<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">Any of you conservatives out there care to give an opinion of Krugmans' column?  bill w</div><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div><table width="100%" align="left" border="0" style="margin:0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><tbody><tr><td id="m_-8651966535960715451EMAIL_CONTAINER" align="left" width="100%"><div style="margin:0 auto;max-width:600px;width:100%"><table width="100%"><tbody><tr style="width:100%"><td style="padding:15px 0 5px;border-bottom:1px solid #dcdcdc;text-align:center;width:100%"><span style="width:100%;text-align:center"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" align="center"><a href="https://nl.nytimes.com/f/a/MedH73genU9M_7DsUseF8g~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhAtfZP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9NzAyMjE5JmxpPVBLJm09NWU3MTEzOWI3OWFiMTQzM2QwNzcxMGQ4Zjg4MzU2YzgmcD1QS18yMDIwMDcyOFcDbnl0QgoAP9lSIF8aOQdYUhNmb296bGVyODNAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://liveintent.newyorktimesinfo.com/imp?s=702219&li=PK&m=5e71139b79ab1433d07710d8f88356c8&p=PK_20200728" border="0" width="600" style="width:100%;max-width:600px!important"></a></td></tr><tr><td height="10px"></td></tr></tbody></table></span></td></tr><tr style="width:100%" id="m_-8651966535960715451_a11y-skip-ad-marquee"><td class="m_-8651966535960715451css-e902px" style="border-bottom:1px solid #cecece;padding:25px 0 20px;width:100%;text-align:center" width="100%" align="center"><div class="m_-8651966535960715451css-1nu1ipb" style="margin-bottom:15px"><a href="https://nl.nytimes.com/f/a/vX-13hG_ifN-nQWlTkWkLA~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhAtfZP0TCaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vY29sdW1uL3BhdWwta3J1Z21hbj9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0xMTYmZW1jPWVkaXRfcGtfMjAyMDA3MjgmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjA3MTEmbmw9cGF1bC1rcnVnbWFuJnJlZ2lfaWQ9NjQxNTk3NzYmc2VnbWVudF9pZD0zNDU2MyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9NWU3MTEzOWI3OWFiMTQzM2QwNzcxMGQ4Zjg4MzU2YzhXA255dEIKAD_ZUiBfGjkHWFITZm9vemxlcjgzQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~" alt="Paul Krugman" target="_blank"><img src="https://static01.nytimes.com/email-images/New_Headers/NYT-Headers-OP-PaulKrugman%402x.png" alt="Paul Krugman" style="width:300px" width="300"></a></div><p style="width:100%;margin-bottom:0;font:12px/12px georgia,serif;letter-spacing:.5px">July 28, 2020</p></td></tr><tr style="height:20px"></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0 auto;max-width:600px"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr><td style="direction:ltr;font-size:0;padding:0;text-align:left"><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-spacing:0;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:#333;padding:0;background:#fff"><tbody><tr><td style="width:100%;padding:0;line-height:1" width="100%"><img src="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2020/07/28/opinion/28-krugman-newsletter/merlin_174333897_60d929cb-4229-434d-a7e5-cf923dc3ba75-articleLarge.jpg" class="m_-8651966535960715451css-1pzpqwd" style="display:block;width:100%;height:auto;padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:0"></td></tr><tr><td class="m_-8651966535960715451css-1am1dwg" style="text-align:right;width:100%;padding-top:5px;padding-bottom:10px;line-height:14px" width="100%" align="right"><span><span class="m_-8651966535960715451css-17d0bbs" style="margin:0;font:normal 14px georgia,serif;color:#666"></span><span class="m_-8651966535960715451css-3b3rs0" style="margin:0;font:normal 11px georgia,serif;padding-left:0;color:#888;letter-spacing:.01em">Spencer Platt/Getty Images</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0 auto;max-width:600px"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr><td style="direction:ltr;font-size:0;padding:0;text-align:left"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0 9px 15px 0;vertical-align:middle" valign="middle"><a