#Wages

Michael Pettis

michaelxpettis

1/8Those of us concerned about the cost to the US economy of unbalanced trade have to distinguish between imports driven by differences in manufacturing productivity and imports driven by lower

ScotGov Childcare

ELCScotGov

Important thread for #TeamELC Payments for funded ELC hours will continue for the duration of closures. We see these payments as a vital part of safeguarding our childcare sector for

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namakpaara_

Just reading this made me feel so uncomfortable. There's no allowance made for frontline workers who menstruate not now and not even during normal timeshttps://www.youthkiawaaz.com/2020/05/frontline-workers-explain-whats-it-like-to-blee

Rory Smith

RorySmith

There’ll be lots of business reasons for this, as there were for Spurs/Newcastle etc. Clubs pay into the exchequer. Clubs aren’t massive businesses by most measures. Clubs have seen revenues

Jeff Booth

JeffBooth

1) When the Fed and every other policy maker says they want inflation...What they are really saying is that they want "real" wages to go down. Repeated all over the

New American Economy

NewAmericanEcon

THREAD: Today, President Trump announced an Executive Order expanding his immigration ban to include even more immigrants, including in industries like tech, manufacturing, seafood and hospitality. Let us tell you,

Professor Jeremiah Honkleberg

AllPassingThing

10 easy savings that Ireland can make to avoid recession and improve the lives of its citizens1) Scrap RTEAlmost €200m a year is given in taxpayer funding to the government's

All Possums Go to Heaven

AndyinDC1

Do you ever see this chart? People are fond of whipping this out to show how AWESOME capitalism is by totally WRECKING POVERTY. It seems hard to argue with it!

Ashley Scoby

AshleyScoby

There has been a lot of hand-wringing lately about the declining birthrate in the U.S., & I have a spicy take ready for you all. I read & listen to

The Acting Income Podcast

ActingIncome

One way of looking at #SAGAFTRA's $318M contract with the AMPTP is as "record-breaking," as the union puts it.But when you see the wage increases are only 2.5% (conditionally 3%

César A. Hidalgo

cesifoti

In this new working paper we find evidence that gender differences in wages are lower for knowledge intense industries & occupations, and that this effect can be explained by competition

John Brown stan account

JBrownStanAcct

Take from an econ grad student: the simple supply and demand argument against minimum wages and rent control that you learned in Econ 101 are laughably bad. The reason: there's

Mary 😷😭🌶🖤

MHPoison1

It's a beautiful day to honor the women of the labor movement who risked destitution & starvation to improve working conditions in the garment industry (My mother worked in a

Emily F. Peters

EmilyFPeters

How much did you spend on healthcare this year? Our family insurance premium is $1,439/month, plus a $7,120 bill I just received for having my appendix out in March. So,

Nicole Kaeding

NKaeding

I've spent a lot of today thinking about UI, workers in "essential industries," and the CARES Act. As is usual, I'm not happy with much of what I'm seeing out

When is the General Strike

SoulRevision

We, unfortunately, are going to hear more stories of parents dropping off covid+ kids at daycare because they have to work. But we really need to talk about why this