#Sector

Conor Witt

ckwitt3

Lower underwriting standards --> rising charge offs from store-brand CC's. Companies like Affirm are on the right side of this trend.http://on.wsj.com/2z1X9PN "In October, the payments made to the five point-of-sale

Summer Jaeger

SummrWrites

It was all of 30 days ago we were told that millions of Americans had an imminent death sentence due to covid19&I’m happy that that wasn’t true. We have cause

Synaps

SynapsNetwork

THREAD Lebanon has continually warned of a looming covid crisis over the past six months, while doing very little to shore up its capacity to manage one. The reason is

foone

Foone

Ever wonder how superfloppy drives like the zip drive and LS-120 (shown here) are able to stuff so much data in the same form factor as a 1.44mb disk?Here's inside

Harriet Kariuki

harrietkariuki_

While #Jumia, Africa's largest e-commerce operator, is shutting down its operations in Cameroon and Tanzania, Kenya's e-commerce startup #Copia has raised $26 million in a Series B equity round to

George Siemens

gsiemens

What is the longer-term impact of Covid-19 on higher education? Three possible scenarios, obviously shaped by the duration and re-emergence of the virus: 1/11 Scenario 1 (least likely): Return to

The Hoarse Whisperer

TheRealHoarse

The price of oil is cratering.On the futures exchange, the price of oil for May delivery has fallen to $8!That is unimaginably low. Insanely low. Historically low.1/https://twitter.com/thestalwart/status/1252277424986914818 Oil is traded

Laurie Garrett

Laurie_Garrett

Jaw-drop. The @WhiteHouse plans to move the entire #COVID19 #pandemic response into the @StateDept , putting #DeborahBirx in charge, and creating a pseudo-#WHO alternative. It's to be dubbed the President's

Illiberal Democrat

Me_Predictor

Ratio of "credit to private sector" to "public debt", useful metric to track at a cross country level? thought process: Money is created through two means => credit to pvt

Rick Rockwell

rickrockwell

As the first wave of the #pandemic in some parts of the U.S. starts to wane, inevitably the #education sector is turning its thoughts to fall. The President of Brown

SEGA L'éveilleur®🚨

segalink

I will rather die in battle on my feet than on my knees under slavery. I grew up leading my peers, learning, unlearning to relearn and sharing knowledge via visible

Burnside

BurnsideNotTosh

There is absolutely no way Scotland could afford independence. It overspends by 10% a year, its banks will be bust (again), no one would lend to it and it would

Michael Clemens

m_clem

Does gender equality, beyond its inherent value, cause economic growth?This is hard to study in cross-country data, but here is a new and smart approach.A short thread on a new

Nandini Tandon

NANDlNl

A thread on APMCs that brought “licence raj” in the agricultural sector and the three “controversial” bills introduced in the parliament that are all set to end this monopoly-1/ What

Scott Wortley

Scott_Wortley

I agree with this thread, and just want to reiterate one thing about certain prominent tweeters (given further prominence through the press and broadcast media) attacking drafting.https://twitter.com/ProfChalmers/status/1306167613345726464

Steve 'Doc' Baty

docbaty

A Budget on the scale we saw announced las night could have launched a revolution in Australia. A fundamental shift away from an emissions-based way of life to one that