https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/talking-vibes-with-jared-bernstein

“What I think of them, at least in the context of our conversation, are people who believed Trump when he said, “I’m going to lower prices on day one.”

It’s powerfully tempting to consider this group simply dumb. They are not academics for sure. I suspect, however, that if we disregard their explanations their distress is sending a critical message.