#Recession

Alberta's NDP

albertaNDP

The UCP’s fiscal update shows their plan had nearly doubled the deficit while failing to create jobs or grow the economy even before the COVID-19 pandemic. #ableg #cdnpoli #canlab The

Greg Sargent

ThePlumLineGS

My take:* Sure, wish Trump well, but then get right back to work in removing him* The news only adds to a much broader case against his towering failures* Spare

Rasmus Kleis Nielsen

rasmus_kleis

In March I wrote about what #covid19 means for the business of newsDetails will vary but overall picture is becoming clearer and it is grimRough estimate? Total global newspaper revenues

Shannon McSheffrey

MedievalMcSheff

Wage-earning women in early Tudor London: in 1512, Joan Smyth defended her friend Alice Bell against allegations that she was poor & indigent: “She is a good knitter and can

Samuel Ekpe

samuelekpe

Vusi, it's just an attempt by the government to improve spend and buying power. The economy is in a bad place and the central bank is trying to balance things;

Seema Jayachandran

seema_econ

New evidence that raising the minimum wage can boost workforce productivity. That means that paying workers more need not come at the cost of fewer jobs or lower profits. Consumers

James Altucher

jaltucher

Twitter Class on the real roots/causes/solutions of The Great Recession of 2008: good guys, the scumbags, IMPORTANT case study to understand NOW and even relates to The Great Depression. .

Heidi Shierholz

hshierholz

WILL THIS EVER CHANGE. Last week, 1.4 million workers applied for unemployment insurance (UI). Breaking that down: 822,000 applied for regular state UI (not seasonally adjusted), and 608,000 applied for

Haresh Chawla

hchawlah

1/n I hope this thread DOES NOT age well. I hope we discover most Indians are immune to Covid19. Our healthcare/testing infrastructure does not collapse and this crisis blows over

Ali Velshi

AliVelshi

1/9We're in the worst recession since the Great Depression, but the S&P 500 is within striking distance of its ALL TIME HIGH. 25 years ago, as a young reporter, I’d

Abraham Gutman 🔥

abgutman

"Poverty = bullets" sounds progressive on the surface but it is not. It actually demonizes people living in poverty.Using "0.5% of population responsible for 60% of shootings," that's 7,500 people

David Frum

davidfrum

A short history of US depressions and their electoral consequences1837-1841: first national depression. Jefferson-Jackson Democrats had dominated national politics for previous three decades. In 1840, they lost both presidency and

LKG | Michael Clawson @Crown 2021

clockwork_ssb

I've been seeing so many people shit on tournaments that are reopening, and honestly it's the most childish and Smasher thing to do. I personally believe that remaining closed is

Heather Boushey

HBoushey

Getting ready to hear new numbers on how many people are at work and are unemployed in the United States. Wanted to lay out a few things I'm watching for

vega

MitchLRobinson

90+ days of business and human lives burning every night and you reject one of the reasons a national government exists... I don’t care what side of the coin you

Anna Stansbury

annastansbury

A LOT of the proposed solutions to the ZLB rest on r* not being much lower than 0-1%.Exhibit (1) Raising the inflation target:r*=-2% means that even with avg inflation of