#Economic

Richard Florida

Richard_Florida

1.A couple of things I have come to learn from being old enough to have lived through several crises and having studies many others ... 2. The first is that

Per Bylund

PerBylund

There is severe confusion about the meaning of #economicgrowth. Many seem to mistakenly think that it has to do with #GDP or producing stuff. It does not. Economic growth means

Abubakar Suleiman

suleimana

You will never hear anyone say ‘my neighbors are better parents so I will send my children over’. Never.I have the same attitude to food, to education & to health.

John B

johnb78

We have a well accepted value range of the spending required to save a life when evaluating public safety infrastructure projects, which is about $2-5m. It's noticeable that the Downer

Austan Goolsbee

Austan_Goolsbee

A thread on new work Syverson and I just released looking in depth at the impact shutdown orders (and repeals). Short version: they don't do much. Of the 60% drop

Carl Quintanilla

carlquintanilla

JPMorgan has a devastating piece arguing that infection rates have declined — not increased — in states where lockdowns have ended, “even after allowing for an appropriate measurement lag.” (Kolonavic)(1/x)

Dom Walsh

DomWalsh13

Argh. Can we not do the 'new FTAs vs Brexit GDP comparisons'. Of course new FTAs aren't going to make up for leaving the single market in GDP terms. They

Alinda Merrie Jan

alindaMjan

A thread on why cutting down MPLADS fund is going to be disastrous for the economy. Apart from the issues related to centralised control of funds, there are major economic

Corey Hogan

coreyhogan

Happy Labour Day everybody! Here’s some things to think about while you enjoy this day off in celebration of unions (a short thread). Unionization is good for income equality.https://www.epi.org/publication/as-union-membership-has-fallen-

Garic Moran

GaricMoran

I began to forecast inflation last Summer when the FED began the Great Monetary Expansion. I pointed out that Volcker ended the 1970's inflation by targeting money supply; therefore, the

Robb Smith

RobbSmith

1/ Opposing co-ops is the most destructive & insidious myth of modern economic life: The Exit. Our most powerful god, The Exit promises freedom from the masses & from economic

Ed Conway

EdConwaySky

It’s official. Not only is the UK now formally in recession. It’s the deepest recession in UK history. The deepest of any G7 economy. The deepest since the invention of

Charlotte Bence (join your union!)

EquityLPNP

Don’t have access here so don’t know who’s being quoted but this attitude is really unhelpful. If it is going to be ‘impossible to make a living’ then it’s not

Zaid Jilani

ZaidJilani

It demonstrates that she sees the world as race vs race, which is why she never reports on let's say, economic or political struggles in the city of Atlanta, where

Johnny Ryan

johnnyryan

Key points in our @ICCLtweet submission to the Oireachtas (Irish Parliament) Justice Committee. https://www.iccl.ie/digital-data/economic-reputational-risk-of-the-dpcs-failure-to-uphold-eu-data-rights/Despite asserting its lead role in 196

Urvi 💧🧼👏🏽

theurv

I signed onto a letter endorsing Warren for VP because when I think about the future of this country no one else had the depths of plans to tackle systemic