#Governments

Brad Setser

Brad_Setser

Despite the Trump Administration's spin, China is no where near living up to its phase one commitmentshttps://www.wsj.com/articles/senior-u-s-chinese-officials-say-they-are-committed-to-phase-one-trade-deal-11598322056 As Chad Bown note

Sir David King

Sir_David_King

1/ Some people are questioning why it matters that an advisor attend SAGE? Indeed, in my time in govt non-scientific civil servants regularly attended similar meetings in a non-participatory or

Brynn Tannehill

BrynnTannehill

I can't turn my brain off, even at night or asleep. It's always asking: what's next. Last night, in the early morning it was doing the same thing, and I

Jeff (BPredict)

BPredict

This data is a good reminder that people aren't locked inside because they were ordered to by the government, but rather that the government ordered lockdowns because people were already

Africa Updates

africaupdates

#Kiswahili is Africa's best shot at a continent wide language. Kiswahili's main speaking Countries (Kenya & Tanzania) should strengthen the language and make it more African. Borrowed words should be

Cazuela con chuchoca

AstrayAsACat

I understand my fellows from USA fell a lot more empowered by this victory, and I've even seen talking about "Freeing the country from a dictatorship"You did not. That was

Gus

GusHosein

With Google and Apple entering the fray this week, here’s our latest on contact tracing apps: contact tracing is important, and designing crisis-era tech needs extraordinary constraints.https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/3792/covi

Paul Doroshenko, Q.C.

PaulDoroshenko

So 2-3% death rate was based on the stats out of China which were probably all a lie. But that’s where we stand in BC. In Italy and Spain its

Richard Chu

richard_chu97

With an aging population and higher healthcare costs than ever, the system needs to become more efficientTelemedicine only solves part of the problem. Physicians are still going to be spending

James M. Craven

JamesMichaelCr6

FOR ALL TWITTER-LI-FB INDIANS HANGING AROUND THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY FORT: Perhaps you could ask your newly-found selectively, safely, caring, sensitive, compassionate, erudite, civil, refined, liberal-Democrat candidate friends, if they could

Giles Wilkes

Gilesyb

In policy terms I'm pretty negative, really prone to pointing out stupid or unoriginal ideas But most ideas *are* bad. I guess it's like trying to pick a good apple

Dr. Phil Metzger

DrPhiltill

I estimated it would take 40 years at $7 billion per year to create a fully closed supply chain off-Earth ("closed" = it can replicate its factories w/o anything launched

Ed Miliband

Ed_Miliband

(THREAD) It is worth explaining why I think government has made the wrong call on CBILs. It is falling into the trap of thinking the danger at the end of

Victoria Bruce 🌹

VictoriaLBruce

When do you remember becoming politically conscious and what was it that happened to make you so? I have a few: 10 years old -in my friend’s dad’s Cadillac on

DAVID KIANA M.🇰🇪🇹🇿

Davi_kiana

Shocker!! African woman reveals European secrets on Africa Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 The foreign policy of western nations in Africa is to reduce the

Kelly Hills

rocza

I'm really unimpressed with this paper. It relies on non-peer reviewed data, it appears to misinterpret what it means for a virus to be airborne, and appears to ignore a