#Crisis

Robin Wigglesworth

RobinWigg

Bank of America takes a chainsaw to its US economic forecasts, after real-time debit and credit card purchase data point to a collapse in many sectors. Here are the old

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Nigensei

Just so we’re keeping score; Japan has:• Bought out all the toilet paper and meat whilst refusing to stay home • Spread fake news that half of the COVID infections

geoffrey gertz

geoffreygertz

Interesting analysis of the hardening UK position on China. One point it suggests – and where I’m changing my own mind – is that in long run COVID seems likely

Nicholas Sarwark

nsarwark

What to do about coronavirus, a thread.Since the government is doing all the wrong things, here's a thread of all the things we should be doing to combat this epidemic.1)

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belladblack

Chile, pretty sure I'm going through a mid teen crisis right now. Don't be surprised if I take a break at this point. HSXA! Dumbass needs to set her priorities

E. Quinn Libson

quinnlibson

An appreciation post for Cambodian generosity: I wanted to use my bike to pick up a medication at the pharmacy but my tires were low on air. My landlord noticed

Chris Edmond

chrisedmond

In my view, as economists, we should be focused on the use of economic tools to mitigate all the suffering caused by this crisis, not just the narrowly economic but

Van Jackson

WonkVJ

Am I worried about Kim Jong Un right now? Yes, and I'll spare you my keen observation that he's fat, stressed, and has every bad habit you could have except

nancy pelosi wants america to have ‘wire mother’

raaleh

The press in this country will never get it. This Cummings situation was the most perfect setup of the "how dare you sir" approach to politics - the Tories were

mindcrafter

BoiledSwift

Media thread im bored The Flash Season 1 (Rewatch): 10/10The greatest peice of superhero media i have ever consumed. The Flash Season 2 (Rewatch): 9.5/10Would’ve done a few things differently,

ACLU

ACLU

BREAKING: Trump is proposing a rule allowing federally funded homeless shelters to turn away trans and gender non-conforming people — in the midst of the highest unemployment rates our country

balajis.com

balajis

The Vox DoctrineMedia companies are profiting from a crisis they helped create. Vox/Recode dismissed the pandemic, scorned precautions, told you not to wear masks, even attacked philanthrophy!Now they're setting traffic

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jadhmusic

For those wanting to understand the situation in #Beirut, as well as the socio-economic impact (and why it is horrible on a completely different scale), CNN has a comprehensive page

JamesSmithRF

JamesSmithRF

New edition of @resfoundation's Macroeconomic Policy Outlook out today which focusses on the macro drivers of the labour market (with @jackhleslie)Tl;dr: risk of a larger-than-expected unemployment rise demands policy action.Short

Phil Scott

PhilScott4VT

First of all, I want to thank you for the support you’ve given me over the years. I would not be governor today without your help and encouragement. I will

Lewis Goodall

lewis_goodall

So much snobbery and smugness round here. Yes some people chose to go to Spain in the pandemic (once worst of first wave was over and were given green light