#Economies

Edmund Blackadder QC 3.5% Brain Function

WeDoNotLearn73

Media trumpeting “1m deaths worldwide of Covid” (with Covid). Annually there are around:60m total deaths including:17m cardiovascular deaths10m cancer7m respiratory diseases/infections3m dementia1.5m road deaths 1m suicidesMany Covid wo

Paul Krugman

paulkrugman

Moody's Analytics — not a partisan organization — says that the economy will be much stronger if Biden wins than if Trump hangs on. What's interesting, and a bit bittersweet

Zach Silk

zachariahsilk

We've reached a strange moment in the pandemic: here in Washington state, we know that our social distancing is saving lives and helping the doctors and nurses on the front

Olivier Blanchard

ojblanchard1

1. For the record. Larry Summers and I indeed argued for hysteresis in Europe in the 1980s. We thought, and I still do, that, in that context, high actual unemployment

🇬🇧 Atlas 🇬🇧

DentesLeo

The way a nation creates its wealth determines it's political system:In places where natural ressources are the main source of wealth, violence is necessary. These places run on a 0

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

Daniel Cook

danctheduck

An interesting split I've seen over the last decade is "Design theory that plays well in schools" vs "Design theory that working game designers use". School: MDA, Mechanics, History of

Claudia Sahm

Claudia_Sahm

we should prioritize based on our capacity to administer and on effectiveness of the relief .. I’m disheartened but not surprised that the loans to businesses have rolled out in

Erick Erickson

EWErickson

So much of the distrust on the right towards experts comes from the left trying to use "experts" to advance their agenda. Whether it is abortion or climate, the left

David Alade

DavidAlade__

Some thought provoking quotes from @asemota.You may add your own. 1. "I saw a beautiful new apartment block and was thinking that new occupants would be "lucky people" then paused

comrade vinny, head of the department of jokes

authlefttrash

so, here's my big theory thread on how things are going to shake out in the USA over the rest of 2020, starting with some extremely scuffed maps i made

Chico Harlan

chicoharlan

Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri, partying like it’s 2019. https://wapo.st/36uvExx But I have a few other thoughts on this. Reckless behavior can happen everywhere. Maybe not on the same scale,

Sun_Q_Tzu ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Sun_Q_Tzu

We are in the greatest disinformation campaign in the history of mankind. The forces of Satan empower the Globalists The Lord God fights for us and will empower us and

National Farmers Union

NFUDC

A handful of companies have taken over dairy production, pushing the prices paid to farmers well below the cost of production & encouraging overproduction.This has forced most small & mid-sized

Jason Gorman (only, more indoors than usual)

jasongorman

This lock-down's strongly suggesting a way of life is possible post-pandemic that could involve a heap less business travel & commuting. Local economies would flourish, carbon emissions would tumble, and

James

agoodfireburns

1. Homeworkers save thousands of pounds a year on commuting which they then spend in local communities supporting livelihoods of the people around them. 2. Homeworking stops people fighting for