#Bailout

Dan Hedl

danheld

1/ Satoshi’s Vision™ is a silly endeavor, as it doesn’t matter what it was, we are where we are now. However, those pushing the “Bitcoin was first made for payments”

Ryan Reeves

investing_city

Do you know how the Federal Reserve was founded?What if I told you the story involves heavy doses of JP Morgan, an exclusive island, and a secret club?Check out the

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vegix

[IMPORTANT THREAD - PLEASE RT]The bailout of Derek Chauvin appears to be an intentional distraction driven by Trump supporters.Allegheny Casualty Company is a New Jersey company operated in part by

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

Capitalism's most credible defender is @MazzucatoM, an economist whose histories of - and vision for - a strong state that shapes and manages markets is today's most plausible vision for

Matt Zemek

MattZemek

In the past month alone, we've had Nancy Antoinette Pelosi means-testing programs in a pandemic and eating $12 ice cream on national TV; Chuck Schumer showering Wall Street with cash;

Alotta Bush

nikkilincoln

So @redwingstarling puts together this really awesome coronavirus digest for all of us at work and every week I read it and I think what a shame it is that

Dana Fried

leftoblique

Okay my (very serious) explanation of the GameStop thingamajig:Say you are a Very Smart Investor with a lot of [other people's] money and you live in Late Capitalism, the defining

Jared Yates Sexton

JYSexton

We need to be honest about just how screwed up this country is and how its institutions are in maddening crises.We need to talk about things like higher education, college

Comrade Fudge

HNIJohnMiller

1) Alright, this is my official breaking point here. This is the level of seething rage that only occurs when I see a stupidity and ignorance that would condemn someone

Alex Wickham

alexwickham

NEW: As Boris Johnson Recovers In Hospital, His Government Faces Mounting Problems On Political, Health And Economic FrontsYour BuzzFeed News Saturday morning story:https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/coronavirus-health-politics-economics-johnson-cu

Onur Özgöde

ummodern

Very sophisticated piece by @csissoko, but from a systemic risk perspective, both law and macroecon overlook the question of the dynamics of systemic interdependencies during emergencies. This is why risk

Revolving Door Project

revolvingdoorDC

It feels as though events are moving faster than ever, just as our capacity to keep track of them has been reduced.Unfortunately, the decisions that are being made as we

Kelly Swope

kmsswope

1. THREAD: Posting a piece I co-authored in 2019 with @anacidcommie in @timeshighereducation about the grad student mental health crisis. Below, I review the argument and situate it in context

Peacock

peacockTV

Pawnee is moving to Peacock! Watch @parksandrec for FREE starting today. To celebrate, here’s #EveryParksEver. Episode 101: Pilot #EveryParksEver Episode 102: Canvassing #EveryParksEver Episode 103: The Reporter #EveryParksEver Episode 10

Tuomas Malinen

mtmalinen

This is something I've planned to do for a long time. There are wide-spread misconceptions on #centralbanks that need to be set straight.So, a (long) thread on why Central bankers

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

It's been 13 years since @NaomiAKlein's Shock Doctrine described the neoliberal playbook: crises are seized as a moment to smuggle in policies that could not pass public muster under normal