#Economic

Erik Angner

ErikAngner

Dear colleagues, fellow academics, and experts of all kinds: Now would be a good time to practice the intellectual virtue of epistemic humility. /1 https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/modesty-humility/#Epis Being an expert involves not

Lawrence Glickman

LarryGlickman

Lee's statement that "we are not a democracy" has a long genealogy on the American right, and is not that different from what others have said recently. /1https://twitter.com/SenMikeLee/status/1314089207875371008 Remember that

AnimalHouse

BlutoParty

I get some white working class may feel ignored. But the history of institutionalized discrimination isn't their for WWC. And no matter what we want to feel about Slavery/Jim Crow

Brahma Chellaney

Chellaney

The India lockdown began with the March 22 "people's curfew." In extending it until May 3, Modi didn't address key issues. Why cripple the economy in ways few nations have

NJ Labor Department

NJLaborDept

NEW FAQS | We hear you. Thank you for your social media messages and emails. The crush of layoffs/furloughs have overwhelmed unemployment agencies nationwide and NJ is no exception. We've

Taisu Zhang

ZhangTaisu

So... this morning, during a Clubhouse panel discussion about global economic divergence, a (Mainland Chinese) audience member made the argument that semi-colonization by European powers was a good thing for

Kuukuwa Manful

Kuukuwa_

I had a moment of clarity while doing fieldwork for a research project a while ago. On a fundamental level the African political elite do not see other regular/ordinary Africans

Paolo Gerbaudo

paologerbaudo

Some key points from my @guardian article on the populist Right's reaction to the #coronavirus crisis. THREAD Populist Right has built its strength on hard-headedness and arrogant self-confidence. Yet,

Claudia Sahm

Claudia_Sahm

disagree. Biden finally!!! gave establishment Dem macro/finance economic experts the boot. now Janet Yellen, Nellie Liang, Cecilia Rouse, and other economists are VERY prominent in the economic policy in this

Sam Byers

byers90

I think we can all agree that it’s a precarious moment for the arts. I don’t think, though, that that precarity is solely financial, I think it’s existential too, and

mattparlmer 🌷

mattparlmer

Still stand by this. We need to start putting anybody who can't WFH in appropriate PPE and back to work. Even retail and restaurants can operate at a limited level

Sean T at RCP

SeanTrende

I once believed this first sentence. I don't anymore. To be sure, I love the "but Rubio had a boat" joke, but for serious analysis: Aside from Christie exposing Rubio

Adam Townsend

adamscrabble

Quick thread explaining the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). You've heard of it, but what is it? You'll be the expert, people will turn to you for answers, you'll make

dsgerbced

dsgerbced

Economist here. This is extremely wishful/partisan thinking. The economy is in ruins totally because of the mitigation. Synchronized mitigation in locations with no community transmission.https://twitter.com/JamesSurowiecki/status/131674648

#VishhalThakkaar®🇮🇳

vishalgthakkar

Every cloud has a silver lining. This economic slowdown too has offered us a once-in-a-generation window of opportunity. 2020 could be the year when 1992 is revisited. I've been saying

slickenteur

slickenteur

Every cloud has a silver lining. This economic slowdown too has offered us a once-in-a-generation window of opportunity. 2020 could be the year when 1992 is revisited. I've been saying