#Unemployment

Per Bylund

PerBylund

Much of #economicpolicy aims to 'fight' #unemployment. This is entirely unnecessary, because there is no such thing as lasting involuntary unemployment. This is unfortunately little understood today, but it is

Actors' Equity

ActorsEquity

Yesterday, the @BroadwayLeague announced that they are refunding ticket sales through the end of the year, joining countless regional theatres that have postponed their seasons. Putting the health & safety

bearistotle

gnrosenberg

Part of the endowment story is this: Big elite unis jacked up tuition sticker prices but expanded financial aid for most students so that the discount rate actually declined relative

No One 🇺🇸

tweettruth2me

Dear Coronavirus Alarmist: Here’s a little reminder from history. The Great Depression caused a decade of high unemployment, poverty, low profits, deflation, plunging farm incomes & lost opportunities for economic

Jim Tankersley

jimtankersley

Quick Monday thread on the COVID-19 economy and where it's going from here: I'm on The Daily this morning talking with @mikiebarb about the historic unemployment crisis that crashed over

Machinists Union ✈️🚊🚀

MachinistsUnion

The #HEALSAct is a bad deal for workers.- Cuts unemployment benefit to $200 from $600- No airline or railroad relief- Immunity for companies that endanger employees and the publicCall 202-224-3121.

Heidi Shierholz

hshierholz

This chart is a portrait of disaster. I have spent the last twenty years studying the labor market and have never seen anything like it. Unemployment insurance claims for the

The New York Times

nytimes

The $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus package will send money directly to Americans and do much more. But how much can you expect to see — and when?Here are some answers

Jonathon Shafi

Jonathon_Shafi

1/ In July, there were 36,000 jobs advertised across Scotland online, that’s around 29,000 less than July 2019. And, 222,000 people claimed unemployment benefit, compared to 109,000 in July 2019.

Kaitu

FuturePort

I am going to be retweeting this every month on the night before job numbers to remind people of what has ACTUALLY gone on this year. Most estimates state that

Kevin Milligan

kevinmilligan

Paul Romer is a Nobel-winning economist. He advocates for moving toward a regime of wide-scale testing.We don't have the capacity to do this *today*.He argues we could have the capacity

Lyman Stone 石來民 🦬🦬🦬

lymanstoneky

One problem with the "demand suppressed by the pandemic" story is that no prior pandemics created even close to this degree of suppressed demand, and none of the economic papers

The Hamilton Project

hamiltonproj

.@RyanDNunn, @janamkparsons, and @JayCShambaugh released a new analysis on one of the most important pieces of economic policy support since the onset of #COVID19 in the U.S.— the rapid expansion

alyssa

alysh__

22 weeks since the first stimulus 1200 / by 5mo = $240 a month1200 / by est. 22wks = est. $55 a week+ IF someone is on unemployment as well

Alix Gould-Werth

alixgouldwerth

Lately, there’s been a lot of speculation about what's happening with low-wage workers who are benefiting from the $600 boost in weekly unemployment benefits. I’d like to introduce you to

Stevie McFly

steviexmcfly

Since the unemployment expansion is expiring, my job has permanently closed, and nobody in my industry is hiring (especially for positions at my level), I'm gonna need help making ends