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Michael Pettis

michaelxpettis

This is a good interview on trade with the always-intelligent @ProfSteveKeen. The problem with global trade isn’t trade itself. It is persistent trade imbalances, and most proponents of free trade

EU Social 🇪🇺

EU_Social

#COVID19 should not be remembered as the #fragmentation of the EU. Today, the @EU_Commission gave recommendations to member states on which actions to take for an #inclusive recovery. In the

Arvind Ravikumar

arvindpawan1

This is obviously a bad outcome for climate, especially given Japan's status as an advanced economy. But from my perspective, the developed world asking India/China to not use coal seems

Rebecca Kennison

rrkennison

What I'm going to say is not directed toward immigrants to the United States nor its naturalized citizens. While we do not have a good metaphor (e.g., melting pot, fruit

Mattilda

Heartofaquamari

So among the books I've picked up recently is Richard Ovenden's Burning The Books, about book burnings throughout history. On the first page of actual text, we get a description

فــیــضــــان Faizaan Ahmed

FaAlifAnsari

Thread#MuslimsAndPatriotism#MuslimFreedomFighters#IndependenceDayIndiaMaulana Abul Kalam Azad, probably the only name which comes to our minds if asked about muslims who fought for the freedom of India. Alas, the modern Indian history books

Romagraphic

romagraphic

Hi and a big warm welcome to all my new followers! Today is a really important day as it's #InternationalRomaDayWait, Roma who? Ok, let's start in the middle somewhere in

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

There's a a plague on, so it's easy to miss the non-plague-related news, but boy, the story of how Bayer-Monsanto is imploding in an inferno of corruption, litigation and negligence

Ragnell

Ragnell

It's Saturday afternoon so it's a perfect time for a little thread I like to call Grading the Supervillains.Not on their movies, or the actor's portrayal, but on their primary

Shehzad Khan

shazada_kh

Resisted the temptation to retort but failed. Some of the things need correction academically with latest findings. Cultural chauvinism and other supremacy built on myths and ignorance are bound to

Rachel "The Doc" Bitecofer 📈🔭🍌

RachelBitecofer

1. I assume McConnell et al have given up on being challenged, let alone exposed by the Ds, for the stuff he's done in the Senate. It's the only explanation

Cyber Otters 🦦

CyberOtters

Let's talk about standards-based culture versus culture-based standards. If you graduated high school before 2002 or so (Oregon Trail generation) and joined the Army, you joined into a standards-based culture.

Thom Hartmann

Thom_Hartmann

1) Our superspreader president has blood on his hands, and so does the Republican Party 2) A new study from Columbia University lays the deaths of tens to hundreds of

Ciarán O' Driscoll

bearaboi

Hello. So, the landbridge has appeared in the news a good deal this week due to Brexit, which was kicked off by @SiCarswell's article last Monday on it.I’d like to

Wolfgang #TeamESC🇮🇹🇳🇴🇨🇭💕

EurovisionWolf

It‘s time for another Top 10 thread, tonight with my favourite gayclub classics from the time when I was clubbing, so mainly #80s & #90s music! You can expect

Louis Armstrong

ArmstrongHouse

THREAD: 65 years ago today, Louis Armstrong and the All Stars played the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. Columbia Records recorded it, releasing part of it on “Ambassador Satch.” We have LOTS