#Economic

Shaun Lawson

shaunjlawson

THREAD: The big picture.This has been a dark year, at the end of the darkest four years many of us have ever known in Western politics. It's not just been

Heather Boushey

HBoushey

Amidst the upheaval & grief, I wanted to make sure we shine some light on a perhaps behind-the-scenes econ policy debate so here's a quick thread on “return-to-work” bonuses. WH,

Alex Zielinski

alex_zee

I'm tuning in to Portland City Council's hearing on proposed amendments to the Fall "Budget Monitoring Process" or "Fall BuMP"—an opportunity to adjust the annual budget approved in June. The

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ibnErnest

It's a normal that pandemics both accelerate the decline of empires and devalue currencies. But it's interesting to consider if a bank panic resulting in the insolvency of the financial

James Wilson

jamewils

Heart-rending visuals of masses of migrants walking desperately to their villages hundreds of kilometres away after the sudden lockdown were not enough to move the government to unleash a more

Dan Santos

DanSantos8

An alleged illegal COVID-19 clinic in Fontana raided, 2 Chinese arrested, incl a pharmacist.•Fontana says Shidaikeji is the new owner;•2 Chinese released without charges;•490 Chinese, Shidaikeji employees;•Clinic is for "own

Sebastian Seung

SebastianSeung

"We use TraceTogether to supplement contact tracing — not replace it." Great essay by @jasonbay, a pioneer of bluetooth smartphone app for contact tracing before Apple/Google h/t @kevinpurcell 1/https://blog.gds-gov.tech/automated-contact-t

Ernesto Priego

ernestopriego

It's good no one warned there would be a need for this if restrictions were eased as soon as they were: BBC News - Coronavirus: Leicester lockdown tightened as cases

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boriquagato

PROFESSOR GATO, back yet again (working from home) with the latest cut at the question of "does lockdown and social distancing create better COV outcomes?"the answer from this latest data

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Ellahbie

Since the very comfortable Blue Checks are out in force blaming marginalized people for Biden’s continuing drop in the polls, let’s, once & for all, put to rest this notion

Carlos Osweda

COsweda

Thread@NolteNC is funny.This rhetoric is right up there with the crazed purple prose of the Democrats.I'm sure the @realDonaldTrump is as happy as I am that this election is 2016

Malcolm Clark

TwisterFilm

What level of death can we live with? A thread on an uncomfortable question that needs answered in the coming weeks. It's posed in a remarkable interview in Der Spiegel's

Shailja Patel

shailjapatel

How many people did he infect? Are they also in critical condition?https://twitter.com/BillNeelyNBC/status/1247241130720350210 "I shook hands with everybody," - Boris Johnsonhttps://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2020/mar/27/i-shook-hands-

Priscilla ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Priscillas_View

Thread: @realDonaldTrump admin/Task Force actions time line: #COVID19 Dec. 31: China reports the discovery of the coronavirus to the World Health Organization.Jan l. 6: The Centers for Disease Control and

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bortaqala

Never ever forget the war crimes committed by the U.S military in Iraq. Imagine what went on undocumented.... they raped, murdered, tortured, abused, stole, destroyed, terrorised innocent Iraqis. They’re not

Paul Poast

ProfPaulPoast

Happy (belated) 75th Birthday @UN (#UN75)!Actually, a correction: the United Nations is 78 years old...and it's birthday was not this past Saturday (Oct 24)[THREAD] To be clear: the "United Nations"