#Economic

Heidi Shierholz

hshierholz

This morning DOL released some of the first economic data of the Biden presidency—last week's initial unemployment insurance claims (okay, *half* of last week was in the Biden presidency). What

Michael Pettis

michaelxpettis

1/7I don't have all the data yet, but I think I am a bit more skeptical about the "big spending" story than many others are. Total consumption at major retailers

Amanda B-S

AmandaWorking

I want to share two really nice things that just happened. I'm part of a small 10-person group working on a #wkdev tool.Folks who created the initial "user profile" for

Wendy Edelberg

WendyEdelberg

.@lsheiner and I estimate that under $1.9 T package, the + output gap relative to CBO’s potential peaks at 2.6%. As we write, many of the economic effects of the

Marcella Bombardieri

MLBombard

NEW from me: Last summer, I visited one of the newest community colleges in America, looking for insight on how to improve rural college attainment. I found a parable for

Monstrous

moyosmrn

Lagbaja’s Súúru Lérè video pulls from a rich tradition of Nigerian political satire to tell us the history of Nigerian democracy In 1979 Alhaji Shehu Shagari and his comically tall

Bloomberg Opinion

bopinion

A lot of things were going right in Indonesia and the Philippines before Covid-19 arrived:Relatively robust economiesWell-regarded policy makersThe benefit of young, educated populationsUnfortunately, things are going downhill, and fasthttp

Post-Liberal Pete 🇬🇧

post_liberal

Nobody's ever taught you how to live out on the streetAnd now you're gonna have to get used to itYou say you never compromiseWith the mystery tramp, but now you

cobras for alligators scheme machine

golikehellmachi

one thing that's just absolutely batshit, bananas, bonkers insane is that trump has never met a single debt in his entire miserable life that he wasn't ready to write off,

Nancy H.

NancyH20628799

1/11 Red areas show class 1 soils, the best in Canada. Sprawl is eating it up. @cffont says 175 acres per day is lost to urban development and aggregate extraction.

Slough for Europe 🇪🇺🎪

SloughForEU

I've been thinking a bit more Ankit this topic since writing the thread earlier in the week.The steering point for 1920s UK was the double shock of WW1 & the

Nick Meidanis

NickMeidanis

Democrats like @SenatorLorettaW introduce a bill that says the Murphy Administration needs to be more transparent amid the #coronavirus crisis. @News12NJ http://newjersey.news12.com/story/42424847/democrats-join-republicans-in-calling-on-go

Post-Liberal Pete 🇬🇧

post_liberal

The public are sympathetic to anyone coming to this country in search of a better life but they will not be brow-beaten by moral entrepreneurs utilising emotional blackmail to

Todd Bannon

pakalamazoo

1/ am done listening to all the excuses for white people who continue to support white supremacists. The answer is easy. It’s not “economic anxiety.” It’s not “perceived wrongs.” White

Afrah Nasser

Afrahnasser

It’s brutal what’s happening against civilians in Yemen. I don’t know how much more suffering civilians can tolerate. Life is already hell in Yemen. The designation would have disastrous ramification

Marcus H. Johnson

marcushjohnson

Up at 3 am reading Google Scholar on why people are attracted to conspiracy theories. Some broad themes, people are attracted to conspiracies when:1. They feel powerless or hopeless2. Feel

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