Economist Paul Krugman Rips MAGA for Putting Their 'Feelings' Ahead of 'Facts'

Economist Paul Krugman rips MAGA for putting their 'feelings' ahead of 'facts'

In 2019, a collection of columns by right-wing pundit Ben Shapiro was titled "Facts Don't Care About Your Feelings." Shapiro has repeatedly claimed that liberals and progressives are often motivated by feelings and emotions rather than facts and data, and he revisited that theme with a subsequent book titled "Facts Still Don't Care About Your Feelings."But in a SubStack column published on Thursday morning, August 14, it is a well-known liberal …

Economist Paul Krugman coins two-word phrase to sum up Trump’s hiring playbook

Nobel Prize-winning economist turned political pundit Paul Krugman came up with a concept in his Substack on Wednesday that describes what he believes is behind much of the rot in President Donald Trump's administration.Krugman, a frequent critic of the Trump administration who has warned the president's move to eliminate nonpartisan labor statistics gathering could put America on course for a Venezuela-style economic collapse, quoted the late h…

Trump’s new numbers guru is not qualified to do the job

The internet has been quick to dig into the professional history of EJ Antoni, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the US Bureau of Labour Statistics. It doesn’t take long. Now the chief economist for the Heritage Foundation, he got his doctorate just five years ago and has no publications or citations of note. He has no experience with large public surveys, no research about survey methodology, and no history of managing large organisations s…