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Brad Wilcox
WilcoxNMP
Whoa. This interview ww/ Nobel-Prize Winning @heckmanequation pulls no punches about the importance of family for the health of the American Dream: https://medium.com/@ArchbridgeInst/nobel-prize-winning-economist-dr-5550da1df5c3 "Families—far mo
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Paul Krugman
paulkrugman
I wonder how many people are ready for just how bad the next six weeks plus are going to be. This is going to be the most dangerous election since
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Colin J. Carlson, Ph.D.
wormmaps
If you're wondering how you remove the scientific evidence base from a policy discussion, and turn it into narrative, here's a nice template in just four sentences from today's Economist
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Alex Dukalskis
AlexDukalskis
I know we're all supposed to assume that "wolf warrior" diplomacy is just about domestic political signalling, but what if being pugilistic with "the west" is also meant to help
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Brad Setser
Brad_Setser
I sort enjoy being outflanked from the left by the FT --I have bowed to (US) political reality, and only advocated for a $500b SDR allocation. The FT wants
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G. Elliott Morris
gelliottmorris
Trump can afford to lose 36 electoral votes from his 2016 total and still hold on to the White House. But Biden currently leads in polls of all 6 of
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Mother to a taniwha 💙
mellopuffy
These were words; written in an article; by an ‘experimental economist’; and published YESTERDAY. What fucking rock is this dude living under right now? This is the article. May infuriate.https://www.newsroom.co.nz/ideasroom/2020/04/08/1119994/a-diff
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David Rennie 任大伟
DSORennie
China's vow to end extreme poverty in 2020 involves stunning numbers: billions of $ spent, millions moved from rural homes. But don't miss what it really is: a political campaign
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Simon Rabinovitch
S_Rabinovitch
A long read this week on how Xi is remaking China's economy. Conventional wisdom is that he's reverting to a statist model at the private sector's expense: a sure-fire recipe
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Doctora Malka Older
m_older
Population is power, borders are arbitrary, and citizenship is an invented category with invented rules that can change at any time. #Infomocracy #Microdemocracy https://twitter.com/BBCWorld/status/1319575809632292864 Imagine if US followed
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Marshall Steinbaum 🔥
Econ_Marshall
I’ve been pondering the idea that “no economist” thinks there’s a tradeoff between pandemic control and economic health, in light of the fact that everyone else evidently thinks there is
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Alexandre Afonso
alexandreafonso
A thread about how the coronavirus seems to disproportionately affect certain ethnic groups/minorities in different countries. In Sweden, a disproportionate share of the first Covid deaths were among the Swedish-Somali
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Prof. Olney 🏳️🌈
MarthaOlney
One econ idea that I think needs boosting in public discourse: externalities. [1] Of *course* the USPS doesn't pay for itself. It shouldn't. It should be subsidized by the public
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Benjamin Tincq 🌍
btincq
This piece by @JasonBordoff @ColumbiaUEnergy is so fascinating and counter-intuitive. Petrostates might emerge as winners of #ClimateAction , because their vast reserves of CHEAP oil & gas mean they will
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Claudia Sahm
Claudia_Sahm
/ thread with openings for economist outside academia ... THREE super positions at @ClevelandFed 1) Macro: JOE ID Number: 2020-02_111465379https://www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing.php?JOE_ID=2020-02_111465379&q=eNplkFFqw0AMRK9i9jsFY-iPD1Ao9A6
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Simon Rabinovitch
S_Rabinovitch
A look at China's digital yuan, in which I argue that on the spectrum from grand monetary revolution to big nothing-burger, it's a lot closer to the latter.There are three
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