Notices by Paul Krugman (pkrugman@mastodon.online)

I've been neglecting this account. Testing whether I can use it to post figures

This is not the dystopia we were expecting https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/19/opinion/columnists/elon-musk-twitter-oligarchs.html

Republicans have long insisted that governments shouldn't try to pick winners. So I guess they've decided to pick losers instead 1/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/12/10/miami-bitcoin-ftx-crypto-capital/

Just eyeballing it, a strong correlation between vehicle deaths and Covid deaths since vaccines became available. And both correlated with Trump vote in 2020 4/

Idle thoughts on the Muskopalypse, crypto and all that. How much is about midlife crises among formerly cool tech bros? 1/

Biggest driving days of the year — and gasoline is NOT expensive

Facts may not matter politically, but the gas price panic was way overdone 4/

So, I've been noticing a real change in tone in discussions of inflation by sophisticated observers: much more talk about inflation coming down fast, maybe without recession. Where's this coming from? 2/

Hi there. Opening this account as a precaution against the Muskocolypse.