#Subsidies

David Frum

davidfrum

This is an important story. Trump & GOP are campaigning against "socialism." But Trump has been a consistent advocate of direct govt intervention in/control of economy - with all the

ProPublica

propublica

1/ Once you accept that climate change is *already* making large parts of the United States nearly uninhabitable, the future looks like this: With time, the bottom half of the

Hanna Seariac

HannaSeariac

(Read whole thread): My deepest concerns with a Biden presidency have nothing to do with taxes or the economy or environment or whatever, even though I have my disagreements there.

DMKM

2paisay

Re-read my April 2019 blogpost on Pakistan Banao Certificate. Threading it as no one reads blogposts. I was pissed. PM looking for scapegoat when it failed. "While economists would agree

Gregg Gonsalves

gregggonsalves

So, I have a plan to end the epidemic. It's radical, out-there, you'll bristle at my suggestions but listen, then decide. What if we asked everyone to wear masks? Gave

Lyman Stone 石來民 🦬🦬🦬

lymanstoneky

I'm at @FamStudies today explaining why universal childcare programs are a poor policy *even though* childcare costs are indeed a huge problem for families.https://ifstudies.org/blog/why-a-child-allowance-is-preferable-to-subsidized-chi

Jen Keane

zenbuffy

By constantly pandering to the vintners, by allowing publicans in power to make rules without declaring conflict of interest, and by never incentivising the opening of any pub-alternatives for social

Dhara Snowden

DharaSnowden01

Next week I will be starting my new (dream) job @uclpress. I have worked in academic book publishing for 10 years & throughout that time, I have watched the discussion

Stay at home European🇩🇰🇬🇧🇪🇺

MonkEmma

I'm going to start by saying:I'm not a FarmerI voted remainI have campaigned passionately to RemainI am gutted and angry that we have leftBut my eyes have been well and

Nidhi Jamwal

JamwalNidhi

'Tis that time of the year when the annual focus shifts to #stubbleburning, #airpollution and the farmers of Punjab & Haryana. Subsidy schemes, monetary compensation, court orders and penalties, but

Andrew Small

ajwsmall

I am slightly bemused that this article (not all of which I agree with) has elicited a wave of “actually, Brexit was good for the UK’s China policy, it has

Amanda Fabiano

_amanda_fab

Earlier this year, @_rrybarczyk and I spent some time researching the narrative of green and clean coins while learning more about taproot and schnorr. What was our take? The fungibility

Kudzai Mutisi

KMutisi

1. Printing moneyThere is nothing wrong about @ReserveBankZIM printing money. The problem is: what's done with the printed money? Where does it go? How is it distributed?If the money is

Robert Palmer

robertnpalmer

The @OECD calls for reforms of the UK tax system to make it more efficient and fairer as we build back from the covid crisis https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/economics/oecd-economic-surveys-united-kingdom-2020_2f684241-en 1/ The OECD wants

MetaMick

metamick14

Just finished reading "When Money Dies" by Adam Ferguson, and thought I'd share a tweet summary of it.TL;DR: "Inflation is a form of expropriation of some classes of society during

Anton Spisak

AntonSpisak

A niche thread about state aid, Brexit, and Switzerland.(With an idea for how the UK and the EU could break the negotiating deadlock over state aid.)https://institute.global/policy/swiss-solution-break-brexit-stalemate-over-state-aid 1. If