#GLOBAL

J.

PresentWitness_

FedCoin will replace USD which will be backed by a basket of CorporateCoins, but until then we will print money into assets to meet the embedded growth obligation, use UBI

Mark Copelovitch

mcopelov

Yes, as creations of states, IOs are inherently political. But sweeping generalizations like this are inaccurate & unhelpful. We know a lot from a vast literature in political science about

Deep Pal 潘仁光

DeepPal_

Great thread. For all trying to make sense of the all that's being said about India, China, and the LAC, here are pointers on what information to seek out, and

Mona Eltahawy

monaeltahawy

That’s one of the reasons I launched FEMINIST GIANT Newsletter: to highlight global feminist resistance to patriarchal fuckery. Interns complie roundups Monday-Friday. This is Friday’s roundup by Samiha Hossain https://feministgiant.sub

Mark Lutter

MarkLutter

I hope this sentiment is right, but I don't think it is. Covid is the defining event of this generation, whose impact will be felt long after. 1/https://twitter.com/ArthurB/status/1246417495155712000 Half the

Atif Mian

AtifRMian

How important is global capital for growth in developing countries?Not as much as it is traditionally hyped in theory and practiceThe reason? Global capital is a double-edged sword. Its promise

Barrister's Horse

BarristersHorse

THREADPPE. SAME PROBLEM, DIFFERENT LOCATION1. I had an email from my cousin in Canada today. She's a business advisor for the Ontario Investment Office (local government). Here's what she says

Jeremy Farrar

JeremyFarrar

COVID19 Vaccine Early Results @JennerInstitute @AstraZeneca @CEPIvaccines @UKRI_News One crucial step & v encouraging builds on incredible global research effort. To see promising results from several candidates in mths is

Matthew Green

matthew_d_green

Ok, so at the risk of adding more politics to everyone’s timelines: the Trump administration has appointed a new director to the US Agency for Global Media, which runs Voice

Natalie Buske Thomas

buske_natalie

Yes, it is.It is many things- this is one component. The ideology isn't the same for all who are pushing this, but some ARE indeed doing it for the fetish,

Christopher J. Herna

ProfCJHernandez

Are you worried about government waste? Some years ago the @NSF gave a ~$300,000 grant to a UC Berkeley professor to study how bacteria get sick. Does that sound wasteful

Kungfu Pande 2.0

pb3060

Thread on AppraisalsCorona Virus Submitted its ‘Annual Performance Self - Appraisal’ for 2020, for promotion:1. Responsible for Global Digital Transformation and fast-tracking.2. Reduction of Global CO2 emission.3. Five million jobs

julia alexander

loudmouthjulia

Global box office revenue in 2019: $42.5 billion. By studio: Disney — $13.2B WB — $4.4BUNI — $3.7B Those studios alone: $21.3 billion. 50 percent of global box office revenue.

Alisha Holland

ProfTortuga

Excited to have been part of this collaboration to think about #HowWeReopen and adapt the TTSI framework to a global context with @divyasiddart, @belindaarch, @fannan2316, Rohini Somanathan, and @jccardenas1965.https://ethics.harvard.edu/global-pande

Mary Annaïse Heglar

MaryHeglar

You ever sit back and dream about how the headlines would read in a sane world that took the IPCC report seriously? “United Nations calls emergency summit to double the

Robin Monotti

robinmonotti

PARIS" "Liberté! Liberté! Liberté" PARIS: Protests against the new Orwellian "Global Security Law" which criminalizes the public for filming or photographing police FRANCE: Those disseminating the videos of polic