#Economy

The Hey vs. App Store dispute is a manifestation of Karl Marx’s ideas about the struggle between capital and labor, updated to a 21st century world in which a platform,
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Dear Sarah Vine @WestminsterWAG are you still defending our Govts permance?In particular what is your view of your OH @michaelgove claiming that we haven't reached our testing target bc of
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How do I start a business with no capital?A lot of us have extraordinary ideas but limited resources to execute them.We have the perfect billion-dollar idea. We know it will
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Thread on why I think the economic sociology of competition is needed to explain the East Asian growth miracles: As economic sociologists emphasize, firms don't like to compete, so they
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The government had a big blow-out in environment decision-making delays, and its no wonder, since departmental funding had been cut almost 40% since the Libs and Nats took office. They’re
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New @foxnews poll, which @realdonaldtrump just dismissed as "among the worse" on @foxnewssunday, show @JoeBiden leading and now show Biden edging Trump on ... the economy:https://fxn.ws/2WCOvTr  Notable: "Biden is prefer
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Can we stop criticizing capitalism by just going "i don't understand it, so it's stupid"? Not only is it not helpful, it's fucking humiliating.https://twitter.com/AliceAvizandum/status/1252300635975843841 The truth is that these
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What Convict (er, sorry, Conrad) Black wrote: “The world succumbed to a pandemic of hysteria, more than a virus.”Go tell it to the families of those poor seniors, @ConradMBlack. Nobody
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Latest @ONS data shows that 54% of people who've lost their jobs over Covid are under the age of 25. That's 436,000 young people. What's next for this 'lost generation'
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Who Are These Bond Vigilantes Anyway? The Political Economy of Sovereign Debt Ownership in the EurozoneVery happy to announce that this has finally been published: https://twitter.com/MPIfG_Cologne/status/1257955428295757824Several tweets will follow
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How should we think about the ideal size of fiscal stimulus right now? A thread with two approaches: (1) top down (based on filling the macro hole) and (2) bottom
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If things come to negative interest rates, what will happen? Will banks pay you to borrow money? Nope.It will mean deflation. If you didn't like inflation, just know that you
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i sit on the board of a company in a US state known for its kareny aggravationwe just had to shut the whole office because an employee THINKS she has
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To the non Disabled folks claiming to be inspired by Crip Camp..What are you inspired to actually do? Disabled ppl are still subjugated to higher rates of abuse.Public transit is
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1.) Pretty sure I’ve said this before, but I’ll say it again: This lockdown business is not about safety, it’s about conditioning society. The proof is Governors Newsom and Cuomo
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As some of you know I spent much of 2019 working with a Wellcome Trust project called Contagious Cities https://wellcome.ac.uk/what-we-do/our-work/contagious-cities As you can imagine I've been thinking about whether to
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