#Policy

Dean Baker

DeanBaker13

Some quick thoughts on a wealth tax and Section 230 (thread) Many progressives have recently become enamored with the idea of a wealth tax. There has not been anywhere near

Noah Smith 🐇

Noahpinion

1/OK, so let's talk about America's COVID relief spending.https://noahpinion.substack.com/p/the-us-government-gave-out-way-more 2/A lot of people are Very Pissed Off about the fact that the new relief bill sends out $600 checks. The

Bill McBride

calculatedrisk

People are confusing a bounce back with "recovery". As we've learned more about the pandemic, we've opened up parts of the economy (like outdoor dining). 1/ The hardest

European Central Bank

ecb

(THREAD) Technological innovation opens up opportunities and risks, says Executive Board member Fabio Panetta at the @Bundesbank's conference “Future of Payments in Europe“. Our strategy is to empower Europeans with

Ammar Kazmi 🇵🇸

AmmarKazmi_

Thread: my view of the Uyghur Muslim situation in China. What I say won’t fully please anyone.I say all of this sincerely as a Muslim, as an anti-imperialist, and as

David Roberts

drvolts

Strongly endorse everything in this @OsitaNwanevu piece. One of the key mistakes I see among Dems, both online & in the real world, is thinking that people believe right-wing nonsense

MerrionStreet.ie #StaySafe #HoldFirm

merrionstreet

1/7ESRI Report on Impact of COVID on Children/Young PeopleToday sees the publication of a report on the Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic for Policy in Relation to Children and Young

Justin Schack

JustinRBLT

Seeing a lot of talk today, following news of NYSE/Nasdaq litigation to stop SEC's SIP Infrastructure plan, about how adding odd lots to the SIPs would benefit investors. Let's not

Seth Cotlar

SethCotlar

How weird that a party that has repeatedly told its supporters that Democrats are not “real Americans” and that they and the reality-based press are “enemies of the people” would

Carlos Osweda

COsweda

THREAD@nytimes predicts a @realDonaldTrump landslide victory!They just don't know they predicted it.These are two articles from 1972, when Nixon won 49 states.First article:https://www.nytimes.com/1972/08/06/archives/how-nixon-will-win-

Sizwe sikaMusi

SizweLo

In 1910, a man named Charles Davenport created a registry called the Eugenics Office which would be used to register the genetic background of every single man, woman and child

Mike 'READINESS means actual readiness' Black

MikeBlack114

Since someone decided to make to make NDO the main character of twitter earlier this afternoon, here's a quick thread on why what they said wasn't quite so outlandish and

James Lingford

JamesLingford

So this economist who views paying undergrad RAs enough to eat as a burden also wrote a paper on how drug addicts should have fewer safety nets so that when

Tricia Flanagan (R-NJ) For U.S. Senate

NewDayForNJ

Powell Report is released & provides basis for both the full nullification of the 2020 election results & 12th Amendment Constitutional trigger for #January6th #SCOTUS precedence demands that fraud vitiates

Social Market Foundation

SMFthinktank

Starting soon...our latest Ask the Expert in partnership with @UKRI_News, discussing #COVID19 and the gendered economic impact of the pandemic. Follow along to this LIVE THREAD here #SMFask SMF Director

Michael S. Taylor

mtaylor_nz

Does Concentrating Solar Power #CSP have a cost problem?The global weighted avg. LCOE fell by half 2010-19, & auction/PPA prices suggest new projects in the USD 7-10 ct/kWh range. That's

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