#Policy

Jeff Kolb

jpkolb

Brooklyn Center is a charter city which is governed by its city charter. They have adopted the “council-manager” plan which means the council sets policy (think legislative branch) and the

Elliot L. Richardson (she/her)

ElliotLRich

A year ago today, I hosted my first ever political event: a phone bank for @ewarren’s birthday. Within a few months, I started working on her campaign full-time to make

Kathryn Anne Edwards

keds_economist

Many are asking why, even though the CARES Act set an expiration date for UI benefits four months in the future, Congress did not begin negotiating until the week it

Max 🧢

maxgerek

Starting a thread of my policy ideas.1. Clean up the city: $1,000 fine for littering or serve 16 hours of community service over the course of 2 months cleaning up

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

Zachary D. Carter

zachdcarter

Hard to tell from how calm and quiet everyone is, but this hearing on the Fed's refusal to grant relief to state and local governments is just wild. The Fed's

Prof Bunny Hugger 🌍🌹🌱💙 #ClimateAction

JKSteinberger

So there is a kind of circular argument I want to expose. Neoclassical economists & neoliberal ideologues have successfully argued for a social consensus around economic growth on the basis

Daniel Rotger

danielrotger511

Everyone fawning over Obama and going "that's my president", remember that police brutality was very much a thing while he was president and he did next to nothing about it,

CNAS Technology and National Security Program

CNAStech

Welcome back for another #CNASxTech Twitter chat! Today’s topics: disinformation, tech policy, and effects of the coronavirus@paul_scharre@MartijnRasser@karaafrederick@megan_lamberth@_ainikki@MonikaBochert@ska25@EBKania@mchorowitz@SamBendett https://

erin roth

erotheroth

"We find the standard deviation of teacher effects on student height is nearly as large as that for math & reading achievement, raising obvious questions about validity."https://twitter.com/MatthewAKraft/status/1198965387012067328 i.e.,

J Michael Waller

JMichaelWaller

1) The Senate investigation of Hunter Biden was about how foreign corruption influenced American national security. @JoeBiden surrogates are spinning it as an unfair attack on a relative. Let's pick

TheChadPalpatine

ShinigamiJack1

# BernieOrBust2020# WriteinBernieDonald Trump appreciates your dedication. It really is going to go a long way towards getting him re-elected when you stay home and don't vote for his opponent.

Bruce McD

brucemcd23

Latest from peerless Chris Grey coruscating, inter alia , on the ‘shock and awe’ of Govt’s now unavoidable ‘Let’s Get Going’ campaign Shock : at vapidity of messageAwe : anyone

Will McAvoy

WillMcAvoyACN

Some people seem to think “back to normal” means that we will revert to where we were. That is impossible. Too much has been lost, and I’m not even talking

Rachel Aiello

rachaiello

EXCLUSIVE: Government documents obtained by CTV News reveal how the rapidly-spreading novel coronavirus prompted a cascade of ever-evolving federal policies as it reached Canadian soil https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/documents-reveal-glimps

John Rentoul

JohnRentoul

Terrific conversation between Ken Clarke & Peter Mandelson https://twitter.com/LordSpeaker/status/1387753849423806469?s=20 “The NHS was a dying shambles in the late 1980s” – Clarke “My 1st party conference was when Harold Macmil