#Economy

Where we are now: it seems clear that the GOP's political arm has effectively decided to give up on trying to control Covid and reopen the economy; the propaganda arm
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(Short: 1/n) Wat caused #Pakistan's economy to grow between 2013-18? Short answer: consumption fueled by debt! Let's break it down: Data from recent econ survey shows that high growth rate
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In a new @NiskanenCenter piece endorsing @HarvardEthics Roadmap to Pandemic Resilience, I try to draw out a few points that don't get enough attention.https://www.niskanencenter.org/a-massive-surge-in-testing-is-the-only-way-to-safely-restore-our
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I hear again & again how effective the Chinese state is. That's a myth. Some get that idea because of China's rapid growth in recent decades & the pace of
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My corona-rally bingo card for today includes this: "Trump uses the resurrection of Christ as an analogy for what his policies will do for the American economy." I'm feeling pretty
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China's NPC session is now over, and from an economic policy perspective it is hard not to feel rather disappointed by the whole thing. Somehow I thought unprecedented circumstances would
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@markriceoxley69 Just got your Guardian supporters letter. Can I suggest Cummings is too bright to accidentally make a grotesque, insulting excuse when he could have just said he'd been taking
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Let's talk business.Many governments still struggle to understand that not controlling #COVID19 harms the #economy more. Because:Consumers remain anxious. Also without lockdowns. (EN translation of today's Dutch thread)/1https://mar
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For as much as I want to blame Smash Mouth, it's worth noting this concert was held at the Sturgis motorcycle rally, which the city refused to shut down despite
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Fox’s application arrived with 15 mins to go. Here’s who he’s up against- One of the authors of the proposal to create the WTO- Chair of Gavi, that has immunised
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If anyone hasn’t done it yet, someone should make a list of every politician who is saying X number of deaths is worth stimulating the economy rn and make the
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The only people who argue for wage increases for the 21% of people on Awards are @unionsaustralia. The employer lobby argued for wage cuts & freezes. The Fair Work Commission
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THREAD Just so we’re clear, there have been 113,645 cases in Wisconsin, with 1,281 deaths. That is a rate of ~1.12%. Which means 98.88% of cases recover. 1/https://twitter.com/fox6now/status/1309930802965368832 This is
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A thread about economic recovery:- consumer spending drives 70% of the US economy- this recession is a consumer spending recession- 17 million unemployed in 3 weeks- 5-10+ million more by
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HM Treasury has done an incredible job to rescue the formal economy: most businesses, workers & self-employed have had a lifeline. The biggest gap now - and it stretches right
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The other point that seals the deal is: game dev is ~~sexy~~People would love to work on Witcher 3 or GTAV. How many want to manage a prod deployment for
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