#Economist

Sunder Katwala

sundersays

* ONS reports deaths with Covid-19 recorded on the death certificate about 40% above the government hospitalised confirmed deaths (by April 10th).https://twitter.com/ONS/status/1252515415873466368 The overall 'excess deaths' number compared t

Santosh Hari 😷

_s_hari

People out here behaving like the rona is history. I’m staying the course on my safety routine Bear with my rant but I just don’t get it. We (as in

Fatuma Hirsi, CBS, FPRSK

fhersy

#copied# I BOUGHT EGGS FROM A BMW, ONIONS FROM A MERCEDES, MILK FROM A PRADO. Covid 19 is here with us. Those who will be alive tomorrow are the few

Chengxin Pan

ChengxinPan

The anger at CCP & the vow of 'never forget' is predictable & even understandable. This crisis has laid bare the dire consequences of complacency & incompetency in many parts

Ron Butler

ronmortgageguy

Canadian RE Bears: Just Wrong? To paraphrase Kermit: its not easy being a RE Bear Particularly in some big Canadian cities Prediction is a crap business at the best of

Charles Thépaut

diplocharlie

Today, at La Sorbonne & in all cities, #France pays a national tribute to #SamuelPaty, the teacher beheaded after an online Islamist mob against him bc he wanted to discuss

Rim-Sarah Alouane

RimSarah

Absolutely sickening. A French political scientist declared on the French equivalent of Fox News: "We must say to Algerians:We French are proud to have been colonized by Rome.You Algerians should

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ZBankEnt

How Amazon && other Tech Giants pay $0 in Taxes. #30DaysofThreads a good place to start is understanding economic incentives. Incentives, in laymen’s terms, sound like free money. Incentives, to

tony nog

tony_nog

1) Lilico - the intellectual wing of the #Brexit movement Warning, could be a long thread! @andrew_lilico is in the spotlight today for a fairly dispicable tweet which I won't

Prof Dynarski

dynarski

Moooo I disclaim this economisthttps://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1264996588834996226 To be clear, economists use the phrase all the time(I have many such papers)We also refer to people as units We also need to talk

Revolutionary Memes For Bahujan Teens

RMBT_tweets

Savarna-Brahmin 'merit', their mediocrity and plagiarism. Thread. Y'day, Indian Express withdrew researcher & former member of PM’s Economic Advisory Council Shamika Ravi's piece after allegations of plagiarism. Shamik

Paul Krugman

paulkrugman

To make sense of the benefits disaster, you have to realize that Republicans don't understand that lack of sufficient demand can cause mass unemployment. I don't mean that they've rejected

Daniel Cremin

DanielCreminUK

Anyone else relate to my experience? Was basically a moderate liberal centrist type in my 20s. Voted for New Labour. Saw Labour drift to the left after 2007. Switched to

Tunny Ogunnowo

tunnyOgunnowo

There are equations to this thing .⁣⁣So I was in a webinar recently and one of the speakers was talking about TRUST and gave this equation. As an economist, my

Reuters Institute

risj_oxford

#WorldStatisticsDay is an opportunity to celebrate some of the best data journalism. Here's a selection of interactive pieces we think are worth your time The Millions Who LeftHow millions

Gigi Sims

1GigiSims

Chinese researchers have applied for a national patent on an experimental Gilead Sciences Inc. drug that they believe might fight the novel coronavirus.https://www.msn.com/en-us/finance/companies/china-wants-to-patent-gileads-experimental-coronavirus