#Unemployment

thread: It feels like less than the least they could do, but Spotify has added a tip button to artists’ pages to help them with lost revenue due to COVID-19.
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The Council of State is meeting this morning. It just started, and everyone is there. #ncpol Folks, put your phone on mute. State Treasurer Folwell is talking about his experience
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While this year has been a doozy, billionaires are making bank: Between January 1, 2020 and April 10, 2020, 34 of the nation’s wealthiest 170 billionaires saw their wealth increase
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1: work work work, two seemingly beloved jobs, 60+ hours a week, work fucking work, no time for overthinking no time for anxiety no time for grief no time for
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Morning, fellow Social Distancers. Back with another daily thread of virus news you need to stay safe and healthy at home. These we present free as a public service. Soc
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The last few years have seen renewed interest in hysteresis - the idea that shifts in demand can have persistent effects on GDP, well beyond the period of the "shock"
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I don't think there's a bigger story right now than this: As the U.S. economy collapsed, Congress passed a $2 trillion stimulus. Trump signed it into law and touts its
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There are times when an anticipated scenario is profoundly shocking, even when it says broadly what I would have expected. The @OBR_UK commentary on the economic impact of #Covid19 crisis
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Explaining what I meant when I called the "homeless yt ppl" tweet queerphobic and ableist. And by the term "race reductionism." ThreadLet's say there's this trans girl. At age 18,
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Saw this today and had to share it. Our experience of life is dictated by the perspective we choose. For a small amount of perspective at this moment, imagine you
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1/ I did some thinking/introspective about this affliction overnight. I'm trying to "back trace" and "root cause" this introspectively in order to ameliorate it.https://twitter.com/rdodev/status/1246560725126037506 2/ Powerles
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It is a great question about what lawmakers can do re: COVID. For me it has been an interesting first hand look at executive power in a time of public
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Very happy to joint ⁦@wsbgnl⁩ in arguing for the continuation of increased & expanded UI in ⁦@theprospect⁩. This brings up a core issue on which my views have “evolved”: do
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Racist violence and police murder are inherent to capitalism. It will be around until we get rid of capitalism.Knowing this is also key to finding short term ways that we
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To my Jewish brothers & sisters in #Georgia. There is heinous misinformation being peddled by a desperate #KellyLoeffler in the Senate race. She is smearing Reverend #Warnock as being anti
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In 2008 City Lodge did a BBBEE deal to sell 15% of its equity to a consortium including Vuwa a company set up by former NDPP Bulelani Ngcuka, spouse of
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