#Economy

Why China is the only responsible for this shit: ThreadWhen China had a communist economy and was hit by the Great Famine, the government who was the sole producer and
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Dutch prime minister Rutte and other "frugals" continue to use distorted images of Italy and Southern Europe to water down the EU recovery fund. Here are seven ("surprising") facts about
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Trump town hall fact-check time! Let’s break down the economic points President Trump made last night and explain why the false claims aren’t true. Arguing that $400M isn’t much, his
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Can anyone explain to me what @BorisJohnson means when he says “with high hearts and complete confidence we will prepare to embrace” leaving the EU without a free trade deal.
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Trump’s rush to open the economy is totally out of sync with public opinion. Here are several findings in that regard.1. The clear priority for the large majority of Americans
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The number of new cases has risen, despite flattening the previous few days. With higher testing, a continuing rise is inevitable given the low absolute number of cases relative to
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Probably the biggest project in African NLP is language translation. Yet we don't have a free publicly available and comprehensive dictionary for the largest language in the 2nd largest economy
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Six months after a national lockdown was imposed, I travelled to 5 villages of Allahabad (now known as Prayagraj) to talk to over two dozen migrant workers who returned home.
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Because I have a lot of time today, let’s set a few things straight about the 3.6% estimated deficit mentioned in this article. Read this thread if you want to
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1/Get a cup of coffee.In this thread, I'll walk you through the importance of understanding *correlations* between bets.For example, a portfolio of *correlated* stocks can have very different performance characteristics
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Yesterday I got a DM from a girl who just turned 18 and said she saw everyone talking about getting a sugar daddy and thought that indicated that it was
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The Rich South Africa and its Poor Black People. A Leadership Society that is weak, politicians that are without vision and a populate that isn't principled. A country that doesn't
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[SHORT THREAD] Settlements emerge with raison d’être (examples: Mzizima as a fishing village, Kazeh as a convenient caravan trade junction). Settlements are living organisms. They morph. Mzizima became Dar es
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given that we have devastated the world economy in the space of a few weeks and plan to continue to do it more, anyone still bitching about how we need
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Meanwhile, the WWE just let go of a bunch of in-ring talent, among other behind the scenes personnel. But yup, Vince, the guy with a LONG history of bad financial
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1/ This morning, a friend directed me to the Instagram Stories of a popular southern lifestyle blogger who goes by the name "Charleston Blonde" (she was also a SURVIVOR contestant,
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