#Unemployment

Resolution Foundation

resfoundation

@lauracgardiner kicks off our presentation by showing how our £225bn social security system has grown over time - from 4% of GDP after the second world war to 10% today,

Venkatesh Rao

vgr

I think I’m failing to understand something basic. What exactly is the endgame with this social distancing strategy? Doesn’t flattening the curve just mean moving the spike to later when

Who's Gonna Be Lucky Indicted #2? - Brian Cates

drawandstrike

Did you know the fed. gov't knows how to determine the citizenship status of **ANYBODY** who's receiving federal assistance? In any form? Of any any kind? Food stamps. Housing. Unemployment.

Fightfortruth

Fightfortruth10

Ok does everyone see what's going on here? There are a few things happening... let's review:1. The deep state and #FAKEMEDIA (but I repeat myself) are putting Trump(and in reality

L. Douglas Wilder

GovernorWilder

We are currently in an economic depression; I was born into one (1931). I think I know what the ravages of scarcity are, having lived through this national disaster. There

Polly Monster 🎃

polly

NEWWithout a federal directive or enforcement of what industries are "essential," American workers say they are forced to work jobs that aren't necessary in a pandemic.@MelinAnders and I investigate: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/featu

𝕄𝕚𝕤𝕤 𝔸𝕞𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕔𝕒𝕟𝕒

countmytime

Black Swifties, since it’s Juneteenth Eve and we have to put up with clownery, post your Venmo or any cash app you use in this in this threadwhite Swifties, step

Justin Wolfers

JustinWolfers

My latest @nytimes column: Official economic statistics understate total output during a pandemic. Shifting from producing stuff to producing health is productive, but we don't charge for saving our neighbors

Lisa Genaille

tornadodoc

March 28th, 2020 9:47 am:“I really struggled to get out of bed today - but I did - Had to begin work on papers for sending out. After finally getting

Brad Lander

bradlander

Spent some time reading about "what comes next."Short story: We're not close to ready. We're not prepared for how long, how invasive, how economically catastrophic it will be. And we

Wwingmann🇺🇸

wwingmann

1) How did we get here? Don't know who needs to hear this but here goes...#CovidHoax #CoronaVirusHOAX #Plandemic #ObamaGate #IndictObama #DeepStateCabal #JusticeIsComing #WWG1WGA #MAGA #QAnon 2) First, they said "15

zain

zainpunjwani

As an immigrant to Canada, the chapter on immigration in "Good Economics for Hard Times" fascinated me. Here is what I learned The fraction of migrants in the world population

usermod -aG wheel,adhd,blm alex

ACcurrently

A thread: An #economic perspective on bread based on little more than theory, personal observation, a total lack of real data, a several cups of tipsy nonsense.https://twitter.com/Jesse_Hirsch/status/1247179304154345473 People are being

Dan Salt

danieljohnsalt

Please ignore the media who are shouting about the -20% contraction. This was fully expected due to the shape of the British economy. Also we also turned off the economy

amaani

amaanim_

What your university says about you: LONDON EDITION UCL: You’re either an international student coming in with full designer drip, or a posh kid who thinks Central London is ‘ends’.

Kaylee A. Tornay

ka_tornay

I am not sure if reading my @BreneBrown book brought this on, but I suddenly have some thoughts I want to share.I don't know if I've ever appreciated the specific