#Economic

Aaron Paquette

Ward4Aaron

Real talk:Municipally we have the least amount of money & provide the greatest amount of services.We’re the front line of govt but have to cajole finances from ideologically driven levels

Paul Krugman

paulkrugman

OK, so we're apparently getting more or less a UK-EU free trade area for goods, although service trade will de facto face new protective barriers 1/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/24/business/Brexit-deal-british-pound.html?action=click&

Jeevun Sandher

JeevunSandher

Just presented research with @dminnes for @jrf_uk on the coming wave of COVID-19 mass unemployment and how to stop itFirst Q: Which jobs are most likely to be lost in

Dan Rutherford

rutherdan

In an end of a terrible year news dump, this morning EPA released its final aircraft CO2 standard. Some reflections, based upon over a decade of research @TheICCT (1/x)https://www.epa.gov/regulations-emissions-vehicles-and-engines/control-a

O₿iWan

ObiWanKenoBit

0/Debt drives our world. It permeates every financial interaction, sits at the heart of an entire global economy. It feeds on itself, on us & consumes without producing. We sit

Larry Levitt

larry_levitt

The Trump administration just filed a brief with the Supreme Court calling for the ACA to be overturned. The president has not proposed a replacement plan. Trying to repeal the

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency

Refugees

UN High Commissioner for Refugees @FilippoGrandi is in #Beirut today, as we ramp up support following the devastating blast a fortnight ago.https://bit.ly/2E4cFzV The four day visit by @FilippoGrandi intends

Rona

FickleSarky

There IS an emotional element to it though because for my entire life and many, many years prior, we've been told how crap we are, how we can't survive on

Nick🇬🇧🇪🇺

nicktolhurst

Whisper it quietly but I’m beginning to see (some) positives in the No deal scenario for.......Europe.German media seems increasingly resigned to it - and there’s a reason for this -

Abir Ballan 😊

abirballan

The corrupt Lebanese government put the country in lockdown to flatten the “revolution”. As a result of the worsening economic situation, many healthcare workers were laid off and now the

Ian Shepherd

IanAShepherd

Lots of discussion today about business rates reform. Building on some great exchanges on here over the years, some thoughts follow. Firstly, the exam question is how to raise the

Sandro Galea

sandrogalea

Thread: The pandemic may not have been the deadliest in history, but it may well be among the most unequal. Our experience of #COVID19 has been deeply shaped by privilege

Melissa Green

ProfCritic

I appreciate the whole process of giving, beginning with the contemplation of values and identifying organizations that support those values. This year the need is so great everywhere. For every

PeterGelderloos

PeterGelderloos

Bullsh*t that happens when you criticize scientists.A thread.There is no system of oppression in the world today that functions w/out the complicity of scientists. Scientific institutions are a crucial part

Dr. Safa Mote

SafaMote

Thread on "Masks, Einstein, Interdisciplinary Science, and defeating #COVID."In 1905, which @AlbertEinstein called his "miracle year", he published four important papers. One of them was on "Brownian Motion":ht

Sugar Grizzly

sugargrizzly

[THREAD] Soybean futures, Solidere shares and the #FourthTurning: Lebanon’s crisis from a historical and demographic perspective 1. In #Lebanon these days, it’s easy to get lost in the minutae of

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