#Policy

Seth Cotlar

SethCotlar

Interesting article by Douthat. Strange that of his three scenarios, the one with, IMHO, about a 1% chance of happening is the one he put first.https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/22/opinion/sunday/trump-republican-party.html The phrase “the

Edward Harrison

edwardnh

JOBLESS CLAIMS: Because the seasonal adjustment factors are below 100 from the beginning of February to the end of June, I have been tracking raw jobless claims data instead of

Robert Patrick Lewis

RobertPLewis

The same person they told you would plunge the world into chaos has brought us back from the brink of NoKo war, signed historic deals for peace in the MidE

Gretchen Sisson

gesisson

This is a rant, so absolutely zero apologies in advance. Abortion and reproductive justice have always been my core issues. They are the questions at the root of my academic

Dr. Dustin Costescu 🏳️‍🌈

BirthControlDoc

The same can be applied, sadly, to the Ontario Health system:https://twitter.com/DrQuinn15/status/1317570154847416321 Despite being a hot spot of SARS, alongside China and Hong Kong, Ontario failed to maintain its pandemic PPE

Stephen Griffin

SGriffin_Lab

So, it seems that the #GBD crew are seeping back in, conveniently timed with yesterday's protests. Seems they still don't understand population immunity. A reminder, they are funded by AIER,

Madeleina Sophie

LeinaSophie

So @KylieJenner the youngest "selfmade" billionaire is currently advertising fake airpods to her young, gullible fans. A thread on how not to fall for scam products like these #kyliejenner #novaplay

Ezra Galston

EzraMoGee

food delivery is a category case study for the record books. so much intrigue and game theory if you know where to look under the hood. major externalities also brewing

David Schleicher

ProfSchleich

I endorse Matt's point here, but there's more that's problematic with it and it captures something a bit problematic in some recent research on housing markets. (A thread)https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/13174030307326074

Josh Busby

busbyj2

UNEP 2019 Gap Report shows we are moving in the wrong direction with respect to climate change. Current policy puts on a trajectory to 60 gigatons of carbon dioxide equivalent

Lyman Stone 石來民 🦬🦬🦬

lymanstoneky

Social distancing in America began March 8-13. Earliest that could reduce deaths is Mar 26-31, so Mar 20-25 is a baseline for deaths before social distancing.Since then, deaths in states

Alexander S. Vindman

AVindman

Re-upping this article, coauthored by @johngansjr, after the latest reporting on Trumps undisclosed bank accounts in China.“And that’s just the deals we know about: Few people have any real idea

An0maly

LegendaryEnergy

Ready for a thread of questions? If you had a product that you were working on that you wanted to sell to the entire world, would you say there is

Elina Ribakova

elinaribakova

1/ Extremely important lesson. Even if many emerging markets have developed local bond curves they are still exposed to swings in global financial cycles. This time dependent on $US, not

J. Kenji López-Main

GKBesterfriend

Anyway, let's begin: 1) Rent is unaffordable everywhere. In no state is the median working class wage enough for a two bedroom apartment. In most it isn't enough for a

Rohan Sachdeva

iRohanSachdeva

The last 48 hours have been interesting:~France commits military support to India~US & Germany block China's move in UNSC which blamed India for Karachi terror attack~India deviates from 'One China