#Recession

Wajahat "Wears a Mask Because of a Pandemic" Ali

WajahatAli

I might get in trouble for this, but it’ll be good trouble. I’ve been trying to put my finger on why this Bari Weiss resignation & recent cancel culture whining

Lyman Stone 石來民 🦬🦬🦬

lymanstoneky

One problem with the "demand suppressed by the pandemic" story is that no prior pandemics created even close to this degree of suppressed demand, and none of the economic papers

Ben Riley-Smith

benrileysmith

EXC: UK-US trade deal talks have been postponed indefinitely. Were to begin w/c March 23 but delayed (rightly for obvious reasons). Creates fresh doubt about getting deal before US election.

The Hamilton Project

hamiltonproj

.@RyanDNunn, @janamkparsons, and @JayCShambaugh released a new analysis on one of the most important pieces of economic policy support since the onset of #COVID19 in the U.S.— the rapid expansion

Ben Collins

oneunderscore__

New from me:Has a friend, almost overnight, become certain masks are for slaves, pedophiles run the world, and Donald Trump is saving it?You're not alone.Here's how QAnon and Facebook created

Professor Jeremiah Honkleberg

AllPassingThing

10 easy savings that Ireland can make to avoid recession and improve the lives of its citizens1) Scrap RTEAlmost €200m a year is given in taxpayer funding to the government's

Nthato Raboshaga

n2a2o_jay

Are you woried about missing your homeloan repayment over this #Covid19inSA #LockdownSA ?The banks have come to the party to assist with Payment holidays, But this is no free lunch,

Mike Madrid

madrid_mike

Donald Trump is the only leader in the industrialized world, besides authoritarian dictators Vladamir Putin & Jair Bolsnoro, who still does not understand that the economy & the pandemic are

Brenden Beck

BrendenBeck

With Breonna Taylor’s lawyers finding the no-knock raid that killed her was part of a neighborhood redevelopment effort, I thought it might be useful to review the academic literature on

JamesSmithRF

JamesSmithRF

More startling @ONS monthly GDP data out this morning (for June and our first look at Q2). Despite the strongest *monthly* growth rate on record at 8.7%, Q2 as a

Matthew Peddie

matthew_peddie

.@OCFLMayor says the Disney layoffs will accentuate the need for assistance Demings says with $187.2 million of CARES Act funding spent there's still some $56 million to be spent before

Kathryn Anne Edwards

keds_economist

I've seen a few articles recently in which employers say they cannot find workers, and they assign blame to unemployment benefits being too generous. This is one of the most

Jessica Klein

jesskleinky

Hunger is rising for Kentucky kids. In addition to passing a broad relief bill that helps families make ends meet, Congress must not leave town until they extend Pandemic-EBT, providing

Tara Straw

TaraStraw

In the midst of a pandemic & economic crisis, DOJ urged SCOTUS yesterday to take health care away from 20m+ people. Insanity. (thread)https://www.cbpp.org/health/commentary-aca-repeal-even-more-dangerous-during-pandemic-and-economic-cri

Jade Halbert

jadehalbert

Heard a guy on a radio call-in waxing lyrical about Britain’s ‘fantastic’ clothing industry & how he couldn’t understand why our factories weren’t making PPE. It got me thinking about

Max Ehrenfreund

MaxEhrenfreund

The Federal Reserve might still be a private bankers’ club, but it’s become increasingly aggressive and experimental with policies that benefit the working class. This transformation is one of the