#Recession

Elise Gould

eliselgould

March’s huge job losses are just the tip of the iceberg of what’s to comehttps://www.epi.org/press/marchs-huge-job-losses-are-just-the-tip-of-the-iceberg-of-whats-to-come/#COVID19 #coronavirus #JobsReport #JobsDay This morning’s Bureau of Labor Stati

Arnab Datta

ArnabDatta321

Thread 1/n: There is some pushback to automatic stabilizers and trigger-based proposals happening on left Twitter, so I thought I’d add my two cents though @Claudia_Sahm, @Brendan_Duke, @wsbgnl, and @Nathan_Tankus

Nathan Sheranian

nsheranian

12 years ago today, I was laid off. As I type this, I can feel the pit in my stomach that hit me the moment I was notified. Losing one's

Michael Walker

michaeljswalker

I’ve read @nearlylegal’s defence of Labour policy, which apparently he advised on. It’s odd. If you admit that who takes a haircut can be negotiated between government, tenants and landlords,

Batho Motlhake

BathoMotlhake

Am I the only one who expected so much from the Minister of Agricultural Production and Food Security regarding the immediate plan and response to the COVID-19 situation and beyond?

SKJ

skj_102

Economy, economic growth, GDP, Disposable personal income and impact of these factors on banking in details.Do like and retweet for wider reach.Here we go.Thread The ability of an economy

Financial Times

FinancialTimes

Will one of the world’s strictest lockdowns work? New Zealand is backing its lockdown strategy despite its economy shrinking by 12.2% https://on.ft.com/33ASfax Although New Zealand has entered its first recession

TheValuesVoter

TheValuesVoter

The US National Debt is now more than $27 trillion dollars. It has risen by $7 trillion dollars in the past 44 months. Here's how we got here: Here's when

facts are facts.

AKCamardelle

NEW: Attn to GA’s #UnemploymentInsurance system is long overdue. The economy is coming to a standstill & UI claims are surging. Unless state leaders use existing authority to ease access

Fred Destin

fdestin

1/ A little thread on how one venture capitalist thinks about the pandemic from a fund standpoint 2/ First of all stating the obvious -- this is first and foremost

Stephanie Kelton

StephanieKelton

If MMTers were just doing standard Keynesian macro, then we would not have arrived at completely different conclusions (from mainstream Keynesians) re: the Bush tax cuts, the Clinton surpluses, the

swarnim bharat

a_sandhan

Nothing surprising in it. Its a logical conclusion. I will explain in detailAll wars including WW1&2 happened due to greed for more land, resources, controlling trade routes n share of

Marshall Steinbaum 🔥

Econ_Marshall

Very happy to joint ⁦@wsbgnl⁩ in arguing for the continuation of increased & expanded UI in ⁦@theprospect⁩. This brings up a core issue on which my views have “evolved”: do

Kristin Rawls

kristinrawls

I really hope there aren't a ton of people at this hospital tomorrow because the long weekend is over. The first day after a long weekend is always bad.Tomorrow is

Leah Stokes

leahstokes

This week, @JoeBiden released a new climate plan, expanding his commitments. It's very exciting, building on ideas many campaigns proposed during the primary. What’s the Democratic nominee pledging on climate

Kathryn Anne Edwards

keds_economist

A couple months ago, I was quoted in a NYT story on the racial disparities in Unemployment Insurance benefits, alongside @DarrickHamilton @WSpriggs @econjared. Shortly afterwards, I was accused of virtue