#Economic

Gregg Gonsalves

gregggonsalves

So, I don't think some appreciate how many of us--whether we were LGBTQ people, people of color, women--saw @realDonaldTrump as an existential threat to our lives. 1/ Whether he was

Patrick Wyman

Patrick_Wyman

If that's the worst you could imagine, guy, you weren't thinking hard enough. This is the whole problem: our political system is run by people whose range of possible responses,

Michael McFaul

McFaul

Doing some research today about American development aid and stumbled on this article in @ForeignAffairs from 1995 about U.S. assistance to Russia, which I had not seen in decades. THREAD

David Rothkopf

djrothkopf

Testing, testing & testing. Social distancing. Providing healthcare workers & institutions with the resources they need. Providing free access to healthcare to all & health coverage for those who've lost

Return on Capital

CapitalTalk2

Going to play a little Devil’s Advocate.I really hate macro explanations for high multiples like low interest rates. But there might be a business case for structurally higher multiples...Not sure

Fidato

tequieremos

For geographical and economic reasons, accession to Pakistan was the best option for Jammu and Kashmir in 1947. A brief thread!1. Almost all of J&K’s major geographical, communication and economic

Josh Hammer

josh_hammer

THREAD:The theme today on the Sunday talk shows seems to be, “Will Trump listen to the medical experts by May 1?”Reality check: We don’t elect public officials to listen only

Gary Suwannarat

goldngems

America, wake up and be sensible about “opening up the country.” Mistakes can be incredibly costly, in lives lost, in hospital care and in setbacks in facing down the coronavirus.

unseen1

unseen1_unseen

The unemployment numbers today are a great example of how the fake media operates. If you read the headlines it's "bad news" "Growth slows" "less than expected" blah blah blah.....In

Sri Thiruvadanthai

teasri

A thread about David Engerman's book, The Price of Aid. Lots of archival details and interesting history on how the Cold War competition played out in aid politics in India

Chris Kenyon

BoxbikeLondon

Note to council comms teams:- Add people walking ... it’s about healthy streets not bikes- Drop the grass - It’s about streets not parks- Add panniers & baskets - it

Miguel Carrión

Europeripheral

The Eurogroup are masters of the press release. The output of yesterday's meeting has 23 points, the first 3 of which are "whereases", the next 8 stuff already done, often

StarMarx Glimmer

SunsetStalin

Ok, I’ll explain why I completely changed my view on Stalin and the Soviet Union.First, how did the Soviet Union “transited” from state-capitalism to “socialism”?https://twitter.com/SunsetStalin/status/1302084706054348800 In which

Jared Yates Sexton

JYSexton

Every argument for reopening boils down to this: “Sure, it’s wildly dangerous, we’re not even remotely prepared for it, and thousands of Americans will die agonizing, needless deaths, but what

Justice for Muzzamil Zaidi

freemuzzamil

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof...” The First Amendment clearly states that the people of America have freedom of religion,

Faisal Islam

faisalislam

Recession confirmed by ONS - no surprise. But the sheer extent of this negative number - 20.4% in second quarter is still extraordinary.Mostly driven by what happened in April where