#ECON

Apoorv Ashutosh

apoorvashutosh

People on my college WA arguing about comparing Modi and Hitler and someone said Modi is elected. Nobody points out Hitler was too. There's ram mandir and mosque and what

Voltrader_公理😂iscool

readtw271

#newricardogameDo what you are good at, don’t care abt whatever other say, b/c there isn’t world order anymore. 2 gain the most;Europe 2 lose the most; 2 b largely

Stephen Punwasi

StephenPunwasi

Want to know how money laundering priced you out of a home? One thing I hear often is launderers aren’t buying enough homes to influence prices. Not true. It only

Charlie Anderson

EconCharlie

THREAD: As an economic staffer in Congress, I’m worried we’re about to watch a slow-motion train wreck.More than 80,000 Americans are dead.Unemployment is at Great Depression levels.Yet, Congress appears prepared

Asha Rangappa

AshaRangappa_

THREAD. Great, question, @JoyAnnReid! I had the same question. And for an answer, I *highly* recommend "Let Them Eat Tweets," by @Jacob_S_Hacker and Paul Pierson, which gives a clear, if

Phil Mattingly

Phil_Mattingly

for an institution that hasn’t exactly covered itself in glory in recent years, the inability of Congress to reach a covid relief agreement stands out as a particularly colossal failure

Curt (Libertarian)

checkmatestate

Thread on the economics of the Post officeIn this thread I will:1. Explain how mainstream economists justify government programs2. Explain why they are wrong3. Explain how this applies to the

Wendi C. Thomas

wendi_c_thomas

When we don't ask the right questions, we celebrate the wrong things. In today's episode of "Disaggregate the Data!" we look at the latest minority/women business spending data per @EcoGrowthEngineShelby

Iacobus Novus

IacobusNovus

So I've been thinking about @Vermeullarmine's opening essay about Harlan's Lochner dissent and other decisions concerning based on the common good for @iusetiustitium for the last week.http://iusetiustitium.com/2020/06/17/common

Tony Pipa

anthonypipa

Excited about new report w/Natalie Geismar: We believe a thriving #rural America is possible & central to America’s future. So we took a close look @ effectiveness of federal rural

Trinh

Trinhnomics

George Orwell said:“Statistics were just as much a fantasy in their original version as in as in their rectified version.”and"He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls

vitalik.eth

VitalikButerin

Yesterday I talked about the benefits of total decentralization. Today I'll talk about the benefits of deliberately engineered *bounded* centralization.Thread: The best argument in favor of any centralization is often

Ashley Bachelder

ae_bachelder

Starting a job search process so this is a self indulgent thread! Skip if u want! TL/DR: I've moved btwn organizing & academic worlds for 10 yrs. Am trained in

Simon DeDeo

SimonDeDeo

On what you can’t say. (A thread!) There’s no social world that doesn’t have things you can’t say. The same is true for those directed towards intellectual pursuits (academia, but

Michelle Ko

michelleko2d

Dear med schools, *now with references*!1. Have you asked the Black communities how best to support their children to become the health professionals at your medical center? Pre-meds in high

Lucas Kitzmüller

ktzmllr

Current debates on automation and income inequality miss two points:1. Redistribution is not enough – we can & should also directly improve market incomes2. Workers adjusting to new technologies is