#Deficits

Noah Smith 🐇

Noahpinion

Today's @bopinion post is an ode to Pandemic UI, the boldest and most successful U.S. economic program in many decades.https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-09-08/u-s-renewal-of-pandemic-jobless-benefit-is-crucial-for-workers-

Nick Brown

sTeamTraen

This article nicely illustrates a common phenomenon in contemporary feature writing: the use of science that the author very probably hasn't read to provide factoids.A short thread. /1https://twitter.com/JamesMelville/status/13148069328

SEFARI

SEFARIscot

1/Tree planting forms a prominent part of climate change mitigation strategies often including area-based targets. Recent @SGRESAS funded research shows that the amount of trees you plant doesn’t necessarily result

nathalie graham

gramsofgnats

The city council is meeting right now to address the mayor's veto of the JumpStart Seattle spending plan. A little hitch in this is that the budget office reported an

Peter Castleden

peter_castleden

I find it curious that, in general, those who might describe themselves as being on the left or progressive tend to be avidly pro-lockdown.However, lockdowns are completely regressive in nature

Jonathan Smith

drjonmusic

Path to distraction and attention deficits: Social Media Feeds Path to intelligent consumption and organization of social media trends: Twitter Lists A thread featuring a list of lists There are

Noah Smith 🐇

Noahpinion

Today's @bopinion post attempts to answer the question: WTF happened in 1971???https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-09-16/how-1970s-oil-prices-stagflation-changed-the-u-s-economy?sref=R8NfLgwS 2/The question is posed on this

Stephanie Kelton

StephanieKelton

I promise to stop when the battle is won. Until then, here’s another attempt to improve understanding and shift our broken thinking about government “deficits.”THREAD First, the word deficit. It’s

My name is Byf (Lore Daddy)

MyNameIsByf

So yesterday I went and donated to the MN Freedom Fund. I held off on talking about it because of a dread of a sentence. “Stay in your lane and

Les Perreaux

perreaux

Being against bike lanes and pedestrianization is fair enough (it makes you look dinosaurish but hey free country), but this idea percolating that Valérie Plante has caused the troubles Montréal

winnie

winnie4prez

mental health disorders don’t just affect mood!!! even the most common ones like anxiety and depression can have a big impact on people’s ability to concentrate, pay attention to multiple

A.R. Buckle

JuliusGoat

They never cared about deficits, never cared about fiscal responsibility.They never cared about national security.Never cared about corruption.Or freedom of speech.Or preventing terrorism.Never actually even wanted to reduce abortions.It was

Otavio (Tavi) Costa

TaviCosta

The Fed is trapped.Let’s dive in deeper.Thread The year is just getting started and US fiscal deficits already reached another record.Now at its worst level in 70 years.The current

Da Silva Nicolas

dasilva_p13

Le « trou de la sécu », ça n’existe pas !(fil à dérouler) A partir du graphique précédent, il faut poser deux questions :1) Existe-t-il un besoin de financement de

Michael Clemens

m_clem

A thread on the track record of the US President, who just announced his urge to ban all immigration to the United States for the first time in its history.

Ryan Selkis

twobitidiot

1/ If you want to know how bitcoin/crypto will fare amidst global economic chaos, you should brush up on QE, MMT, and inflation. The best and simplest explainer I've read