#Economic

Thousands of union workers are being fired "as we speak" because Biden has killed KXL, Kenney says. Says the new administration didn't even talk to us first... that's not how
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Which brings me back to Nancy Pelosi.Who just rigged it so that Katie Porter will no longer be on the Congressional Finance Committee.https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2021/01/pelosi-removes-katie-porter-bringing-joy-gratitude-to-every-crooke
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Quick review (thread) of diff between a #btc ETF (2 new ones receipted in this wk) and the 4 existing closed-end #bitcoin funds (incl. $GBTC)An ETF is
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THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD, ARTICLE 14, SUBSECTIONS 1 AND 2: A THREADDISCLAIMER: RELIGIOUS PEOPLE AND LEGIT PHILOSOPHERS MAY BE OFFENDED OR OUTRAGED, SO I
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REPEAT:Suicide rates will multiply all over the world. Not because times are hard. Times were HARD during the World Wars and Great Economic recessions and depressions. The society is increasingly
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Some thoughts on vaccines for SARSCOV2.So, trials for the current vaccine candidates would appear to have been designed to detect a reduction in symptoms only, as summarised here:https://www.forbes.com/sites/williamhaseltine/2020/09/23/covi
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So then: Keir Starmer. How's he doing? This thread's gonna be interesting for the ratio it might receive ... or otherwise. Because I think he's doing pretty well, all things
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(1/10) What do we learn about profit shifting from the new country by country data? At least five important lessons! My new paper from Tax Notes (Fed/Intl) is now publicly
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Q: Won't a carbon tax reduce CO2 emissions without hurting our economy?A: No. A carbon tax would raise energy prices, make every American industry less competitive, and offshore our CO2
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My dominant memory of 12 December 2019 happened the next day. I met @shirkerism and others in Edinburgh to commiserate. We gathered at the Democracy Cairn on Calton Hill, which
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Watching men of all races, creeds, and economic backgrounds choose to subsume America to the grotesque criminality and tyranny of Trump necessitates a stern and in-depth reevaluation of how we
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I used to believe innovation could reduce the massive ecological impacts of solar & wind farmsThen I realized that we can't make the sun/wind more energy-dense, or reliableThus, I can
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Oil price crash. What does it mean? Will the Global genie be unleashed?Does the much awaited #USDollarCrash will happen now? It is certainly pointing towards that. Are we prepared? 1/n
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1/ This did not have to be.Over 100,000 Americans currently in hospitals with COVID-19 and over 210,000 new cases today. We are converging on and will soon surpass the 9/11
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I keep questioning this (this morning over the firing of the SDNY's Berman), but seriously for my conservative friends, how the hell do you support what is going on? If
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Some personal thoughts on the phenomenon of Indian SJWism...there of course exists Indian LW SJWism, but there is also Indian RW SJWism. With the former, its most prominent face is
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