#Economy

Yossi Gestetner

YossiGestetner

1/ THREAD: If people did not have an election to win against Trump; TV views/website hits to generate and a vaccine to sell, so much about Covid-19 coverage and action

Kayla Kitson

kaylakitson

A reminder from @JosephEStiglitz & @KittyRichardsDC: tax increases are better for the state's economy than spending cuts during a recession, especially when they are targeted to higher-income people. 1/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/0

Andy Slavitt 🇺🇸💉

ASlavitt

Managing a national crisis requires a few things. I did this in 2013 and I learned a lot. I’ve also spent time talking to the people who managed the financial

@petermacmahon

petermacmahon

Thread: As @Glackinreports mention in his opinion piece of my @ITVBorderRB interview with @KateForbesMSP has provoked a lot of comment (see @NicolaSturgeon + many others) I have to say when

Teri Kanefield

Teri_Kanefield

I'll resolve the math error.Republicans calculate that 82% of Americans earn over $400,000 per year based on their definition of "Americans."If you're not rich, you don't count.https://twitter.com/GOPChairwoman/status/

Crystal moth

Prolapsarian

People don’t get it: I work in the City of London. My office is surrounded by huge investment banks, law firms, management consultants. None of them are going back to

Hartosh Singh Bal

HartoshSinghBal

a filmy ranaut, a jain at a business paper, a dhume in the US, modi backscratchers, mediocre voices in support of the farm bill, can't tell lentil crops from paddy,

Casey Flores

caseyjflores

Was told today by a smart guy that Trump has been weak on China. And Obama did something Bc the TPP. They built military bases in the pacific in our

Maggie Haberman

maggieNYT

Some folks close to White House taking note that POTUS event yesterday took place under new chief-of-staff Mark Meadows, ostensibly brought in to get the building under control, etc. Instead,

Nadia Daar

nadiadaar

Days after @IMFNews @WorldBank mtgs ended, I'm feeling anxious. A long thread! The threat of looming IMF-imposed austerity post-pandemic is clear. IMF's pushing this in 84% of #COVID19 loans, tho

Constructing Postcapitalism

CPostcapitalism

IMO the very distinction between "reform" and "revolution" is essentialist metaphysics, and confuses words with things. It's as pointless as asking whether the systemic transition from feudalism to capitalism was

Bachman

ElonBachman

Under the guise of fighting monopoly, FDR created vast new monopolies: FDR's new cartels (which ossified commerce in the middle of a depression) were explicitly modeled after Mussolini: A curiosity

Chris Grey

chrisgreybrexit

There are persistent misunderstandings about what 'Canada-style' means. For the UK, at first blush, the stress is on 'Canada', though in fact the UK ask goes well beyond CETA so

SCB Malaysia

SCBMsia

We are about 40 minutes away from our next session! Boleh tune in sambil makan kuih raya :) #TurtleOpenHouse #WorldTurtleDay https://twitter.com/SCBMsia/status/1265217061208219648 Tonight's session will be moderated by Dr Jarina Mohd

Lewis Goodall

lewis_goodall

Contrary to what you might read on here, all the data we have suggests that the lockdown is largely being observed and produced huge behavioural changes. See my @BBCNewsnight report

Bud Pfizer

BostonJerry

Stocks have been doing well the last couple weeks for a few reasons:-Trump Admin priority is clear: Protect profits over human life-Big Biz is actually getting bailout $$$ -Business "leaders"