#Economy

A fact-check of Simon Thornley's appearance on @NZQandA yesterday. Thornley begins by citing the "Ioannidis study" showing a #Covid19 death rate "only marginally higher than the standard flu viruses". I
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I start by acknowledging the horrific human cost of the Corvid-19 pandemic & the dedication of our underfunded, under resourced healthcare services. My paper today is about digital tech &
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I don't like tourism, I never liked it, I don't even know how to explain it in a language that is not mine, maybe with a story, yes! A story
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Today DHS unveiled a regulatory plan to severely restrict international students & exchange visitors, by making it difficult for them to stay in the US for their full duration of
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Israeli startup Landscape Maps (Updated April 2021)A thread https://www.vccafe.com/2021/04/26/israeli-startup-landscape-maps-updated-april-2021/ Readers of VC Cafe know that I collect and curate Israeli startup landscape maps. You can fin
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For the next 99 days leading up to the election, @LawsonForIN and I will be discussing our vision for the future of Indiana and what we will do as Governor
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THREADHat tip @JackPosobiecThis is what I figured. He was a scumbag wannabe, not a soldier.https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8694119/Army-says-antifa-Portland-protester-never-served-military.html You ask why press is as screwed as th
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Ever since I began writing in Urdu script on here it is like slipping into another world. ایک ایسی اور دنیا جدھر لوگوں کے مزاج بھی اور، مزاق بھی اور،
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A lot of people I talk to believe you can’t have a 4-day week and still pay people a full-time salary. I’ve been thinking about this a lot and besides
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THREAD: Want to know why the @APPG_CSE's report on how to '#bustthebusinessmodel' of trafficking in the sex industry is utter bullshit? This thread is for you. 1. "Commercial sexual exploitation,
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#Thread: Nawaz Sharif Deciphered 1. Those in their teens or early 20s who are enjoying their hormonal evolution have 2 ways of looking at Nawaz Sharif. Either
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In most of the world, the lockdown has destroyed small businesses while increasing the profits of Big Tech intermediaries like Amazon, who control access to customers on one side, and
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Some thoughts on what is called the Marxian theory of the state (perhaps incorrectly). I address some implications & interpretations drawn about Marxians and their critics and then briefly discuss
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The call for discounts/refunds on student fees is an ongoing theme, so we thought we’d weigh in a bit. Feel free to respond/attack/hug. We actually think students should get more,
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Pedagogy of CareRethinking care in organisations in times of social and economic crisisParticipatory Action Research, 2018 - 2020 Hi there, @oerconf #OER20 #PoCare! Thank you for the presentation, @villaronrubia!Are you
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1. LYNX. Quiet. Solitary. Tufted. Obscure. We’ll explore in coming weeks what other species lynx could save, but in this thread, we’ll focus on landowners. Some are equivocal, some opposed,
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