#Policy

Um - imma gonna come in screaming & unapologetically loaded with fact files.109876....https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1302675432144351234 In July 2016 I could not have been any prouder and happy for my friends in the
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Remember after the election when Trump unexpectedly won it, a lot of ass covering maneuvering went on from Nov '16 to Jan. 2017.Including an attempt to lay down a FALSE
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only around 28% of unemployed people in australia receive any unemployment benefit.this seems to be the elephant in the room in policy discourse on income support and unemployment.https://aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Department
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A thread on representation that no one asked for: It is absurd how little energy there is among the Democratic party for abolishing the EC, since they are always the
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The real #testing story is Pillar 2 testing capacity appears to have been reached (i.e "on-line testing booking was periodically taken off line to 'throttle demand'") way back in late
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"Simplicity is at the root of policy failures" > I enjoyed this piece by @pollymackenzie in @unherd and I basically agree except importantly on the semantics. Because I passionately believe
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In conclusion, it is to the best of my knowledge determined a corrupt foreign gas company solicited high profile US persons affiliated with government to illegally influence official US Foreign
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Like many, @JFrankelEcon here treats the 1873-96 deflation under the gold standard as a serious defect. But numerous studies suggest that that period's downward price trend (an average annual rate
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.@EU_Commission is holding a public consultation on policies the EU could use to jumpstart alternative jet fuel use by airlines. It’s generating some interesting responses; this one, from @AirlinesDotOrg, is
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so. covid has taught us we an work more flexibly than we used to but that is no good news for all. A thread of threads and emotive charts During
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If policy (1) ties school quality to the neighborhood in which a kid lives, and (2) makes it tough to build cheaper high-density housing near the best schools, then lots
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1/7 This thread sets out changes the Board will be making to how it considers cases as a result of the Coronavirus (Scotland) Act. 2/7 Cases of extended sentence prisoners
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To my fellow progressives: Dems in the center will tell us that our vote is *crucial* to winning in November. They will try to vote shame us with the threat
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Do you want to understand US strategy in Syria?US Centcom works with SDF to fight ISIS.US State Dept works with Turkey to sideline SDF and make sure no one is
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Thanks a million, @RachelBarkow, for chatting with me criminal law students about #CJReform on Tuesday! They had a blast, and so did I.Here's my summary of a few key takeaways
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If you are based in Scotland, and interested in education policy across the UK, going on Twitter is currently like being in a well-known film.There is such a good comparative
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