#Economy

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

My latest @locusmag column is "Full Employment," in which I forswear "Fully Automated Luxury Communism" as totally incompatible with the climate emergency, which will consume 100%+ of all human labor

Capel Lofft

CapelLofft

Conservatism, in search of a political economy, made a deal with the devil that is liberalism as a tactical anti-socialist move. Problem is that the cold hard water of liberalism

Prof Francois Balloux

BallouxFrancois

I should be qualified to comment on the covid-19 pandemic. I'm a computational/system biologist working on infectious diseases and have spent five years in a world class 'pandemic response modelling'

Zarrar Khuhro

ZarrarKhuhro

Lockdowns will be eased, following which local transmission will increase exponentially leading to unbearable pressure on healthcare system thus causing a spike in casualties. We have acted too late, should

The Daily Edge

TheDailyEdge

Trump to Biden:First Trump: In January 2017, Trump inherited a multi-year Obama-Biden recovery that was on track to become, by July 2019, the longest U.S. economic expansion in history. (1/x)

Vinayak

vinayak_jain

Prime Minister Modi's revolutionary idea to boost rural economy and protect cows — a shining symbol of Hinduism.Cow-centric start ups under the Rashtriya Kamdhenu Aayog formed four months ago is

David Smith

DWS81926937

I listen to @TBLTalkMedia regularly, it's always great but this week was exceptional. It's the first time I've ever really heard the stuff that I have obsessed over at work

Dianne Woodward

WoodwarddianneJ

The argument continues; let the weak go to the wall & save the #economy versus please let's not overwhelm the #health #system & put #Frontliners lives at risk. Bottom line:

Kurt Eichenwald

kurteichenwald

I said last June: The 3d quarter GDP numbers would explode and lots of non-economists would misunderstand what it means. Right on time, my prediction comes true.Let me explain why

Elizabeth Warren

ewarren

Ronald Reagan famously said that the most terrifying words in the English language are “I’m from the government and I’m here to help.”In this crisis, we’ve seen that the most

James Altucher

jaltucher

6.6 million newly unemployed. 10 million unemployed now since lockdowns began. Some thoughts: (1/ ) - During the Great Recession, unemployment reached 15 million. We aren't there yet but we'll

Eileen Clancy

clancynewyork

I don't fully agree with @brianlfrye's legalistic take; but I'm finding the paper based it to be hilarious. E.g. "The tragicomedy of plagiarism norms is their ambiguity, which often slides

AZKayte

AZKAYTE

What if...The Wuhan Virus was actually unrestricted warfare on the world to destroy the US Economy with Bill Gates, WHO, CDC, Bidens, Soros, Dems/DNC Deep State and China, all with

Mr. Honey Badger ™️

The_Badger_jm

If you check it out, we live a precarious existence on this island enuh. Check it out. Our #1 f/x earner is tourism, a very fragile industry. We’ve seen tourism

Ed O'Keefe

edokeefe

And/but... unfavorable views of Dr. Anthony Fauci among conservatives have more than doubled since last month, new @CBSNewsPoll finds. MORE FROM THE POLL: A large majority still prioritizes staying home

Noah Smith 🐇

Noahpinion

Battery prices are falling by double-digit percentages every year. Over the last decade they're down by 87%.This is a technological revolution.https://twitter.com/binarybits/status/1308433358922358784 Everyone thinks about electric cars