#Crisis

Javier Morillo 🇵🇷🏳️‍🌈

javimorillo

Today Senate Republicans fired the commissioner charged with worker safety during a pandemic. And let’s be clear, the health crisis is *exactly* why they did this. Today they implied they

Sahil Deo

DeoSahil

85 countries have approached the @IMFNews for short-term emergency assistance so farWe should note that this number is double the number seeking help after the 2008 financial crisis. via @fteconomics

Amir Sufi

profsufi

The world economy entered the COVID-19 crisis with very low interest rates and very high debt levels, which will complicate policy efforts to boost the economy. We released two @nberpubs

Z A i N ︽✵︽

itsmeZ_ImOK

Okay so I have a question.....how do you dream? The orientation of my dreams bothers me so much so, that will stay awake to avoid processing the dilemma Here's a

Herman Mashaba

HermanMashaba

If we don't put our economy near the top of our agenda, and face our economic crisis with the same energy we are fighting this health crisis, we will emerge

Phil Elliott

Philip_Elliott

As you listen to the debate about $500 billion — a half-trillion dollars, yes — in help for states and local governments, keep a few things in mind. https://time.com/5826016/states-budget-crisis-coronavirus/ First: This

Steadman™

AsteadWesley

NEW from me: 2.5 hour waits. Poll workers in hazmats. A mother who left the polling station worried it wasn't safe. Scenes on the ground from the questionably safe Wisconsin

David Paton

cricketwyvern

Whether or not you think local lockdowns work (& the evidence so far is ... not great), given the huge costs they impose, they should only be considered when there

Uli Volz

UliVolz

Delighted to have contributed an article to the latest edition of the @IMFNews's Finance & Development magazine, which focuses on 'Rethinking Global Resilience'. It also includes great pieces by @JosephEStiglitz,

Aaron Rupar

atrupar

TRUMP: "Did you know I was number one on Facebook? I just found out I'm number one on Facebook." (Trump has 29 million followers; Obama has 53 million.) Good to

Alex Andreou

sturdyAlex

I NEED to trust the gov’t but for that to happen, gov’t must stop treating me with contempt. If it decides to lie to my face - he’s only in

Dr Arvind Virmani

dravirmani

What does lockdown mean and its implication for fiscal policy & related govt policies https://egrowfoundation.org/research/lockdown-economics-fiscal-policy-during-pandemic-crises/ 2/lde https://egrowfoundation.org/research/growth-implic

RAICES

RAICESTEXAS

The US has the highest number of #COVID19 cases globally.So instead of:Providing accurate information to the public.Ensuring frontline workers have access to PPE.Mass producing ventilators.Scaling up testing.The president announced an

Kari Jerge, MD, FACS (she/her)

kari_jerge

As a general statement, cowardice is as cowardice does. Either pre-COVID, intra-COVID, or post-COVID. But it’s even more disheartening when so many of us are being overburdened yet stepping up

IPPR

IPPR

Revealed – Lockdown measures are protecting landlords, banks and lenders more than the families they are meant to benefitOur new report shows the poorest are unfairly shouldering the greatest economic

Carlos Osweda

COsweda

ThreadFor @DOGS_MRG This is not an argument. The models DON'T MATTER. REALITY is what matters.Or are you claiming that New York, Washington, New Orleans, Detroit, Italy, and Spain didn't happen?Why