#Economy

Ivan Werning

IvanWerning

Can the negative supply shock from this pandemic lead to a demand deficient recession?Yes. Together with the brilliant Veronica Guerrieri, Guido Lorenzoni and Ludwig Straub, I explore the conditions for

David Baskin

DavidBaskinBWM

Interest rates of 2% on $1 million = $20k/year. It is not very hard to imagine mortgage rates of 4% with the five year re-set on the typical CDN fixed

Shreya Jai

shreya_jai

PM @narendramodi call to switch off lights for #9Minutesat9PM on Sunday led to speculations of 'grid collapse', 'fluctuations' & maybe repeat of 2012 blackout. Read here to know why a

Jens Suedekum

jsuedekum

It's a good compromise for now. But the elephant in the room is the recovery fund to kick-start the economy after the crisis. No agreement yet how to finance this

Lauren Groff

legroff

The event with @MakennaGoodman1 last night--& her super smart critique of the corrosiveness of capitalism on art--reiterated the struggle for being as open and generous as possible in art with

Peter Ganong

p_ganong

.@BLS_gov changed seasonal adjustment and has not provided any conversion factors. We do.Bottom line: new procedure lowers estimated new UI claimsold method would have given 1010K new method given 881K

Nicolas Petit

CompetitionProf

Totally agreed. The problem is: the neo structuralists behind the house report are not interested in a conversation.https://twitter.com/dougmelamed/status/1314276845668298753 They consider evidence based policy to be a construct designed to

EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler

EPAAWheeler

What an embarrassing headline. China is not committed to reducing its carbon footprint until 2030 under the Paris Climate Accord, they are the worst environmental polluters in the world and

Neville Raymond

epochchanger

The germ theory of disease must go.It is not only junk science but promotes an outdated, inefficient technique known as mass quarantinethat suspends the First Amendmentand wrecks the economy. Bacteria/viruses

Chief Executive Daddy

pierre_hardy714

Hey what's up it's ya boy, back with another analysis. I'm trying something new and going more detailed than my usual stuff. Here it goes. THE TRADE-OFFS WE FACE DURING

Baba97

Baba9773

1) @Peoples_Pundit @LauraBaris @Barnes_Law @unseen1_unseen @kn_texas @CottoGottfried @LarrySchweikart @davidchapman141 @naturalrights23 @SHEPMJS @UlyssesSHoffman @jaz2cox @RobertCahaly Richard and Laura had another great show yesterday. Ric

Sipho Mbanjwa

SiphoMbanjwa5

An illiterate black South African, staying in the rural area doesn't fully comprehend the effect ANC looting has on their life. They know zero about Tax or how the economy

Chase_NL

Chase_NL

THREAD1/ There is talk that China is back to normal. "There is light at the end of the tunnel. The US now knows what is to come."I find this odd

Tuomas Malinen

mtmalinen

I think that the main problem is that no one has explained to people that downturns and recessions are mandatory.We economists have made a massive disservice by narrowly concentrating on

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FatimaBarkatula

Beware of becoming an ideologue at University.The university space is notoriously filled with isms and schisms. Whether it’s orientalism, Marxism, or feminism - know that such isms tend to be

Walter Shaub

waltshaub

Why can't we condition bailout money for big companies on them showing they meet these criteria: they haven't done stock buybacks in recent years, no new stock buybacks, no layoffs