#Economy

Christopher Federico

ChrisPolPsych

To rant more, folks should not underestimate how much this elite-consensus mentality has damaged the legitimacy of liberal democracy since 2008 -- and even before. (1/n)https://twitter.com/ChrisPolPsych/status/1343939237255778316 Elites of

Tara Cookson

tpcookson

@UN_Women's Research & Data team is asking: Is this time (#covid-19 crisis) different? @Jayati1609 says yes, and so the usual (capitalist) remedies won't work. What's needed? public investment in the

Josh - Data Analyst in Nashville

ifihadastick

Thought Exercise:Imagine a scenario where a Religious leader was suddenly given executive authority over the medical communities codes of ethics, methods of treatment, and had carte blanche authority to impose

Scott Irwin

ScottIrwinUI

1. 172. That is the number that I could not stop thinking about last night. How in the world could the US average corn yield be that low? First off,

Henry Farrell

henryfarrell

1. (thread) https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-banks-usa-sanctions/chinese-banks-urged-to-switch-away-from-swift-as-u-s-sanctions-loom-idUSKCN24U0SN This story talks about a report suggesting that China should move away from the SWIFT

Dana Goldstein

DanaGoldstein

1. Teachers are organizing into a national movement to demand schools stay closed until strict safety measures are in place or the virus is under control. They say they do

Ricky Ponting 2006

Chinmay_2001

Thread on eminent people supporting farm laws:Dr. Gita Gopinath, Chief Economist at IMF says "Farm bills are in right direction"https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/farm-labour-bills-are-steps-in-right-directio

The Jobbing Leftie Historian

JobbingLeftieH

GDP, covid, lockdown: why the UK economy was always likely to be hit harder than most other European countries. A thread UK household expenditure has fallen further than other major

Kendra Shaw

kendrainmontana

I live in a state with a massively aging population—in the largest city in MT about 40% of our population will retire within 8 years; we DO NOT have the

Josh Cadorette

joshcadorette

Why @FrancisSuarez, the Mayor of Miami, has dominated your Twitter feed.A thread The pandemic sparked a mass exodus from traditional tech & finance hubs.Most notably were the well-documented memes

Robin Wigglesworth

RobinWigg

“We’ve created a caste system for credit. It’s significant, because its basis is entirely a function of size, not quality.” Our big read on how is better to be a

#JusticeForEishiaHudson

acabforbooty

Before pointing fingers at our neighbours, I am asking for just a *tiny* sliver of sociological analysis from our officials to explain why covid rates are so bad in a

Nikkita Oliver

NikkitaOliver

The Uncle Ike’s protest last night presents us with a microcosm of a much larger issue when it comes to racialized capitalism in the United States on Turtle Island. From

Jason Furman

jasonfurman

Historically rules/institutional frameworks for monetary and fiscal policy were motivated by the concern that politicians were BIASED towards too much deficit increase, inflation, living for the moment, etc. Certainly some

Jasmine D. Parker, Ph.D.

DrJasmineParker

Hi, interdisciplinary social scientist here. I see a LOT of convo around #CancelStudentDebt, and I want to help frame this concept. Not only is canceling student debt good for the

Vipin Narang

NarangVipin

1/Despite a lot of headlines about how India will be driven to “pick the US” because of the ongoing India-China crisis, here are some reasons I think little will actually

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