Economist Paul Krugman: 'Trump-stalgia' is a 'powerful force'— but painfully short on fact

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Economist Paul Krugman: 'Trump-stalgia' is a 'powerful force'— but painfully short on facts

Back in 1984, President Ronald Reagan's reelection campaign famously posed the question: "Are you better off than you were four years ago?" Most U.S. voters believed the answer was "yes"; Reagan was reelected by a landslide, picking up 525 electoral votes and defeating his Democratic challenger, former Vice President Walter Mondale, by 18 percent in the popular vote. Forty years later, former President Donald Trump 2024 campaign is asking U.S. v…