#Economy

Scandinavian countries are well-known for their broad social safety net and their public funding of services such as universal #healthcare, higher #education, parental leave, and child and elderly care. So
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As @AndrewSparrow at the @guardian points out, Johnson led Vote Leave and then wrote the following in the Telegraph after the referendum result. Line by line analysis of the key
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Some COVID predictions.1. I think we will see something approaching @balajis’s “Green Zones” in well-resourced, demarcated urban areas like Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Seattle even without border restrictions.Boston and
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A bit of insomnia. Might as well do a thread on MMT. The difficulty with this expansionary monetary theory, is that the pool of country's that can borrow in their
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A Sunday evening thread on the early twentieth century British debate on free trade vs tariffs and why it might be relevant to the Brexit debate.You can stretch supposed economic
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a thread of the most outrageous upgrades on pimp my ride: nothing screams romance like some speakers, a rose, giant candles, oh and a chocolate foundation. would not
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NEW: We've released a report highlighting the severe lack of bike parking in NYC, and ideas to make this option more available + secure across the 5 boroughs.Use #BikeParkingNYC to
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.@EU_Taxud launched today 1st round of feedback on future 'digital levy'/#tax. Stakeholders have until 11 February to give feedback. Actual proposal is planned for Q2 2021 (June) & public consultation
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The Obama administration inherited a vast economic crisis. They responded with Quantitative Easing, pumping trillions into the finance sector to rescue the banks that had knowingly gambled on bad mortgages,
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1...Sometimes it’s good to shuffle through political legacy and juxtapose related comments from our dear leaders:1. Jason Kenney (premier)2. Jason Luan (associate minister of mental health and addictions)...2 2...@jkenney:”If all
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Like everyone else I have been reading about COVID daily for what feels like years already.One of the best pieces I read that I don't think got enough attention was
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Remember the financial crisis of 2008 and how it disproportionately hurt Black communities? It's definitely because none of the economists @federalreserve represented those communities at any level of leadership within
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The repeated collapses of American cities is a very interesting topicI think of it as Jefferson's curseHe said"If Americans ever cluster in cities like they Europeans so, they'll become just
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Secession is a good option for bringing socialism to the US, a thread. 1/12 Secession is when one part of a country leaves to form its own country. This can
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Hill I am willing to die on:While Empire at War is a) better looking due to graphics and b) allowed for controlling ground combat, it is in every other way
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LIVE: @jrf_uk UK Poverty 2020: Report and Findings webinar, discussing poverty levels pre-, and changes during, the pandemic, and how we can avoid another decade of deprivation. Even before the
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