#Economy

Kurt Busiek Resists

KurtBusiek

Too many people think “Why should my taxes help other people?” as if roads and fire departments and such don’t already do that.My thought is: if the other people in

ronak

ronaksath

Brain - Marxist-LeninistVery scientific and centrally planned in nature, Brain favors the use of a communist vanguard party in achieving revolution and establishing a socialist state, with the end goal

David Henig

DavidHenigUK

And this is why 'VIP lanes' and special pleading have no place in an economy crisis or no crisis - because they encourage inefficient company special pleading and reduce innovation.

Suryansh Mishra

Suryans05460804

@narendramodi @PMOIndia Narendra Modi is dealing with an exceptional crisis. No PM has had to face such a situation that has impacted every part of India and every aspect of

Holger Hestermeyer

hhesterm

First of all some facts. Yes. The German army donated 60 ventilators to the UK.https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/09/german-army-donates-60-mobile-ventilators-uk-coronavirus-nhs As to Italy: Germany donated 300 ventilators, part of 7 tons med

tia

damascusbaby

today i learned that the fall of communism in the 80s is what caused the massive explosion in the human trafficking market “this expansion was related to globalization, with its

Ian Bogost

ibogost

I have spoken to and hear from a lot of Georgia Tech faculty over the last week. Many, especially those untenured or ineligible for tenure, are afraid to say anything.

Unathi Kwaza

Unathi_Kwaza

Dear Mr President @CyrilRamaphosa Today we're on Day 13 of the lockdown & I have heard that you might consider extending it by 2 weeks,Mr President this would be devastating

Abubakar Suleiman

suleimana

..there comes a point when to improve the quality of a relationship, you must first alter the nature of the relationship.Nigeria’s ease of doing business is about the power dynamics

Robert Peston

Peston

Just to be clear, a mob of EU officials were already booked on eurostar to come to London tomorrow for technical talks on the free trade deal long before the

Rochelle Kopp

JapanIntercult

【THREAD】There's been a lot of discussion on here about a thread taking a very rosy view of Abe's legacy. As a counterpoint, here is, with the author's permission, a recent

Terry Hathaway

Terry_Hathaway

Quick thread from being pissed off during a walk: "STAY AT HOME" is smug, entitled and plain wrong messaging. Here's why: 1/ We don't want everyone to stay home. The

Tola Fola

TolaFola

I have an interesting "theory" as to why West African countries/companies struggle to have large scale industries with international subsidiaries l outside of West Africa, at least, in comparison to

Amy Dentata

AmyDentata

America isn’t individualist, it is selfishist. True individualism would value the individual as a concept, and therefore value the individual in *every* person. Not just the one individual whose head

Brad Setser

Brad_Setser

Competitiveness of many inside the EA would improve if the Dutch engaged in a bit less tax competition.https://twitter.com/pbergsen/status/1248236684128509952 I know that the Dutch (and a few others) will defend the

Dave #0.15%

davequigon

Thia is not the "greatest health crisis" in American history. This is not the greatest health crisis in my lifetime. This is a bad flu season mismanaged by bad experts