#Economic

Easteren't Bunny

kamenism

Part of capitalist indoctrination is ingraining the belief that stories of oppression from communist 'refugees/defectors' are the most reliable source of info rather than the people who actually live there

Romesh Vaitilingam

econromesh

The big rise in UK house prices relative to incomes 1985-2018 can be more than accounted for by the substantial decline in real risk-free interest rates over the period, David

Ben Casselman

bencasselman

In his newsletter this morning, @DLeonhardt hits on something I've been thinking a lot about lately: What counts as good (economic) news right now?https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/06/briefing/how-badly-is-america-doing.html When the May

Niklas Höhne

niklashoehne

For today's Petersberg Climate Dialogue #PCD11 our@climateactiontr briefing #Covid_19: The current drop in GHG emissions is only a postponement. The real opportunity is to now combine the response to #CoronaCrisis

Keith Redmond

CllrKRedmond

(1) I liked @Aidan_Regan article on introducing Basic Income. Most libertarians have been calling for it for decades which makes his swipe at us for not supporting it all the

New Zealand Labour

nzlabour

(1/4) #ANNOUNCEMENT: The Crown accounts continue to reflect the resilience of the economy and confidence in our economic recovery plan, with the balance $5.2 billion better than forecast by Treasury

Destroyer of Bad Takes Hulk

_Credible_Hulk

One of the most impactful classes I took in college was Russian Economic Transition with Dr. Richard Ericson. Dr. Ericson must be one of the foremost experts on the Soviet

Michael Pettis

michaelxpettis

1/11There is a very important point buried in this article. In June the OECD (like many others) calculated that China’s GDP would shrink sharply in 2020 – by 3.7% in

Jo Stevens

JoStevensLabour

When @Keir_Starmer saw the SAGE evidence he called for a short circuit breaker over half term to fix the test and trace shambles. @BorisJohnson ridiculed it. @RishiSunak blocked it. Now

Ben CatchYourCough Goldacre

bengoldacre

The Covid pandemic poses a very interesting evidence-based policymaking challenge. Sorry, very busy, barely on twitter, but here's a mini splurge. There are legitimate questions about the strengths and weaknesses

Sunny Hundal

sunny_hundal

Folks, we have to start talking about the coming economic crisis. Why?- it will be unprecedented- if we don't we could end up in further disaster. This is a once-in-100-years

Tonda MacCharles

TondaMacC

Here is a link to the new #COVID-19 modelling from Health Canada so you can follow the briefing about to get underway.https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/phac-aspc/documents/services/diseases-maladies/coronavirus-disease-covid-19/epidemiologi

unseen1

unseen1_unseen

One thing people will figure out in the coming weeks is the money they will save from not eating out. Instead of paying $8 for a fast food meal they

Ron Hira

RonHira

Will Biden do anything about the corrosive effects of outsourcing on US workers?Doubtful. Larry Summers helped create current international trading regime that shifted wealth and income from US workers to

Jim Wormington

jwormington

1/ If people can’t work, they can’t eat.@aniewang and me published a press release today highlighting the impact of the COVID-19-imposed lockdown on informal workers in Nigeria. https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/04/14/nigeria-protect-most-vulnerable-covi

J.D. Vance

JDVance1

Figured I'd reply to this. Will be brief. Basically, on the mortality point, granted, though I don't know what we do with that besides pursuing different quarantine strategies for old