#Workers

Michael Pettis

michaelxpettis

1/5The biggest cost to the US economy is when workers are willing but unable to find productive jobs. That is why a major economic stimulus can bring short-term growth to

Jumko

latinamericanah

Why is it racist, classist and colonialist to use the term "banana republic? Particularly when talking about what has happened in the US This term was created by the

Dave Hitchcock

Hitchcockian

I've had 2 absolutely cracking seminars today and yesterday with first year students, and they got me thinking.Forgive me, this isn't a teaching thread, it's about union elections. Forces trying

Charles O'Connor (Antifa Regional Commander)

CharlesOConnor8

First, the Dem Party can shut up about bad slogans. The party isn’t terrible at at tactics, but they haven’t had a good strategic political idea in 50 years.The last

Elizabeth Warren

SenWarren

The federal eviction moratorium is gone. States are delivering their final CARES Act unemployment checks now. And months after the House passed another relief bill, the GOP still doesn’t have

Joel MacManus

JoelMacManus

Screw it, here's a whole thread of Wellington Heritage listed homes which are complete bollocks: 7 Seddon Terrace. Built in 1908. Listed as "a good example of a modest single

Cory Doctorow #BLM

doctorow

I've been a freelancer - a contractor - for most of my life, but I've also been a salaried employee and an hourly employee and there is a significant difference

Ron Hughes

RonaldNHughes

Carnage in our Care Homes 1: Little Mountain. Staff are being blamed but the real villains are BC health authorities who refused to test them promptly when the outbreak began.41

Rem Koning

orgRem

Thanks @abhishekn for tagging me and @femonomics for starting the #TweetABlackEconomistsPaper threads.My training is in economics/strategy/sociology so I am going to highlight a black economist, strategy scholar, and sociologist! First

Rachel Sumner is still staying home 🇪🇺 😷

Dr_Sumner

Just disappeared down a #COVID denial twitter rabbithole. Truly saddening. Thread time.1) "It's no worse than flu" - yes, it is. Even in young ppl who may get few/no symptoms,

GlumBird

GlumBird

Seen a lot of laments for Corbyn lately. Let's be clear upon his leadership's significance.Corbyn became Labour leader at the height of the anti-austerity movement, when many activist groupings were

Mu Khan

borntomub

The amount of “socialism with American characteristics” types out there is always shocking to me, in that I guess I exist in a “hate Amerikkka” bubble. whether it’s the type

Peter Ward

Peter___Ward

I would add to this article another scenario. The level playing field, the U.K. currently has a minimum wage which some EU members don’t and the Labour costs are incredibly

Edward Ongweso Jr

bigblackjacobin

OK this will be a long ass thread of academic & journalistic work done this year on the gig economy, its labor & antitrust dimensions, and its financial elements. This

Dr Kate Miller

DrKate_Miller

As an epilogue to my previous thread, I wanted to get off my chest what I think leadership looks like in a crisis. I’m not an expert, as a registrar

hussan

hussansk

As countries around the world consider giving immigration status to some migrants as 'reward' for their 'service' during #COVID19 - it is crucial to interrogate rights to citizenship status as

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