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Paul Romer

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Paul Romer

@paulmromer

I no longer post to this account. There is at least one person who is pretending to be me with a handle that adds an "s" to the end of my handle.

Boston College

Joined November 2012

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Paul Romer
@paulmromer
Dec 21, 2023
Does this seem like a real person to you? Or some LLM? Could Elon be boosting numbers and engagement by using bot accounts, as Ashley Maddison did? But even better, maybe he is creating bots that pretend to be people who were once on twitter and have left?
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Paul Romer
@paulmromer
Apr 10, 2020
The twitter thread version of my plan: 0. Stop testing people with symptoms. Presume positive and isolate.
Paul Romer
@paulmromer
Mar 31, 2020
If policy makers are stuck with frequent, long periods of lockdown, it will kill business and consumer confidence. No one can plan. No one will invest. We lose many $trillions. If we spent $100 billion on testing, can contain the virus with no lockdowns. Sounds cheap to me.
Paul Romer
@paulmromer
Dec 11, 2018
Schedule for Dec. 10: - Brkfst: Tell parents about surprise noontime event - 10 am: Rehearse for award ceremony - Noon: Get married - 4:30 pm: Receive medal from the King - 7:00 pm: Go to dinner with my new wife, our families, and 1,200 others nytimes.com/2018/12/11/fas…
Paul Romer
@paulmromer
Feb 2, 2022
Why Lisa Cook is a better nominee for the Board of Governors of the Fed than John Cochrane would be -- or than I would be. paulromer.net/lisa-cook/
Paul Romer
@paulmromer
Mar 28, 2020
Others who have reached the same conclusion I’ve been promoting: “To stop COVID-19, test everyone, repeatedly”
To stop COVID-19, test everyone
From medium.com
Paul Romer
@paulmromer
Mar 26, 2020
We have an economic crisis because it is not safe for people to work or consume. Our Congress just passed a bill that will spend $2.2 trillion to deal with the crisis. Can anyone identify any spending in this bill devoted to making it safe for people to work and consume?
Paul Romer
@paulmromer
Jul 3, 2020
The Most Important Policy Decision In Our Lifetimes In a week dominated by horrible news, there are signs that the Senate may make the right choice when it passes a new response to the pandemic in July: 0/18
Paul Romer
@paulmromer
Oct 8, 2018
For some background on my work on economic growth, this post might also be helpful: paulromer.net/economic-growt…
Paul Romer
@paulmromer
Aug 26, 2020
This is madness. C.D.C. Now Says People Without Covid-19 Symptoms Do Not Need Testing nytimes.com/2020/08/25/hea… Why does leadershop at the CDC provide no explanation? Why did they refer questions about the change to HHS? Are they now just puppets?
nytimes.com
C.D.C. Now Says People Without Covid-19 Symptoms Do Not Need Testing (Published 2020)
The revision prompted confusion and alarm from experts, who called the move “potentially dangerous.”
Paul Romer
@paulmromer
Dec 9, 2018
My Nobel lecture: "On the possibility of progress” youtu.be/vZmgZGIZtiM?t=…
Paul Romer
@paulmromer
Apr 10, 2020
Replying to @paulmromer
6. When someone tells you that “we could never test that many people,” ask “ok, so your plan is to stand by and do nothing as asymptomatic spreaders kill their colleagues?”
Paul Romer
@paulmromer
Aug 24, 2020
Fox viewers seem unhappy about my reminder this morning that deaths from the pandemic are like: - another 9-11 attack on NYC every three days - another Titanic disaster every day and a half
Paul Romer
@paulmromer
Dec 9, 2018
Close for my Nobel lecture: “And remember, there is a reason we call it the enlightenment. “So yes, let there be light. Let there be light in daily life. But let there be light too in our spirits and our souls."