#Economic

Synaps

SynapsNetwork

THREAD Since March, the Syrian government has reacted to the covid epidemic primarily through measures designed to hide the problem from view. The result is that—as Syria now buzzes with

Selene thinks you should stay home 🌵🐬

seltbram

I got a message asking me why I am so fixated on followers and boosting people so that they get more followers too. I think it’s worth exploring. Why redistributing

Paul Smith

gustyowindflap0

I see already people are turning on each other, blaming #COVIDIOTS, #londoners , schools and any other number of things for the current mess. When blame lies solely with the

Matt Swartz

MattSwartz723

About half of my work is advising corporate executives on profitability, and my take on the minimum wage thing is that the people doom-tweeting about how the inevitable result will

Scott Terrio

ScottTerrioHMA

THREAD: CERB & CRA – TAX OWINGOK, so CRA has now initiated phase one of its attempts to balance the federal books on the emergency benefits measures from spring &

VT

VusiThembekwayo

Who owns South Africa’s informal economy? This questions seems rhetorical at face value, until you consider the nuance & the detail. Taxis, Spaza shops, funeral parlours & even shebeens &

Michael Pettis

michaelxpettis

1/6November's trade data continues to show just how lopsided China's economic recovery has been, with almost all of the recovery on the supply side, rather than the demand side. With export revenues up 14.9

Rich Villodas

richvillodas

[Thread] I don’t go a day without praying The Our Father. A remarkable prayer for the personal, communal and political realities before us. 1) Our Father in heaven - We

Joyce Karam

Joyce_Karam

In #Lebanon, the airport reopened yesterday after a Covid-19 lockdown, but today cannot land due to electricity outages.Country sinking in massive economic crisis due to lawlessness, corruption and debt:https://twitter.com/davidkenner/stat

Dr. Peter Q. Blair

pqblair

To celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth , I will have a daily tweet on Econ papers that have inspired me. Comment below with your suggestions #Econs4BHM 1/28 First up, Sadie Alexander, who 100

Maya

StickyStats

1. BLOWING UP DEMOCRACY: THE LAST-DITCH ACT OF A DYING POLITICAL PARTYEven if Trump and the @GOP are overwhelmingly voted out in November, what of democracy will remain after they've

Justin Wolfers

JustinWolfers

4.8 million jobs returned in June; we're still 15 million in the hole.Unemployment fell to 11.1%, but after accounting for misclassification, it's probably about 1 percentage point higher. So real

Nate White

Ipitythepoorfo1

Long thread, but bear with me:Our country isn't doing well, is it? What with Covid, Brexit, and so on.We haven't covered ourselves in glory lately.Sorry to be negative - and

Kodama Mama

CaseyExplosion

Hey folks, today lets talk about Cyberpunk, Japan, and the 80's. Have you ever wondered why Cyberpunk as a genre is so steeped with Japanese imagery and references? Well it's

Michael Pettis

michaelxpettis

1/5The fact that China's share of global steel production was an astonishing 57.5% by November of this year shows the extent to which China's growth (generally, but especially in 2020)

Elle M. (they/them)

ellle_em

I meant to sleep last night but then I started plotting an alternate history where Christianity never happened I was like half-awake so my history probably isn't great but part

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