href="https://nl.nytimes.com/f/a/Z-BPVglseKiPvsgUs5GC8g~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhAtfZP0S-aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vYnkvcGF1bC1rcnVnbWFuP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTExNiZlbWM9ZWRpdF9wa18yMDIwMDcyOCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0yMDcxMSZubD1wYXVsLWtydWdtYW4mcmVnaV9pZD02NDE1OTc3NiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTM0NTYzJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD01ZTcxMTM5Yjc5YWIxNDMzZDA3NzEwZDhmODgzNTZjOFcDbnl0QgoAP9lSIF8aOQdYUhNmb296bGVyODNAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA" target="_blank"><img src="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2018/04/02/opinion/paul-krugman/paul-krugman-blogSmallThumb.png" alt="Author Headshot" style="width:45px;height:45px;border-radius:100%" width="45" height="45"></a></td><td style="padding:0 0 15px 0;vertical-align:middle" valign="middle"><p style="font:13px/18px arial,sans-serif;letter-spacing:.2px;color:#000;margin-bottom:0;font:600 13px/18px arial,sans-serif">By <a href="https://nl.nytimes.com/f/a/Z-BPVglseKiPvsgUs5GC8g~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhAtfZP0S-aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vYnkvcGF1bC1rcnVnbWFuP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTExNiZlbWM9ZWRpdF9wa18yMDIwMDcyOCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0yMDcxMSZubD1wY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these benefits, largely because state unemployment offices were overwhelmed. Even so, there was much less misery than a depression-level unemployment rate would have generated without those benefits. Aid to workers also helped contain the slump, by sustaining consumer spending.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0 auto;max-width:600px"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr><td style="direction:ltr;font-size:0;padding:0;text-align:center"> <a href="#m_-8651966535960715451_a11y-skip-1" style="display:block;width:1px;height:1px;max-height:1px;overflow:hidden;color:transparent">Continue reading the main story</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0 auto;max-width:600px"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr><td style="direction:ltr;font-size:0;padding:10px 0 25px;text-align:center"><div style="background:#fff;background-color:#fff;margin:0 auto;max-width:600px"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:#fff;background-color:#fff;width:100%"><tbody><tr><td style="border-bottom:1px solid #dcdcdc;border-top:1px solid #dcdcdc;direction:ltr;font-size:0;padding:20px 0 20px;text-align:center"><h3 color="#666" class="m_-8651966535960715451css-186xeyn" style="font:10px/13px arial,sans-serif;color:#666;letter-spacing:.7px;margin-bottom:5px;margin-top:0;text-align:center">ADVERTISEMENT</h3><span style="width:100%;text-align:center"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin:0 auto"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><a href="https://nl.nytimes.com/f/a/O3x71uDnrTONZl6Im5eUwg~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhAtfZP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9NzAyMjI3JmxpPVBLJm09NWU3MTEzOWI3OWFiMTQzM2QwNzcxMGQ4Zjg4MzU2YzgmcD1QS18yMDIwMDcyOFcDbnl0QgoAP9lSIF8aOQdYUhNmb296bGVyODNAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://liveintent.newyorktimesinfo.com/imp?s=702227&li=PK&m=5e71139b79ab1433d07710d8f88356c8&p=PK_20200728" border="0" width="600" style="width:100%;max-width:600px!important"></a></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><a href="https://nl.nytimes.com/f/a/_y5g--8zCZkHNK1c_Wcbmg~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhAtfZP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9NzAyMjMwJmxpPVBLJm09NWU3MTEzOWI3OWFiMTQzM2QwNzcxMGQ4Zjg4MzU2YzgmcD1QS18yMDIwMDcyOFcDbnl0QgoAP9lSIF8aOQdYUhNmb296bGVyODNAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://liveintent.newyorktimesinfo.com/imp?s=702230&li=PK&m=5e71139b79ab1433d07710d8f88356c8&p=PK_20200728" border="0"></a></td><td align="right"><a href="https://nl.nytimes.com/f/a/duIuYmfCRL0Y92VWL0-mUw~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhAtfZP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9NzAyMjI4JmxpPVBLJm09NWU3MTEzOWI3OWFiMTQzM2QwNzcxMGQ4Zjg4MzU2YzgmcD1QS18yMDIwMDcyOFcDbnl0QgoAP9lSIF8aOQdYUhNmb296bGVyODNAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://liveintent.newyorktimesinfo.com/imp?s=702228&li=PK&m=5e71139b79ab1433d07710d8f88356c8&p=PK_20200728" border="0"></a></td></tr></tbody></table></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0 auto;max-width:600px;width:100%" id="m_-8651966535960715451_a11y-skip-1"><table width="100%"><tbody><tr><td align="left"><p style="color:#333;font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;margin:0 0 15px">But the expanded benefits expire this week, even though the virus-induced depression is still very much with us. Unless Congress acts, almost all unemployed workers have already seen their last check.