#Economic

Abi Wilkinson

AbiWilks

What month are you expecting life to go back to relatively normal? Sorry this is pretty ambiguous. I meant in terms of social distancing rather than economic consequences and such

Prof. Devi Sridhar

devisridhar

#SARSCoV2 is here to stay. I fear that people think they are 'doing their time' in lockdown & when it lifts, will expect normal society to resume, and the problem

Joe Parkinson

JoeWSJ

The global scramble to thwart COVID-19 has a vast blind spot: sub-Saharan Africa. We have a story on this today, but to understand the problem, consider the following data points...

Gimba Kakanda

gimbakakanda

1/ While your intention is noble, your petition is a misreading of history. I’ll share this thread to show that sanctions are disastrous ideas in foreign policy. They’ve never produced

Duncan Robinson

duncanrobinson

The Economist | The Pampers index https://www.economist.com/node/21791190?frsc=dg%7Ce via @TheEconomist Price differences across Europe are often really striking And price convergence has stalled. (Chart from @spignal piece on single market

Rohan Venkat

RohanV

Thread: In January 2018, Prime Minister Modi said economic protectionism "can’t be considered lesser risk than terrorism or climate change.” Yet India is now firmly on the path of import-substitution

mark safranski

zenpundit

Rather modest changes that would damp down the instability and despair fueling political unrest:Long term policy of seeking full employment and wage growthReduction/eliminating of pro-rentier policies in higher ed, pharma,

Peter Castleden

peter_castleden

Fresh on the back of asking some questions about the parameterization of the current SEIR models (https://tinyurl.com/ycsaannm ), the WHO themselves released death estimates (23,611) around half the number currently being

Lukhanyo Vangqa

LukhanyoV

Let me address a few things on the President’s participation on that Balwin Mooikloof Project.1) We know it’s not a tender and we never a tender an we never claimed

Lucas Guttenberg

lucasguttenberg

With @GrundSebastian and @COdendahl we have tried to build an instrument to share the fiscal costs of this crisis that is legally sound, economically sensible and institutionally feasible: The Pandemic

Zachary D. Carter

zachdcarter

What Congress is doing right now is not "Phase Four" of some grand tactical initiative. It's a do-over for the bill they passed last week -- a bill that completely

Alexander McKay

ARmckay82

A few thoughts on fascism for your Wednesday morning/afternoon/evening. Fascism is one of the most misused terms in the world (along with freedom). It is thrown around casually by idiots

George Callas

George_A_Callas

The @JesseDrucker article template:1. Identify tax break2. Confirm high-income people/corporations receive benefit3. Intentionally misrepresent material facts4. Assert corruption5. Inflame readers sense of outrage6. Rinse/repeatTHREAD 1/10https://www

Maddie Rose ☭

uliveinasociety

what i wish leftists knew: disability is both a physical experience and an economic status. it announces how well your body can perform under capitalism. it is forced poverty--ppl recognized

Chuck Marr

ChuckCBPP

Speaker Pelosi’s #COVID19 economic relief proposal includes critical temporary improvements in the Child Tax Credit and EITC, providing well-timed and effective stimulus and helping avoid a dramatic poverty spike.Threadhttp://bit.ly/2ztDn2x CBO

RYAN SΞAN ADAMS - rsa.eth 🏴

RyanSAdams

1/ Ethernomics 101Beyond the technical, most people don’t know what Ethereum really is or the fundamental reasons why Ether is valuableA thread... 2/ What is Ethereum?Right now, the world's economic