#Economy

Sarah O'Connor

sarahoconnor_

Shame on me, given my job, but only since the pandemic have I really started to understand how threadbare the UK's safety net has become. Take statutory sick pay. The

Matt Goodwin

GoodwinMJ

New.Biden leads Trump nationally by 51% to 46% but across 15 battleground states Trump leads Biden 52% to 45%Economic crash will hurt Trump? Nationally, Trump leads Biden on the economy

meghnad 🔗

Memeghnad

Welcome to September 2020.We now live in a world where an anchor on a TV News channel can confidently say that talking about the economy and a raging pandemic is

Show Your Work

showusyourwork

Now that it's over, here are some selections from "The Long Boom: A History of the Future, 1980–2020" by @peteleyden and @peterschwartz2 from @wired's July 1997 issue (thread)"Remember my friend,

Trades Union Congress

The_TUC

There can be no return to business as usual once the #Covid19 crisis is over.It's time for government, businesses and unions to come together and rebuild a country that works

Carl T. Bergstrom

CT_Bergstrom

1. Can we restart the economy with a two-day work week?A short thread about the new #COVID19 proposal from a group of top systems biologists: https://medium.com/@urialonw/containing-sars-cov-2-with-a-two-day-workweek-fbdea4030d30It's great to hav

Holger Hestermeyer

hhesterm

Just when I wrote about established narratives there’s another one here. So a short thread. 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-ven

Aaron Lockhart 🇺🇸

arabbitorduck

[thread] 1 of 5Flat Curvers: "Stay at home! Shut down the economy unless you want people to die!"World Food Program: "There is also a real danger that more people could

Nan_Nutta

Nan_Nutta

Fortunately, if you're reading this here's some tips to survive and/or come out better after the recession... If you have a home, sell by next summer. Take that cash and

Nicholas Mulder

njtmulder

Wolf's FT column draws on 2018 Brunnermeier, Doshi & James paper comparing US-China competition to pre-1914 Anglo-German rivalry. Although there are some similarities they are rather overstated, in particular the

Jose J. Fernández

JJF_dev

SPAIN EXPLAINED FOR FOREIGNERSIn this thread I'll be explaining some facts about Spain and Spaniards that can't be deduced by simply looking at raw data. As a native Spanish having

Barry Ritholtz

ritholtz

The past 2 weeks wiped out all the economy’s job gains since President Trump’s November 2016 election, a sign of how rapid, deep and painful the economic shutdown has been

Kurt Eichenwald

kurteichenwald

In 2017, I wrote about why that year's tax cuts were unlike others, were exceptionally dangerous, economically insane, & would prove disastrous. Now, since we're hitting the disaster wall, I

Oteez

omeiza_01

So I want to air my thoughts on the current issues we have in Nigeria. from insecurity to unemployment to the bad economy...as youths we are more concerned about the

ingidzai Dzimati “The Elephant”

NzouJnr

1.5 The fall of ONE ARI EGAThread!“Inomiswa ambuya haimire yega!” They are/were the architects of street lingo, uncouth and RAW! They don’t vote, they don’t join protests action, but instead

Chris Vanderveen

chrisvanderveen

Quick threadSo... Colorado is taking a major step toward reopening with restaurant announcement today.Some things to consider:Data is telling us things haven't looked better in months. -- 15 straight days