#Economic

#DACA court argument is just now beginning.Presiding judge Hanen begins by explaining why he denies counsel’s request to argue the case remotely and instead had counsel fly into TX from
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Yet another #NoOnProp22 rant... One of my first jobs after graduation was as a messenger. This was before smart phones. The company paid to install a CB radio in my
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We have some new analysis up on volatility, realignment and electoral shocks in the context of Brexit and the last election.Click through for the thread https://www.britishelectionstudy.com/uncategorized/volatility-realignment-electoral-sho
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1/ Covid (@UCSF) Chronicles, Day 237California hit its millionth case today. A milestone like that might seem an odd occasion to highlight the state as a national model for its
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1. ZIMBABWE COVID-19 SITUATION: AVOIDING FALSE COMPARISONS So “... 1% of the people who get COVID-19 survive, so why lock down the whole economy...” has been the argument in these
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BREAKING: @JoeBiden announces an unprecedented review of the impact of U.S. economic sanctions.It will evaluate whether sanctions are "unduly hindering" the Covid-19 response.This is a major step towards sanctions relief
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HOW CAN CBN MAKE NAIRA STRONGAt present, $1 is around N400. Everyone that buys dollar does not like this exchange rate. What can CBN do? A thread.There are about four
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To be clear, Marx's economics were crap, his specific brand of historical materialism was crap, and he was wrong in almost all of his explanations and predictions. (This is why
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Though I am probably preaching to the choir, New Orleans friends, there is a very confusing proposition -- Prop 2 -- on the ballot in Saturday's runoff election. In short,
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THREADDebate around 'grooming gangs' reminds me of the poor quality of debate about UK 'gang violence'.Now I'm NOT saying 'gangs' or 'grooming gangs' don't exist, or that there isn't any
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How did diamonds become the standard for engagement rings and jewelry? The truth is that diamonds aren’t the rarest gemstone in the world. If that’s the case, then why are
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Air Force One just landed in Mankato, #Minnesota. Elton John's 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road' currently playing on the tarmac.https://twitter.com/albamonica/status/1295426511617622017 Remarks to be made in a nearby aircraft hangar
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(THREAD) I recently re-read MLK Jr.'s "The Role of the Behavioral Scientist in the Civil Rights Movement," one of my favorite speeches. Hoping to share a few highlight quotes &
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absolutely hate that the rightists took "freedom" and leftists were like "ok, that's ok, we can just advocate for, like, equality" which is pretty boring imomarx never talked about "equality",
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The trouble really is that our security & policy establishment have never thought strategically about trade, employment, growth & financing of deficits.Nor do our economists understand that, given hegemony, trade
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George Soros, during a speech in January at Dovos, with confidence, said: #ChiefJusticeRoberts is "devising a surprise" John Roberts presided over the Trump impeachment trial, in January 2020.#JohnRobertsISCompromised #JohnRoberts
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