#Economy

CanadianPM

CanadianPM

Canadians have been staying home, physical distancing, and listening to public health advice, which means we can restart some activities. But #COVID19 remains a serious health threat, so we need

Grace Blakeley

graceblakeley

Class is a social relationship rooted in production. Either you own resources critical for the production process, or you sell your labour power to those who do.If the latter, you’re

yahya m. madra

ymadra

Charles Bettelheim on transition to socialism On the Economic Theory of Socialism, Oskar Lange and Fred Taylor (1938) The Economic of Feasible Socialism, Alec Nove, 1983 Wlodzimierz Brus on the

Center on Budget

CenterOnBudget

As Congress looks toward the next #COVID19 relief package, they should prioritize including a 15% increase in the #SNAP maximum allotment level. AKA: Giving another $25 per person per month

Michael R. Strain

MichaelRStrain

THREAD. The debate over unemployment benefits is premised on a false choice, as if it’s impossible to support consumer spending without excessively discouraging people to go back to work.My latest

Michael Pettis

michaelxpettis

I apologize in advance for the long tweet, but this is a story worth remembering and which I’ve written about often. From the late 1930s to the late 1960s (excluding

Trinh

Trinhnomics

Bank of Korea meeting Thursday & we expect a 25bps cut (just like markets) to 0.5%. South Korea is out of the woods in terms of financial markets, esp the

Glenn Beck

glennbeck

1. So disappointed in @BenSasse. @realDonaldTrump has given us great judges on the lower court, 3 judges far superior than Roberts and other bogus constitutionalists as SCOTUS and one just

Russ Jones

RussInCheshire

Blue-sky-thinkingI was involved in Jubilee 2000 (Drop the Debt) as a relatively low-level digital guy. Claim no credit.But the world needs that again, on a vast scale. Cos we are

David Rothkopf

djrothkopf

If we are headed toward 40-50 million unemployed, tens of millions of whom will lose their health insurance, most of whom have few or no savings, we are about to

Your Corporate Mmeli

Named_SK

Remember when they raised VAT to 15% just because SA raised theirs?That’s exactly the problem. SA had done a proper anlaysis of the impact of the raise and they removed

David Reaboi

davereaboi

If some conservative, Red State governors got together and initiated a plan to responsibly open the economy—and give the media, the Feds and the Blue States the finger—it would be

Aaron Lockhart 🇺🇸

arabbitorduck

[thread] 1 of 7Some things to remember about polling and Election 2020 victory:1: Polls in 2016 were highly accurate for the nationwide popular vote.2: President @realDonaldTrump's electoral victory was gained

Ed White

SpyHI

Very pleased to see Senator @GlennWakai in the news, advocating for diversifying #Hawaii's economic mix in light of the strategic vulnerability exposed by #COVID19. We went from full employment and

Joe Pilot, MD

JoeSilverman7

Good friends of ours were on vacation in Hawaii when this all started to go down. How they were treated by the islanders makes me feel ok with their tourist

zookoⓩ🛡

zooko

I think that a lot of people, during a time of crisis, when they feel scared, have a negative emotional response to someone questioning the dominant narrative — they get