#Crises

Timothy Huyer

tim4hire

One of the many weaknesses that #COVID has revealed relates to how public health agencies function. And while it is still too early to do a full review, some ideas

Romesh Vaitilingam

econromesh

A time for action on climate change & a time for economics to change, Nick Stern @GRI_LSE delivering his past president's address @RoyalEconSoc #RES2021 https://www.res.org.uk/resources-page/past-president-s-address-12-april-2021-ni

Teachers for Biden 🍎

TeachForBiden

Time for a history lesson Past Presidents, despite their flaws, have largely understood the importance of a peaceful transfer of power to the survival of our democracy. THREAD

The Securocrat

TheSecurocrat

A nod to this thread as a reminder of the importance of analysis and assessment in intelligence. Much media coverage on intelligence tends to lump it together as one thing

Armine Yalnizyan

ArmineYalnizyan

Here are some of the things I've written about the UBI/"cut 'em a cheque" approach.1998: The Growing Gap, pp. 101-104 https://www.policyalternatives.ca/publications/reports/growing-gap-report2016: Basic incomes vs basic services htt

Hannah Dickinson

HannahDCKNSN

Today is #NationalShrimpDay, which gives me the opportunity to write a thread about my current postdoc research on shrimp, shrimp shells, and shrimp derived biomaterials with the @CEntanglements project. Get

Montucky Woodsnacks

tuckwoodstock

Hey friends. There seem to be a ripple of mental health crises/emergencies going through the community right now. Frankly, this is understandable.Please consider making a crisis plan NOW so you

Cori Bush

CoriBush

Environmental justice is racial justice.Here’s why: Our history books don’t teach us that the American economy thrived off the backs of stolen people, stolen labor, and stolen land.Over and over

Tuomas Malinen

mtmalinen

I think that the main problem is that no one has explained to people that downturns and recessions are mandatory.We economists have made a massive disservice by narrowly concentrating on

Matthew Yglesias

mattyglesias

Author of this paper says it shows there is no “quick fix” for housing problems but it seems to clearly support the view that if you upzone in affluent areas

TishaCM🌷

TishaCM

It’s disingenuous to compare and rank the crisis response employed by countries. Approach in testing & outcomes can never be comparable bcoz healthcare capacities—medical infra & technology, skilled personnel, domestic

Monestre Aloïs, Enby Spoonie 🧸 (yel/ol)

SayaolN

Beaucoup de militant’es ou adelphes quittent ou ont quitté le milieu violent du Twitter militant. Le Twitter militant m’a personnellement beaucoup appris, j’ai pu me déconstruire très vite, faire d’énormes

Gennady Rudkevich

grudkev

Given what's happening in Belarus, here a few thoughts about protests (elaborating upon a quote from the source below). A protest succeeds when enough people are on the streets for

Sandra Cuffe

Sandra_Cuffe

Wait, what's going on in #Guatemala?!The country is going to erupt in protests this afternoon after a series of long-simmering crises finally hit their boiling point. I'll have an article

Melissa A. Fabello, PhD

fyeahmfabello

I want to chat briefly about this text that I received from a friend last week: The person who sent the text is a very good friend of mine. We

Jeremy PLEASE WEAR MASKS! Konyndyk

JeremyKonyndyk

Lot of speculation these days about how #Trump Admin will manage a REAL crisis, given its high level of baseline chaos. Let's dive in. 1/ I ran int'l disaster response