#Economy

Adam H. Johnson

adamjohnsonNYC

The Pelosi Ice Cream thing wasn’t, of course, about ice cream, and it wasn’t full blown Marie Antoinette but it captured the tonal aloofness of dem leadership & a key

Paul Krugman

paulkrugman

As I've been saying, the CARES Act did a lot to alleviate the economic hit from Covid-19. 1/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/31/business/economy/coronavirus-rent-landlords-tenants.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Hom

Michael Pettis

michaelxpettis

1/7This article makes an important systemic point about the unsustainable relationship between debt and growth in China: “As China moves to tackle excessive borrowing in the real estate sector, it

EdAsante

EdAsante77

Biden would do it all over again: Lockdowns punish the economy. Months into the Covid-19 pandemic, evidence points to ways to slow the spread of the coronavirus at much lower

David Gerard 🐍👑 🌷

davidgerard

Finance thread!i keep being taken for a raving SJW commie when i talk liberalism 101.so let's liberal liberally for a bit. 1/10 the one trend that stands out for me

Margaret P Houston

HoustonMargaret

Okay, here's some clarity: the government failed to act. When they did, it was under duress and they didn't really want to do it. Now they're sick of the emergency

Rohan Venkat

RohanV

"SVAMITVA is a new government project that primarily aims to demarcate abadi areas (that includes inhabitant land, inhabited areas contiguous to abadi and wadis/basties in rural areas) using drone surveying

Leonidas ♕

Pumulani_

Boris only said you’re allowed to drive places go for picnics & unlimited exercises etc so that you have to spend more on petrol, diesel, snacks etc to contribute to

RRoach

PoiDogGrowls

1/5 @JoeBiden,@michaelmina_lab,@DrTomFrieden,@KimberlyAmadeo,@laurenlbauer,et al,@IgorDerysh Igor Derysh published an excellent article on the cost of American health care at http://Solon.com . Please read. It concerns every induvial l

(((Frances 'Seriously Unwell' Coppola))) 🌷🌷🌷

Frances_Coppola

So the anti-lockdown brigade are claiming:1) that the lockdown makes no difference to death rates 2) that social distancing without lockdown doesn't affect the economy3) that the only epidemiologists who

Bedivere Bedrydant

bedivere_knight

Putin caught flak for saying the fall of the Soviet Union was the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the 20th century, as if he meant that Russia should go back to

Michael Li 李之樸

mcpli

This is a stunning stat. In Taiwan and South Korea, where the COVID crisis was many times better managed, the unemployment rate is 3.7% and 4.0% respectively.https://twitter.com/kaitlancollins/status/1260562891817746434 Worth adding this:

Jeet Heer

HeerJeet

1. Some pundits have been puzzled by the fact Republicans are already embracing austerity, an odd choice before an election when they should be trying to juice up the economy.

maria♡ | tpwk

sqftstyles

the crisis in lebanon and how to helpa thread; what's the crisis is lebanon?currently, $100 gives you 900,000 lebanese liras. if you worked in lebanon last year and made 4.5

Ragnar Lifthrasir 🏴 🏛️

Ragnarly

Sorry bitcoin economists, this is looking like deflation, not inflation.https://twitter.com/markets/status/1266348603574038530 For years bitcoiners were predicting hyperinflation & USD dropping in value if the Fed printed a lot of money

Destroyer of Bad Takes Hulk

_Credible_Hulk

One of the most impactful classes I took in college was Russian Economic Transition with Dr. Richard Ericson. Dr. Ericson must be one of the foremost experts on the Soviet