#Debt

Paul Krugman

paulkrugman

It seems to me that a lot of the economic discussion of Covid impacts and policy response is still using the wrong metaphors and models. For example, we keep hearing

Peter Kirwan

DrPeteKirwan

Today’s #WhyIStrike is about pensions, and particularly my take on why this action is important for academics (while never forgetting that #UCUstrikes are about all university workers) given the challenges

Alexis Goldstein

alexisgoldstein

Let's talk about bailouts and accountability. During the last financial crisis, I was working at Merrill Lynch. Everyone on Wall Street was really worried the banks were going to be

Matt Miller

Matt__Miller

For all the "PDP is on sale" folks out there, I have seen two $20MM+ PDP transactions -- one in shale, the other conventional -- that have transacted at PDP

Ramona Massachi

RamonaMassachi

Let’s remind everyone how truly fucked we are if Americans do not recognize that Bernie Sanders is the only candidate to vote for. Please add to this list of a

Nitin A. Gokhale

nitingokhale

As the world battles the pandemic unleashed by the Chinese virus, and nations increasingly seek accountability from Xi Jingping, internal unease and murmurs in the CCP is manifesting itself in

Chris, a dungeon in a dragon 🏳️‍🌈

pangalactic

Here's where I stand on the pricing and payment in indie RPGs discourse currently spooling up.Replies are off. You can RT if you want but know that this is very

Shem Horne

Shem_Infinite

Yeah sure thing The Atlantichttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46687909 Very believable story The Atlantichttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWu92Yspe6E It's not like there aren't dozens of these stories or anything.https://www.t

Wavy Clean Ripple

CleanWavy

Does anyone realize the magnitude of the banking crisis that’s coming? Great Depression will be small potatoes. Unemployment rate in double digits is bad as it is. Lenders can’t foreclose,

Walker Bragman

WalkerBragman

This thread is really worth the read.https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1244453409249349632 The US pandemic response — no monthly relief checks; no establishing a national health care system; no meaningful debt cancellation; no rent forgiv

Mike Larson

RealMikeLarson

Some of what @TimDuy says here is solid. But not all. Claim that economy was doing great pre-virus is wrong, and I’ve chronicled reasons for that for 12-24 months leading

Edmund Olotu of the small Bag

pyjama_ceo

Now that Nigeria’s revenues are dwindling if I had the ear of the executive planning committee I’d suggest that 1. all CAPEX should be 80% frozen with most funds directed

Dan Alexander

DanAlexander21

1/ The New York Times #TrumpTaxReturns story is terrific. I had about a million thoughts as I was reading though. I'll be annotating those here, in this thread, for the

George Stocker

gortok

I think what rubs me the wrong way about this survey is how out of touch the wording is. Like the crafters lack a frame of reference for events over

Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II

RevDrBarber

Most people in this country don't hold stocks, are too far in debt or in jobs where they don't have access to a pension fund or something like that to

Talha J. Pirzada

TJPirzada

1/n In order to understand Pakistan’s Energy issue we need to understand the concept of capacity factor, CF. Capacity factor is the amount of actual energy produced by a power