supreme Court has just come down on the side of civilizational collapse.
Paul Krugman
@paulkrugman
Jan 21, 2018
By the way, if you're wondering why coverage of the huge marches yesterday seems kind of muted, it's because those hundreds of thousands weren't sitting in diners in small-town America, and therefore don't count. Also many of them were women.
Paul Krugman
@paulkrugman
Dec 3, 2017
Remember: the two main means-tested programs in America are Medicaid and SNAP (food stamps). In each case most beneficiaries are children, elderly, or disabled. The idea that we're handing out billions to lazy bums is false and slanderous.
Paul Krugman
@paulkrugman
May 7, 2019
I'm old enough to remember when Presidential Medals of Freedom were given for showing courage and making sacrifices on behalf of the nation and the world. Tiger Woods ... hits golf balls for money reut.rs/2H5sTYw
Paul Krugman
@paulkrugman
Aug 9, 2020
I don't know if anyone else has said this, but payroll tax cuts are the hydroxychloroquine of economic policy. They won't do anything to solve the employment crisis, but will have dangerous side effects. Yet Trump remains obsessed with them as a cure 1/
Paul Krugman
@paulkrugman
Nov 14, 2018
Not really tracking this whole Pelosi-as-speaker thing. But really: the most effective speaker in modern history, who just oversaw a highly effective campaign, and is still vigorous. Yes, Republicans demonize her. So? Why on earth not use her demonstrated skills for now?
Paul Krugman
@paulkrugman
Dec 11, 2021
So I'm reading that Elon Musk, who founded Tesla in 2003 and first had a profitable year in 2020, is concerned that Build Back Better might, for a while, add modestly to the budget deficit while it invests in children and the environment