#Economy

Matthew Greenberg

greenycapital

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/10511522/ this paper (written in 1999) estimates the impact on the US economy of $71.3-$166.5 bn for an influenza epidemic that led to just 314k-734k hospitalizations, 18-42 mil outpatient visits,

Naval

naval

Politicians pretend every life has value. But unending lockdowns will crush the economy.One sharp lockdown. Then:- Hide the old- Replace school w/ unmixed day care- Promote young & immune

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highimpactsex

excellent read about people in the current japanese political economy hellscapehttps://www.bloomberg.com/features/2020-japan-lost-generation/ there’s this idea that hikikomori/neets are like privileged kids or something thanks to japanese

Janvier

JanvierUK

I'm uncomfortable with how much our economy seems to be based on encouraging endless consumption. I don't like the idea of people being in jobs for jobs' sake. It's all

Tina: Vote Blue - (Commentary)

porpentina2017

This interview is from 1984 with Yuri Bezmenov, a USSR KGB defector.He says there's four stages to ideological subversion/psychological warfare. This is a long game & Russia is playing it

(((Charles Fishman)))

cfishman

When it comes to the coronavirus pandemic, is the cure worse than the disease?That is, do the stringent public health rules imposed in 42 states—mandatory closing of non-essential businesses, stay-at-home

Mark Hooper

markjhooper

Tory 1922 committee desperate for return to normality - referencing balancing economy & deaths.Price worth paying....@BBCr4today Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown suggested the virus was 'potentially deadly'. The @FT are reporting 43,000

Neil O'Brien MP

NeilDotObrien

I'm highly sceptical about the idea that there is much of a health/economy trade-off at the moment. If government relaxed the lockdown too early all it would do is mean

Niranjan Rajadhyaksha

CafeEconomics

A thread on my Covid opeds over the past few weeks.1. What Richard Feynman can tell us about the fragility of global supply chains.https://www.livemint.com/opinion/columns/covid-19-o-rings-and-the-worry-over-supply-chain-disruptions-11582649878797.ht

Spencer Cox

SpencerJCox

[Thread] @GovHerbert and I are working hard to rebuild our economy. Our Utah Leads Together Plan, developed by some of Utah’s brightest, will help us emerge from this crisis sooner

Richard Murphy

RichardJMurphy

It costs literally nothing to create the money to pay for free school meals. In our current economy it’s not paid out of tax, or borrowing. It’s created by the

Lawrence H. Summers

LHSummers

I think the peak to trough decline is overwhelmingly likely to be worse than anything I’ve seen by a significant margin. Something like a third of the workforce is not

Stefan Aykut

StefanAykut

Current debates on an #exitstrategy follow a broader pattern. ThreadThere are 2 options:- Strict lockdown until the virus is under control (R0 low, infections low), then open, test & trace-

Ross Vander Vorste

RiversRossV

Sad news: A new hire decided moving to USA is too risky given current status on COVID-19, economy, prospects for higher education, and immigration policies. Posting their letter (w permission)

Didier Drogba

didierdrogba

It is totally inconceivable we keep on cautioning this.Africa isn’t a testing lab.I would like to vividly denounce those demeaning, false and most of all deeply racists words.Helps us save

Alan Cole

AlanMCole

Here's the problem with the assessment of inflation from the committee, though: they paid a *lot* of attention to oil. Bernanke says so in his book, it says so in