#Policy

Jason Furman

jasonfurman

I did a talk in the excellent @MarkusEconomist Academy series yesterday on “Do Debt and Deficits Matter Anymore.” You can watch the video, see the slides, or read this longish

Larry Noble

LarryNoble_DC

Trump's responds to HHS IG's report on problems in hospitals by asking when she was appointed. Ans: Trump appointed her. When told she was also at HHS during Obama admin,

Phil the Relentless 🧛

philvarner

1/ Thread: Since the @CvilleSchools "Naming of Facilities Committee" starts meeting this Thursday, I thought I'd send out some info and thoughts. 2/ All the work I've done on researching

Patrick Stox

patrickstox

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vakibs

vakibs

Law exists in India only for the powerful to terrorize the weak. Never for the weak to get justice. The entire judicial system is overloaded with backlogs of cases. What

Hiroko Tabuchi

HirokoTabuchi

I feel so conflicted re: nuclear power. I’ve visited Fukushima countless times, and saw up close how a disaster can devastate an entire region. What I can say is that

Jake Sherman

JakeSherman

Playbook this AM — ON COVID RELIEFTRUMP ADMIN HAS PROVEN the 18 acres on which the WH sits are a logic-free zone. Don’t waste your time trying to make sense

Alencia Johnson

AlenciaJohnson

I see folks arguing that K*nye is right re: Planned Parenthood.Y’all do know that the anti-abortion movement was created by evangelicals who were losing on segregation so they needed a

Tara Straw

TaraStraw

Once more, for the people in the back: there’s no SEP for job loss. But there should be. See great reporting from @AmyLotven. Threadhttps://twitter.com/amylotven/status/1245577969755553792 In the midst of public health

manu #BLM 🖖

trekonomics

People don't seem to understand that nothing is "getting back to normal" for a long while, a year or maybe two, if not longer. Any policy that addresses short term

Liberal, Not Lefty

liberalnotlefty

Agree, I feel the same. Although it should be noted, Communist policy in China is what led to the adoption of many unsafe food practices still present today. Good meat

Joshua Gans

joshgans

It is time to talk about the unthinkable. What if immunity -- herd or otherwise -- is not possible? News from South Korean suggests reinfection may be a possibility so

BBC Pride

BBCPride

As co-chairs of BBC Pride we wanted to say sorry for not being able to update you on the recent changes to the BBC Action Line page. Since we

Dr Charles Omole

DrCOmole

Going about gloating that "we don't have leaders" show naivety by some of these protesters. Protest is merely a door opener. Detailed policy formulation, coordination & direction is needed to

Jeffrey Sachs

JeffreyASachs

I feel like populist centrists and classical liberals (however defined) have a great deal look forward to, should Dems win it all. I don’t know why they can’t see it.

David Roberts

drvolts

It's Friday afternoon, no one's reading Twitter, so it's a good time for a THREAD. I wanna try to capture some recent thoughts I've been having & figure out if