#Economic

anonymousdata

anonymousdata_

Before I tune out for the weekend I'm going to write some indisputable facts. Anyone can verify these at http://fec.gov/data . Parler took in $253,475 in advertising revenue in the 2020

Miftah Ismail

MiftahIsmail

PTI’s two year performance. Growth in national income decreased from 5.8% in 2018 to minus 0.4% in 2020. To make it more concrete, our per capita income has decreased from

Saurabh

sbh_kc

1/Oh god. Ok let me explain again. Yes US farmers were able to sell to private entities, however I only mentioned that because of the tweet I QTed. What I

vijaimantri

vijaimantrimf

Profit from pessimism of others!Large number of investors are awaiting in sidelines expecting markets to fall. They believe that market have run ahead of economic fundamentals and it’s driven by

Christopher Mims

mims

This is the most important thing I’ve ever published, and I’ve been a technology journalist for more than a decade.(thread )https://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-19-is-dividing-the-american-worker-11598068859 People with a high school degr

Andy Verity

andyverity

There's more today on the weirdness of a housing boom in the midst of the worst economic crisis in 300 years, helped by temporary tax breaks that will expire -

Addie

EposVox

Ah yes I love being told that there’s “thoughtful people” out there who supports a man transparently reaching for a dictatorship and doing what he can to strip rights away

Hayden O'Connor

HaydenJOConnor

13% of Australia is below the poverty lineThe poverty line is roughly $450 p/wJobSeeker is $357.85 p/wBefore COVID it was $280 p/wThis is unacceptable for a wealthy country such as

Rick Anderson 🇨🇦

RickAnderson

Some of this is fair comment, @JonathanWNV, but I would offer some constructive points for everyone to consider.1/x #cdnpoli https://twitter.com/jonathanwnv/status/1361024908348841984 As you know, Kyoto wasn’t actually the beginning of th

Scott Burger

burgersb

whoop whoop! thread alert!What will it take for #energystorage to replace fossil fuels?A thread on @FormEnergyInc's recent white paper.Here's a link to a short summary blog (full paper linked at

Philip Turnbull

PhilipTurnbull

OK #ableg #mountainsnotmines #defendabparks I read up on the Ram Coal Corp leases near Nordegg.Another thread on one of many coal companies aiming to set up shop in Alberta, putting

vadakkus

vadakkus

Companies in Technopark and Infopark, Kerala are hiring massively, especially freshers. Unable to find candidates even remotely employable. Had a lot of discussions with HR friends and such, Kerala, Bangalore.

Heidi Shierholz

hshierholz

I am an economist and I am very much not worried about this. 1/https://www.washingtonpost.com/road-to-recovery/2021/02/17/unemployed-workers-retraining/ In the aftermath of any recession, when the unemployment rate is still elevated, *witho

Los Angeles Times

latimes

A Times survey of more than 20 school districts throughout Los Angeles County in the past two weeks, found that districts in wealthier, whiter communities were more likely to be

Gregg Gonsalves

gregggonsalves

So, I've been relatively hopeful about the pandemic over the past few weeks. Yes, vaccination is slow, new variants are worrisome, but we are headed in the right direction. BUT...1/

Justin Wolfers

JustinWolfers

Payrolls in November rose a mere +245k. That's the sort of number you might see in a "normal" month, and definitely not what you're hoping for in the snapback from

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