#Economist

Elle Dodd

elledodd

Today I've been trying to get my head around the food supply issues caused by #COVID19 My first ever job in the civil service was as a food economist so

Ben See

ClimateBen

Did you know that over 90% of climate scientists think global warming will be so severe by 2038 or so that we'll hit temperatures shown to be hot enough to

Beatrice Cherrier

Undercoverhist

1/There’s this economist few remember, who wrote the 1st 2-sectors growth model, brought Pontryagin to econ, played rugby w/ Inada, argue over Marxism & Keynes w/ Solow & Kahn, rediscovered

COVID-19 Crisis Town Hall at UC Davis

CovidTownHall

Starting soon at 3:30PT! American Economist Dr. Daniel A. Sumner will be speaking with @ucdavis students about food supply-chain issues related to the coronavirus pandemic at @ucdavisbiology's @CovidTownHall. Live streaming:

Cole Carroll 🧠

thecolecarroll

Ever heard of the Teletype Model 30 computer?Of course you haven't.In 1968 only 300 high school students in the ENTIRE world had access to one.Bill Gates was one of them.(THREAD)

Dr Louise Hansen 🌷🕊🐀

drlouisehansen

Don’t ostracise drugs users – empathise with them: Dr Gabor Maté was recently awarded the Order of Canada for his work on trauma and addiction. The following is adapted from

Alex Ford

apf102

Policy Exchange have a campaign to prevent "history" being "re-written & erased". Out of respect I am going to assume this is a genuine misunderstanding of history. But I still

Sweet Tea🇺🇸⭐️⭐️⭐️

sweettea4517

I just came across covers of The Economist, which is owned by none other than The Rothschilds. Already, this tells us a lot! With the majority of us on this

Sahil Bloom

SahilBloom

Humans are astonishingly bad at setting goals.We consistently establish targets that invite manipulation.THREAD: A mental model on goal setting and unintended consequences: Goodhart’s Law is a simple mental model:When a

Sean Casten

SeanCasten

This week's energy wonk-thread: Why discussions about "when renewables will reach cost parity?" and levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) calculations are nothing but - per Antonin Scalia - "interpretive jiggery-pokery&quo

Sahil Bloom

SahilBloom

In 1719, an economist named John Law enriched himself and many others in France by selling the dream of the magical abundance of the Mississippi Valley.By 1721, he was forced

Joe Lockhart

joelockhart

1. Good morning and welcome to a special Mother's Day Edition of the Daily WH Shadow Briefing. Unlike @potus I'll say happy Mother's Day before I send 50 rage tweets

Omar Wasow

owasow

If folks want to drive in same direction as other traffic on public roads, they are free to do so. Those who don’t want to drive in the same direction

Ciarán O' Driscoll

bearaboi

Hello. So, the landbridge has appeared in the news a good deal this week due to Brexit, which was kicked off by @SiCarswell's article last Monday on it.I’d like to

Ariel Ron

arielronid

ANIMAL ENERGY, a THREAD on the surprising history of industrial capitalism's core and periphery:You'd think animals are a primitive power source quickly discarded once fossil fuels entered the picture. But

Sarah Cohodes

SarahCohodes

Ok, so no one asked me (well @mathteacherjedi sort of did) what I thought the best plan for reopening schools was. And I haven’t said anything about this, because it’s