#Economist

Chaparrita

willab86

My senior year, I missed 37 days of school and was suspended multiple times for cutting class or leaving campus to get Wendy’s. High school was a miserable time because

Kinley Salmon

kcsalmon

"Even the simplest information is often unavailable. In #Tanzania only about 1 in 8 births is registered; in #Niger only about 3% of deaths are"Me on how scarce #data in

Werise

We_Have_Risen

Daily dose of WTF...How are those “Models” performing?Not Leo DiCaprio Models but the virus? Incredible to watch how many insta-experts that we are so blessed to have waiting in the

Will Wilkinson 🌐

willwilkinson

This is a good piece. But I find myself increasingly hostile to the economist's way of thinking in this context precisely because it refuses to admit trade-offs between incommensurable values.https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-04-02/

Esha K

eshaLegal

Corporate Death Penalty: The idea that after certain atrocities, a corporation no longer can exist. It's assets need to be nationalized and executives jailed and their assets seized. I'm going

Seth Miller

WandrMe

The @IATA #COVID19 briefing for 14 April 2020 is now kicking off. Three weeks ago IATA had estimates of $252bn in revenue dip. Turns out that the worldwide flights operating

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

It’s not just death from #COVID19, it’s also the long term suffering of #LongCovid. Don’t let COVID deniers / minimizers try to tell you otherwise. The human suffering toll is

Economic Policy Institute

EconomicPolicy

March’s huge job loss numbers rival the worst months of the Great Recession, and these numbers do not include millions who filed unemployment claims toward the end of March. This

Mike Dunn

bymichaeldunn

Since this guy has checked in early for this week's "Give Yer Fckin Head A Shake, Bud" title belt, I thought I'd see what his recent public thoughts on Canada's

Nathan J Robinson

NathanJRobinson

One reason I am highly dubious about Marxism is that the pitch for it always sounds a lot like the pitch for joining a church.https://twitter.com/babadookspinoza/status/1272934769622466562 We cannot say why you

The Truth Hurts 🇺🇸🙏🎚

truthhurts_the

Thread"Top Ten" Covid updates of the weekAll in one handy threadEnjoy, RT and follow!#CovidTopTen 1-Science says kids should be at school in person. Politicians say too much "risk".But kids are

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

The percentage of Americans struggling with hunger dropped 40%—now at its lowest level since #COVID19 pandemic began, suggesting the recent flood in aid from Congress and @JoeBiden WH is making

Erin Cassese

ErinCassese

Advice for Picking a Lady VP Candidate (based loosely on political science research)Pick a woman who has never disagreed with you; disagreeable women are unlikeable, and we’re going to need

Genom Alfredo 🇵🇭

AlfredoGenom

VP Robredo, attached are the following: National Action Plan against COVID-19, of which we're already in Phase 2NTF-COVID19 daily sitreps which can be found in NDRRMC sitePRRD admin's 4 pillar

Jill Filipovic

JillFilipovic

Just saw a book review on @ArcDigi co-authored by "a philosopher who prefers to remain anonymous." Seriously? What possible justification is there for publishing that anonymously? It's cowardly, unaccountable, unprofessional,

Jesse Gavin

JesseGavin1

As a lot of you know, I'm a big fan of the TV show 'The West Wing.' It was actually one of the first shows back on the air after