#Economic

Vincent Deluard

VincentDeluard

The Crazy Math of Secular Stagnation 2 days ago, I asked how stocks' valuations should behave in secular stagnation ('r' and 'g' trend to zero over time)Less than 30% got

SumanSharma

sharrmasumann

The Bombay Plan- In January 1944, just three years before Indian Independence, a document was published, that caused great consternation and concern amongst the British rulers of India. This pamphlet

Frank Jannuzi

FrankJannuzi

Covid Thread from Seoul: What ROK got right. What we got wrong. Why there is NO EXCUSE for Trump’s catastrophic failure to respond to COVID.Just spent five days in ROK

Sebastian Grund

GrundSebastian

In case you missed it (I did) - on June 15, the @BVerfG (German Constitutional Court) dismissed a challenge against the @ecb's Corporate Sector Purchase Programme (CSPP): https://www.bundesverfassungsgericht.de/SharedDocs/Entscheidungen

Steve Rosenthal

stevertax

You needed Caplin & Drysdale to confirm? How about a simpler example: firms prepay expenses in 2020 for goods/services in early 2021. Expenses deducted at 35%, income associated with goods/services

William Boos

BillBoos

If you are graduating now or nearing the end of a postdoc, it sucks to have to go on the job market with hiring freezes being announced left and right.

Dr Charles Omole

DrCOmole

Taking charge of the information you believe about Covid-19 is essential to be better placed to combat it. So two weeks ago I started a research into the 1918 Pandemic,

The Autisticats - #StopTheShock

autisticats

I’ve been thinking about how mainstream “autism advocacy” groups operate differently than organizations like the United Spinal Association. Autism Speaks et al. rely on fear and search for “causes &

Chris Buskirk

thechrisbuskirk

Short thread on oil prices:The headlines about negative oil prices yesterday & today are at once informative (sort of) & misleading. The big story is the chart below *not* that

Ruchita

roocheetah

This is the same man, who stood in front of the country 2 months ago and asked us to sponsor families to help one another through the COVID19 crisis because

Sizwe sikaMusi

SizweLo

Why do prices of things increase? Why does an item cost twice today what it did 10yrs ago, even though it's still the same item? The answer lies not in

Sunanda Vashisht

sunandavashisht

Lol. I missed the whole tamasha. So the economic document was prepared and ‘eminent’ intellectuals signed it without reading. Now that they are exposed, they are ‘distancing’ themselves from it..

SERAP

SERAPNigeria

BREAKING: We condemn the reported demolition of Prodest Hotel by Gov Wike, Rivers State. Using COVID-19 to perpetrate human rights violations is executive rascality & Mr Wike must stop this

Jay C. Shambaugh

JayCShambaugh

Personal Income up $700B (at annual rate) in May vs. Feb. Massive impact of CARES.Compensation is DOWN $1TUnemployment Insurance up $1.2T (PUC is 840B)Stimulus payments $600BDistribution not equal (many suffering)

big relly

awkward_duck

Ima keep it real with y’all. 2 years into homeownership and I’m still on the fence a/b if it’s worth it for me.I’m a first gen home owner so my

Ash Sarkar

AyoCaesar

Race isn't a biological reality - but social and economic inequalities determine who's most likely to be exposed to infection, who's most likely to have underlying conditions, and who's least