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0 auto;max-width:600px;width:100%"><table width="100%"><tbody><tr><td align="left"><p style="color:#333;font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;margin:0 0 15px">And Congress is unlikely to act, because Senate Republicans’ brains have been eaten by the unemployment zombie. Worrying that aid to the unemployed will make them lazy seems absurd when there are more than 30 million unemployed workers receiving benefits and only 5 million job openings. Unemployment benefits also didn’t stop 7 million workers from accepting jobs during the aborted economic takeoff of <a href="https://nl.nytimes.com/f/a/fTTGcEblwZq1Kd5HzPb2HA~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhAtfZP0TNaHR0cHM6Ly9mcmVkLnN0bG91aXNmZWQub3JnL2dyYXBoL2ZyZWRncmFwaC5wbmc_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MTE2JmVtYz1lZGl0X3BrXzIwMjAwNzI4Jmc9c3lkbyZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0yMDcxMSZubD1wYXVsLWtydWdtYW4mcmVnaV9pZD02NDE1OTc3NiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTM0NTYzJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD01ZTcxMTM5Yjc5YWIxNDMzZDA3NzEwZDhmODgzNTZjOFcDbnl0QgoAP9lSIF8aOQdYUhNmb296bGVyODNAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA" class="m_-8651966535960715451css-1sybz1k" style="color:#286ed0;border-bottom:1px solid #286ed0;text-decoration:none;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit" target="_blank">May and June</a>, an attempted recovery cut short by the resurgence of Covid-19.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0 auto;max-width:600px;width:100%"><table width="10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 style="margin:0 auto;max-width:600px;width:100%"><table width="100%"><tbody><tr><td align="left"><p style="color:#333;font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;margin:0 0 15px">How unemployment benefits helped <a href="https://nl.nytimes.com/f/a/71kF9bvOCYZGD_4Dk7F5mQ~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhAtfZP4QtAWh0dHBzOi8vaW5zdGl0dXRlLmpwbW9yZ2FuY2hhc2UuY29tL2luc3RpdHV0ZS9yZXNlYXJjaC9sYWJvci1tYXJrZXRzL3JlcG9ydC1jb25zdW1wdGlvbi1lZmZlY3RzLW9mLXVuZW1wbG95bWVudC1pbnN1cmFuY2UtZHVyaW5nLXRoZS1jb3ZpZC0xOS1wYW5kZW1pYz9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0xMTYmZW1jPWVkaXRfcGtfMjAyMDA3MjgmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjA3MTEmbmw9cGF1bC1rcnVnbWFuJnJlZ2lfaWQ9NjQxNTk3NzYmc2VnbWVudF9pZD0zNDU2MyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9NWU3MTEzOWI3OWFiMTQzM2QwNzcxMGQ4Zjg4MzU2YzhXA255dEIKAD_ZUiBfGjkHWFITZm9vemxlcjgzQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~" class="m_-8651966535960715451css-1sybz1k" style="color:#286ed0;border-bottom:1px solid #286ed0;text-decoration:none;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit" target="_blank">sustain the economy</a>, from the socialists at JPMorgan.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0 auto;max-width:600px;width:100%"><table width="100%"><tbody><tr><td align="left"><p style="color:#333;font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;margin:0 0 15px">Unemployment benefits don’t seem to have <a href="https://nl.nytimes.com/f/a/yDFR7yiNclp9SHh5bGJmqw~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhAtfZP0T5aHR0cHM6Ly90b2Jpbi55YWxlLmVkdS9zaXRlcy9kZWZhdWx0L2ZpbGVzL2ZpbGVzL0MtMTklMjBBcnRpY2xlcy9DQVJFUy1VSV9pZGVudGlmaWNhdGlvbl92RigxKS5wZGY_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MTE2JmVtYz1lZGl0X3BrXzIwMjAwNzI4Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTIwNzExJm5sPXBhdWwta3J1Z21hbiZyZWdpX2lkPTY0MTU5Nzc2JnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MzQ1NjMmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPTVlNzExMzliNzlhYjE0MzNkMDc3MTBkOGY4ODM1NmM4VwNueXRCCgA_2VIgXxo5B1hSE2Zvb3psZXI4M0BnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~" class="m_-8651966535960715451css-1sybz1k" style="color:#286ed0;border-bottom:1px solid #286ed0;text-decoration:none;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit" target="_blank">deterred workers</a> from accepting jobs.