#Unemployment

Sachin Tyagi

truthin_tyagi

In praise of idleness.https://www.newstatesman.com/2020/08/why-bertrand-russells-argument-idleness-more-relevant-ever This reminded me of one of the famous burnout in the history of philosophy - that of John Stuart Mill, who, at the age of

AWARE Singapore

awarenews

Please give to our Vulnerable Women's Fund. COVID-19 underscores the already stark inequalities experienced by women in unemployment, housing, caregiving, domestic violence and more. Help AWARE continue (and expand) its

Paul Krugman

paulkrugman

30 million workers have had their financial lifeline cut off, and talks are stalled. But this isn't because "Congress" is dysfunctional; it's because *Republicans* are wedded to nonsense economics 1/

Ben Riley-Smith

benrileysmith

If Trump wins next month there will be a slew of ‘the signs were there all along’ pieces. So perhaps it’s worth considering what those signs would be.... (quick thread)

Drew Black

thedrewblack73

I've been thinking about our response here in Australia to Covid 19. I believe we were absolutely correct to start with social isolation & the forms of quarantine we have

Mike Wasylik

MikeWas

Mortgage in the US are having a tough 2020. What does this mean? What should we expect in the coming months?https://twitter.com/the_real_fly/status/1275049180008976384 The 8% figure is based on a release by

Seth Cotlar

SethCotlar

A not insignificant part of my identity is wrapped up in being a Billy Joel hater (in an appropriately Gen X, ironic way of course). A college friend just recorded

Koshiek Karan

iamkoshiek

It's almost like interest rates never go uphttps://twitter.com/yema_lu/status/1265549493229010951 If a DJ who is being paid by a property development company tells you to buy a house, do you really think

MetaMick

metamick14

Just finished reading "When Money Dies" by Adam Ferguson, and thought I'd share a tweet summary of it.TL;DR: "Inflation is a form of expropriation of some classes of society during

Ingrid M

iMusing

so the federal Liberals have finished crafting how the federal budget will be used to launch Liberal Party campaigning. Once more, they are fabricating opposition policy, lying about headline economic

DQ

DavidQuang

1/ There’s a lot of noise about how our economy will recover like a V-shape. That is true but less than half of the times. What will actually happen is

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KivanBay

It's just really hard to feel like things are ever going to go back to normal when the fascist president is testing his powers by sending border patrol agents who

SLS Law & Policy Lab

SLSPolicyLab

Live tweeting from @NLCitySolutions Summit on Equitable Responses to #Evictions in era of #COVID19. National League of Cities making a real difference helping cities mitigate evictions - follow @SLSPolicyLab to

Old Man River

iwriteasiwrite

Trends in other countries (WITH MASS TESTING) show slowing at around the three week mark. Anecdotally, I guess we can assume the same. But, we can't.Because. Testing.(We sort of have

Rocky Dunes

rockydunes1

Dear Ireland, you just made me leave my mum, the only family I have left, at home in France because of your stupid Mandatory Hotel Quarantine. She had a mini-stroke

Jostein Hauge

haugejostein

Is automation stealing manufacturing jobs?My paper, together with Christian Parschau, on the impact of automation on employment / job displacement has just been published in Geoforum.You can read and download