#ECON

Jeremy PLEASE WEAR MASKS! Konyndyk

JeremyKonyndyk

Some good points here but also a lot of straw men. Contra these claims, I have not seen many credible public health folks:- Treating the IHME model as gospel (many

Amy Kapczynski

akapczynski

1/5 NYT describes the intense global scientific collaboration happening in response to COVID. In fact, it's not really new - a key backbone for it is a WHO virus sharing

Jens Nordvig

jnordvig

I have written a few books, quite a few op-eds...and I have written and edited a CRAZY amount of research reports. Hence, the debate about 'writing tips' by @NateSilver538 and

Beatrice Cherrier

Undercoverhist

1/ In the wake of the NYT article on Robinson, I got emails asking how to feminize history of econ reads & teaching. I didn’t find any online reference list

Kim Weeden

WeedenKim

Some thoughts on this @BrankoMilan piece from the perspective of a sociologist whose work is economics adjacent. (I study income inequality & its sources, include rents; gender inequality in wages;

Sharique Hasan

shariqueorg

Thanks, @orgrem, for including me in the #TweetABlackEconomistsPaper thread. I'd like to talk about the work of three Black scholars that help us understand the many challenging economic issues facing

Tim Pitt

TimPitt11

Given speculation since the summer of the Tories looking at radical tax cuts - HRT to 80k; IHT abolition; slashing corp tax; abolishing stamp duty to £500k - final tax

Antoine de Cabanes

AdeCabanes

The European Central Bank is facing pressure from civil society to act on climate change. The pressure intensifies since the new President of #ECB, Christine #Lagarde, called for a review

Osman Siddiqi

OsmSiddiqi

Story: Several applicants from #Nairobi for a job I'm hiring for knew more in econometrics than me (not that I'm a maestro), a former TA at HKS, our textbook (judging

Mark Sleboda

MarkSleboda1

This whole #coronavirus situation might make more sense to people once they understand that nearly every govt in the worlds' policy right now is NOT based on preventing spread of

Dr. Trevon D Logan

TrevonDLogan

A brief thread on the power of counting featuring my work with John Parman and @drlisadcook Black names have a history. A deep history that is totally at odds with

Henry Farrell

henryfarrell

1. 4 days ago, a new article by @ANewman_forward and I on supply chains post coronavirus came out in Summer 2020 @ForeignPolicy , with recommendations for a new administration https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/07/04/this-is-what-the-future-of-

💉💉 Dr. Trey is Vaccinated

Comparativist

Forcing myself look at intl COVID metrics every week or so. I usually don’t look at deaths, but... this isn’t what I was expecting. Look for the Philippines. All of

Rebecca McDonald

R_McDonald_

New paper out from @r_earwaker and I on (1) why keeping the £20 uplift in UC is good economics, and (2) why social security should be recognised more as an

Rick Bruner

rickbruner

Trivia question for Advertising Twitter. Prize is a copy of Central Control's 100+ page "Best Practices Guide to Advertising Incrementality": https://www.centralcontrol.com/best-practices-for-advertising-incrementality-guide-w

Seth

excellent__s

Reacting to short-term changes in the stock market is one of the dumbest things Left Twitter does & shows a startingly callow understanding of basic econ. The market is capricious