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Jim McMullen

jimmcmullenkc1

Last night, @SBAgov issued rules that excluded payments to independent contractors from the calculation of "payroll costs" to determine the amount of eligible borrower under #PPP. 1/https://twitter.com/ourrepublic76/status/12460063158239518

erica

e_nemophile

I facilitated my sustainability seminar this past Tuesday. We discussed Guattari’s 3 Ecologies alongside the Brundtland report and two essays on sustainability/resilience in urban planning. Cc-@GillesDeleuze13 One of the interesting

Marcos Gonsalez

MarcosSGonsalez

2nd year in grad school I promised myself I’d stop talking about “racism” & opt for terms like “white supremacy” “affective whiteness” in academic situations. convos definitely pivoted, & the

Shruti Rajagopalan

srajagopalan

On Ambedkar Jayanti, I want to share my favorite Ambedkar quote which I think is crucial to understand as an economist and student of the market process. "The Caste System

Wrath Of Gnon

wrathofgnon

While most of the developed world has lost the ability to make decent towns or cities, the famous thatched roof villages of Japan show how we might be able to

Summer Lee

SummerForPA

If we're serious about progressive &marginalized folks in office, we have to talk about $ in politics, but not just campaignsAs an elected Dem, I'm hit w/more hidden fees than

Lux 🧠 Alptraum

LuxAlptraum

A big reason why I don’t see myself living with a man again any time soon (or maybe ever) is because I refuse to be the only person in a

Ernest Wong

ErnestWongBWM

$COST thread for the weekend... The biggest misunderstanding about $COST today is that its reluctance to embrace e-commerce (curbside pickup, BOPIS etc) makes $COST fall behind. Rather, their strategy on

Erik Loomis

ErikLoomis

This Day in Labor History: April 9, 1865. General Lee surrenders and Treason in Defense of Slavery is crushed. Let's talk about the slave general strike that made it happen!

Ray Hawkins🌊🏳️‍🌈

Wolfwalk47

Trump & supporters are not conservatives in the traditional sense that Taft, Hoover, Goldwater, Nixon, were. They are better called Regressives. The America of their MAGA slogan is the America

Red Army Duck

IronProle

I got like 12 things on the burner right now. But my team has my back and my belly is full.Feelin it just a bit but I keep in mind

cultural terrorist

risguey

the primary contradiction under capital is not class, this cannot be the case if entire segments of global society are shackled with social death, defined out of humanity, and rendered

Resist Programming 🛰

RzstProgramming

Thread: Joe Burrow social media excerpts: #NFLDraft2020 Joe Burrow recently encouraged folks to stay inside and flatten the curve. He asked folks to donate to local food banks to

Marshall Steinbaum 🔥

Econ_Marshall

I would note that the alarm at the prolonged shutdown & demand for immediate reopening on the part of right-wing interests validates @wsbgnl's view that the CARES Act's UI provisions

Sharique Hasan

shariqueorg

Thanks, @orgrem, for including me in the #TweetABlackEconomistsPaper thread. I'd like to talk about the work of three Black scholars that help us understand the many challenging economic issues facing

Amira Valliani

amiravalliani

I turned 32 last week and have been reflecting on some of what I’ve learned this past year. Here’s a thread of life lessons, in no particular order; 1/ Friendship