#Economist

Saifedean.com

saifedean

Can someone please ask this moron who exactly "designed" money to lose 2%/year, why & when? In reality, this was not designed. Govts went off gold to finance WWI. After

Hon. Richard Onyonka

Hon_Onyonka

WHO'S GRACE WAKHUNGU? I thought you should know.Grace Wakhungu is:• Daughter to the famous Anglican clergy, Canon Jeremiah Awori, the first Anglican Church of Kenya Canon,• Sister to Moody Awori:

Sunny Hundal

sunny_hundal

Just thinking out loud here. There's no way I can see the US coming out of a recession quickly. The whole thing is a shit show.https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/04/09/66-million-americans-filed-unemployed-last-week-bringing-pandemic-to

peach :p

princesspeachxp

the begining:ok WHAT are fruit gushers made of?? wtf howwh what is the out side parthow? is it paper>> did a bit of googling:THEYRE MADE OUT OF COMPOSITION ??????/ WHAT

Massimo Famularo

MassimoFamularo

Covid19: L’economia divisa tra Vincitori e PerdentiA thread https://massimofamularo.wordpress.com/2020/10/12/covid19-leconomia-divisa-tra-vincitori-e-perdenti/ Lo Special Report dell'Economist (https://www.economist.com/leaders/2020/

Robert H Frank

econnaturalist

Economic Naturalist Question # 24. Why might economists engage in excessive formalism?#EconTwitter In an earlier thread, I explored why introductory economics courses appear to leave little lasting imprint on the

G. Elliott Morris

gelliottmorris

I will offer an olive branch. There is a lot of value in incorporating context and prior judgment or "subjectivity" in statistical models (that's why being Bayesian is so great!).

Chris Armstrong

ckarmstrong

Some people actually think a shift to #MMT will bring about a great economic restructuring to the public's benefit, by freeing it from self-imposed austerity and better distributing wealth by

Christopher Lamb

ctrlamb

#PopeFrancis has revealed that that, during the #AmazonSynod, the debate over married priests became too polarised - it is for this reason that he didn’t go forward with the proposal/1https://www.thetablet.co.uk/news/13334/pope-reveals-wh

Milo M.

Ex67T20

https://www.justice.gov/archives/jm/criminal-resource-manual-1743-perjury-overview-18-usc-1621-and-1623-violationsBecause 18 USC 1621, “Perjury,” is still a thing, the topic of today’s thread is the nomination of Diana Furchtgott-Roth

Faisal Islam

faisalislam

Coming up on #BBCNewsSix & #BBCNewsTen what keeping wheels of industry turning during a global pandemic looks like - a socially distanced production line at UK bike manufacturer Brompton..As BBC

Brèves de presse

Brevesdepresse

FLASH - Loi "sécurité globale", droit de manifester, usage excessif de la force... : Amnesty International estime que la #France est engagée dans une voie " extrêmement nocive" pour les

gospodin_rey

gospodin_rey

At ages 11-12, I had a fucking insane amazing teacher who made us read and discuss Animal FarmMy class for two years was full of Absolute GeniusesWe were constantly red

Sergio Caltagirone

cnoanalysis

A thread on bad analysis. When #ThreatIntel analysts want to show off their Foreign Policy and Economist subscription status after reading the Russian foreign policy Wikipedia page /n #threatintelligence #cybersecurity

Avik Roy

Avik

So yesterday, I spoke at a roundtable hosted by the Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs committee, at which I talked about how we can reopen the economy even if

Amir Sufi

profsufi

I finished the excellent "Trade Wars are Class Wars" by @M_C_Klein and @michaelxpettis a couple of weeks ago. It is a fantastic book, a must-read especially for my academic economist