#Economy

Larry Schweikart

LarrySchweikart

1) Fascinating thoughts by "Freeper" semantic on the economy:"I think this whole economic argument is misdirected. Why is Trump so relaxed? Because he has $8T sitting in his back pocket.

Michael Linden

MichaelSLinden

No, Trump did not have a particularly strong economic record even before the pandemic. Economic performance under Trump was, in lots of ways, a little worse than under Obama.A THREAD.Let's

Olivia Messer 🌊

OliviaMesser

I spoke to the Times about quitting my job after a year of COVID reporting. Nearly every interview featured a traumatized frontline worker, devastated family, or piece of news that

Jason Furman

jasonfurman

It is essential that future COVID legislation include triggers that extend whatever assistance is needed as long as is necessary—and work to help ameliorate future recessions as well.Four reasons why:

The Globalist Conspiracy®️🦉

OMGQAnon

THREAD: Please know this and tell everyone you know: The president will start to demonize everyone in favor of #SocialDistancing. He will tell people that stay-at-home orders are the cause

Ben Casselman

bencasselman

Tomorrow morning, @BEA_News will release its prelim. estimate of second-quarter gross domestic product. Not much drama on the headline: It will show a historic decline in economic output.But the way

Kannan Gopinathan

naukarshah

This is a real worrying situation & hence risk suggesting a few points. Of course you can dismiss me for my lack of knowledge and expertise. But anyway1. Economic activity

simon hazée

simhazee

[Recent article] Our paper on the challenges of the sharing economy diffusion has just been published in @J_o_SMhttps://emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JOSM-11-2018-0357/full/html What is it all about and what are the key findings?#

Armine Yalnizyan

ArmineYalnizyan

Here are some of the things I've written about the UBI/"cut 'em a cheque" approach.1998: The Growing Gap, pp. 101-104 https://www.policyalternatives.ca/publications/reports/growing-gap-report2016: Basic incomes vs basic services htt

JamesSmithRF

JamesSmithRF

More startling @ONS monthly GDP data out this morning (for June and our first look at Q2). Despite the strongest *monthly* growth rate on record at 8.7%, Q2 as a

Economics Direct Hub

edhubinfo

Hi EdHubers, Kindly sit back and enjoy this thread titled "THE JAPANESE ECONOMY - A SNEAK PEEK"#GetSmarterEveryday #EDH 1/7Currency: Japanese YenGDP 2019: $5.71 TrillionUnemployment rate '20: 2.9%Inflation rate '20:

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kateconger

my jaw literally dropped https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/5dm8bx/leaked-amazon-memo-details-plan-to-smear-fired-warehouse-organizer-hes-not-smart-or-articulate this is precisely it. Amazon is prioritizing union-busting here.https://twitter.com/brad

Stephanie Ruhle

SRuhle

THREAD: Comments by Fed Chair Jay Powell Are worth noting.Despite all the Fed has done to keep markets afloat, he is very clearly urging Congress and the White House to

Jan Fran

Jan__Fran

Just thinking through some stuff so bear with me. Maybe I’m wrong but none of the spicy 'let the virus spread to save the economy' hot takes are written by

Rep. Ro Khanna

RepRoKhanna

The Fed has injected $2.7 trillion into the economy during COVID-19 to keep our economy from collapsing. How? It prints new $$, without adding to the national debt, then buys US treasuring

James

agoodfireburns

Taking money out of long journeys to work in cities and putting it into local high streets and businesses is rewilding for the economy.This results in job creation and innovation,