#Economic

Tom Elliott

tomselliott

While decrying “alternate facts," @JoeNBC falsely claims “every study” shows hydroxychloroquine “doesn’t work” against Covid NYU’s Grossman school of Medicine study found patients given hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin

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LexxAstar

Apparently I don’t need much encouragement to do things. @MrCrystalMighty Trans kids: I was a desister. Threading this thing. Family background: parents together (still are), lower middle class sort

Fabio Martinenghi

FabItMart

Australian Education Policy note #auspol [thread]https://fabitmart.github.io/files/edu_note1.pdfThe Commonwealth government is considering a reform that includes dramatic increases in the price ("student contribution") of getting

Cory Doctorow #BLM

doctorow

Accountancy is more likely to be mocked than celebrated (or condemned), but accountants, far more than poets, are the unacknowledged legislators of the world. 1/ Though "bean counters" are employed

Gernot Wagner

GernotWagner

SCC nerd alert: Stern & Stiglitz are out with a new take that's bound to make some waves.The upshot: It's a cogent critique of 'traditional' approaches.But: their 'recommendation' is an

Frank van Lerven

Frank_vanlerven

This maybe gets said a lot (to different degrees somewhat erroneously) by post-Keynesians...The neoclassical synthesis? Sorry, doesn't really have a leg to stand on and demonstrates a complete disregard for

Dipesh Gopal

DipeshGopal

1a/THREAD on why #BlackLivesMatter This week I presented to my GP practice about this topic covering:Socio-economic/health differencesGenetics/Race scienceHistory @DavidOlusoga Being anti-racist/education@jhalakprize :https://www.youtube.c

Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg

TheRaDR

COVID-19 was an adaptive challenge & we did not have adaptive leadership, and that is (part of) why so many more people are dying than had to, why places that

Abir Ballan 😊

abirballan

Lockdowns vs Focused Protection.If NPIs and lockdowns had no effect on the epidemic curve or on mortality, will Focused Protection strategies have an effect on reducing mortality among the vulnerable

Amy 🦓

skepticalzebra

THREAD: The litmus test for policy should not be how much it advantages the most well off, but how much it disadvantages the vulnerable. Before covid, we cared about the

Tripti Lahiri

triptilahiri

If you’ve ever wondered how it is that Hong Kong managed to occupy the mindspace of so many people and governments around the world, including yours, then read our new

Anil

anilsaidso

To appreciate Bitcoin's potential you must first understand why societies converge on a single form of money.No essay argues this more convincingly than ‘Bitcoin Obsoletes All Other Money’ by @parkeralewis"All

Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions

mynamesnotgordy

Stuff I learnt on the Twitter this week.1. Missouri couple aims guns at protestors. Say they got guns out after hearing report of 30 to 50 feral hogs roaming their

Arwyn

Anianegwr

Just to answer some points in this article:1. When Boris Johnson visited Scotland he was as welcome as a fart in a lift. 2. Prior to his becoming Prime Minister,

Miguel Hernán

_MiguelHernan

1/Look at the shape of these curves. New York and Madrid had similar epidemics until they spectacularly diverged.In March, both cities were caught by surprise and shut down because of

Stephen Barlow

SteB777

1) It's kind of Steve Baker MP and the CRG to out themselves as those responsible for the current COVID death toll in the UK and the length of the

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