#Policy

The degree to which inflation works as a tool for "managing" debt is super duper underappreciated. This is true for national governments (which might instruct a central bank to aim
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The truth is, I grew up in the LDS church. But by the time I was old enough to know more about the world, and myself, I ceased any communication
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Fauci is always going to err on the side of prolonged lockdown. That's his job. He is not answerable to the American people, nor is he responsible for balancing various
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1/4Governor Yi Gang says that the greater monetary stimulus adopted by the US and Europe will see diminishing effects and will be hard to quit. What is more, “in the
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I'm voting for Biden/Harris Only because I believe Trump is worse for Black ppl and America.I've lost neighbors, and a lot of my friends have lost family to Covid-19...a largely
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Traffic engineers saying that they can predict freeway travel times 20 years in the future accurate to within 1-2 minutes should be laughed out of the room.And yet we base
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This is a helpful thread on a poorly written article in bloomberg on infecting everyone in India to get herd immunity. @mlipsitch was misquoted. And while I agree that India
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The single market in services is not as developed as the single market in goods, but it very much does exist. If the UK leaves the single market and proceeds
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The economic argument is still raging.https://twitter.com/bengoldacre/status/1247277917454897152 I’m interested in this discussion around evidence based policy making. What is the evidence that policy makers are taking into account?Is it numbers? Per
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Busy day today, but making time for this nonsense @nytimes skills gap piece because it's important to understand what's actually going on here. For the life of me, I don't
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I don’t usually comment on personnel/personality issues because there is little point. However, the possible selection of @MatthewRojansky @kennaninstitute as NSC Russia Director is an easy yes, & the opposition
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An imp. Lesson for policy economists. Data driven predictive procedures that may( and I’m a known sceptic) that may work in BAU do not work now. 1/n.https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/coronavirus-case-counts-are-meaningless/ Inductive procedures: A
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The USPS got as far as drafting a press release promising to send 650 million masks, five to every household, touting its "unique" ability to help in the pandemic.It never
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There's a thing that happens when a former smart kid who gets a platform, meaning strangers hear what you have to say, where you flash back to the YA fantasy
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Thousands of migrant workers gathered at Bandra (Mumbai) today as they wanted to return home after the lockdown was extended till May 3. Read our piece to know why India's
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The unholy alliance has victimized nearly 750 million+ people in India and 4 billion+ people around the world.Several independent nations have invaded them because of this act.India's internal issues are
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