#Wage

THREAD:America is not a Democracy. America is a Plutocracy. Disclaimer: This topic is complicated. If you are half asleep, come back to read it later. Plutocracy = Oligarchy, where the
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I think a lot about how the Woke ideology is definitely deeply rooted in Marxian (not Marxist -- this is important) thought and yet is so overwhelmingly obviously super next-level
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With apologies for the length of this tweet stream.When economists talk about elasticity is typically with respect to supply and demand and how both change based on price. I think
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In our paper, @LHSummers and I argue that the *decline in worker power* is behind many of the major trends that have shaped the American economy in recent decades [1/N](WP
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The relationship between the SNP and Amazon deserves further investigation. A link up between Police Scotland and Amazon Alexa just one dubious connection... 1/7 In September, the SNP handed over
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Republicans want to extend additional unemployment benefits but cut them substantially: to about $200/week for the typical worker, down from $600/week for all workers right now.More on the plan and
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Today, @unisontheunion is launching 'Care After Covid: A Vision for Social Care' which sets out how the fragmented, crisis-riven care sector could be transformed into a national care system. 'Care
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No one told the companies in the UK that already trade with the EU using FREE FRICTIONLESS TRADE, that they will now be expected to pay a FORTUNE for new
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Add one more debacle to the 2020 list: the Social Security COVID cut. What's it all about? Let's get into it Your initial Social Security benefit is calculated using
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This pandemic is spiraling out of control, and while it seems comfortable to blame it on specific people, we have to call it what it is--perhaps the biggest failure of
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London commercial property collapsing as companies realise staff can work from home. Tech was always going to make this happen but Covid has pushed it forward.Companies save on rent. Staff
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The battle is not ours but the Lord’s. He will take his own time, but he will certainly achieve victory for his church. Truth and righteousness will through grace climb
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some of the ofcrs here (Thompson, Swift) have been w/ the program since the start & have gone above & beyond for youth. but what folks are asking is why
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Thread – Excerpt from a 30 Jan Ross Rant1. These following is an excerpt from a recent “Ross Rant.” Joel Ross publishes these periodic reports that provide commentary on the
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The Eels annual report was released last week and has some really interesting numbers in it - this thread will share some highlights (@EelsTCT has a whole interview on it
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ICCL's @liamherrick earlier spoke to Morning Ireland about cutting both the pandemic payment and social welfare payments to recipients going on holiday to countries not on the green list. https://www.rte.ie/radio/radioplayer/html5/#/rad
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