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0 auto;max-width:600px;width:100%"><table width="100%"><tbody><tr><td align="left"><p style="color:#333;font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;margin:0 0 15px">No, really, they <a href="https://nl.nytimes.com/f/a/rtG90dGOBP-wknAVdslLhg~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhAtfZP0TTaHR0cHM6Ly90d2l0dGVyLmNvbS9lcm5pZXRlZGVzY2hpL3N0YXR1cy8xMjgzODI5MDE4NzM1OTEwOTE3P2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTExNiZlbWM9ZWRpdF9wa18yMDIwMDcyOCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0yMDcxMSZubD1wYXVsLWtydWdtYW4mcmVnaV9pZD02NDE1OTc3NiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTM0NTYzJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD01ZTcxMTM5Yjc5YWIxNDMzZDA3NzEwZDhmODgzNTZjOFcDbnl0QgoAP9lSIF8aOQdYUhNmb296bGVyODNAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA" class="m_-8651966535960715451css-1sybz1k" style="color:#286ed0;border-bottom:1px solid #286ed0;text-decoration:none;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit" target="_blank">didn’t</a>.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0 auto;max-width:600px;width:100%"><table width="100%"><tbody><tr><td align="left"><p style="color:#333;font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;margin:0 0 15px">We should give more honor to <a href="https://nl.nytimes.com/f/a/bpi8Y563w3XTPkb70lLGog~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhAtfZP0TvaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuY25uLmNvbS8yMDIwLzA0LzEwL2J1c2luZXNzL3VuZW1wbG95bWVudC1iZW5lZml0cy1mcmFuY2VzLXBlcmtpbnMvaW5kZXguaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0xMTYmZW1jPWVkaXRfcGtfMjAyMDA3MjgmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjA3MTEmbmw9cGF1bC1rcnVnbWFuJnJlZ2lfaWQ9NjQxNTk3NzYmc2VnbWVudF9pZD0zNDU2MyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9NWU3MTEzOWI3OWFiMTQzM2QwNzcxMGQ4Zjg4MzU2YzhXA255dEIKAD_ZUiBfGjkHWFITZm9vemxlcjgzQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~" class="m_-8651966535960715451css-1sybz1k" style="color:#286ed0;border-bottom:1px solid #286ed0;text-decoration:none;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit" target="_blank">Frances Perkins</a>, the mother of American unemployment insurance.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0 auto;max-width:600px;width:100%"><table width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-bottom:15px"></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-bottom:25px;border-top:1px solid #dcdcdc"></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0 auto;max-width:600px;width:100%"><table width="100%"><tbody><tr><td align="left"><h3 class="m_-8651966535960715451css-18prcb2" style="margin:0 0 1px;font:bold 18px/25px georgia,serif;color:#000"><span style="font-weight:700;font-size:inherit">Feedback</span></h3></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0 auto;max-width:600px;width:100%"><table width="100%"><tbody><tr><td align="left"><p style="color:#333;font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;margin:0 0 15px">If you’re enjoying what you’re reading, please consider recommending it to friends. <a href="https://nl.nytimes.com/f/a/bAQrbx3vqZUv_6SRCSpAcA~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhAtfZP0ToaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vbmV3c2xldHRlcnMvcGF1bC1rcnVnbWFuP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTExNiZlbWM9ZWRpdF9wa18yMDE5MDYxOCZlbWM9ZWRpdF9wa18yMDIwMDcyOCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0yMDcxMSZubD10YmQmbmw9cGF1bC1rcnVnbWFuJnJlZ2lfaWQ9NjQxNTk3NzYmc2VnbWVudF9pZD0zNDU2MyZ0ZT0xJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD01ZTcxMTM5Yjc5YWIxNDMzZDA3NzEwZDhmODgzNTZjOFcDbnl0QgoAP9lSIF8aOQdYUhNmb296bGVyODNAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA" class="m_-86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