#Economies

chris arvin

chrisarvinsf

i’m sorry i am trying to keep my posts more positive but this image is going to haunt san francisco forever. we have one of the strongest economies in the

Wopke Hoekstra

WBHoekstra

1/6 After long and intense conversations the last couple of days, the #Eurogroup came to a good conclusion today. We made sensible agreements together for Europe and the NL to

Steve Ray

JerusalemJones

They projected the deaths through the roof;Now we see it was all but a spoofBut the numbers inflatedEconomies castratedAnd the wealth of a nation goes poof. Due in part to

Michael Pettis

michaelxpettis

1/10CFR has put together an excellent “Global Imbalances Tracker” that allows users access to current account data in a very handy format. There were two things that struck me most

Orin Kerr

OrinKerr

I'm just a law professor, so I have no expertise in this. But I would guess that the market is underestimating the amount of havoc C19 is causing to the

DRD

NZedAUS

The Left Aren’t Good Economic Mgrs 1/8This narrative still has traction - unfortunately & without justification.1. As parties borne of unions, workers & activists, the time old assumption is the

The Scribe of Waiyaki Way

TheSoWW

Covid-19 will change our finances permanently ~ ThreadIf you miscalculated on housing and moved into an apartment you can't afford, now is as good a time to downsize as ever.

NBC News

NBCNews

Coronavirus lockdowns have sent pollution plummeting, but environmentalists worry about what comes next as the resulting decline in carbon emissions could easily be reversed by efforts to quickly ramp up

🇺🇸GENESIS🇺🇸

Genesis33K

Why people will vote for @JoeBiden! Lol! I'm voting for Biden because if I don't I ain't black. I'm voting for Biden because I want the U.S. to have a

Tech Bro

OdunEweniyi

In the UK, whenever inflation rates go above the 2% target, the Bank of England Governor has to explain himself to the government.Nigeria's inflation rate has increased way beyond our

Tom Jackman

frozen

I agree with the general thrust of this thread, but "freedom" isn't exactly how we ended up here. The capitalist moment that we find ourselves in wasn't the result of

Angel E. Alvarez

polscitoall

We are in the middle of such radical changes that none of us know what will be normal for us in the near future and how our societies will reach

Daniel Bunn

danieldbunn

Hmmm...tax competition over mobile capital is quickly becoming tax competition for mobile workers.https://twitter.com/GreekAnalyst/status/1331589398568316929 The challenge of keeping the mobile factors when other countries respond by offeri

Atomsk's Sanakan

AtomsksSanakan

1/GThe paper below from @GidMK and @BillHanage looks at the infection fatality rate (IFR). IFR is the proportion of SARS-CoV-2-infected people who die of the disease COVID-19.This IFR is >10X

Sridhar Vembu

svembu

1/ Concentration of activity in industry and agriculture (even coffee shops!) is justified by economic theory on the grounds of economies of scale.That's the idea that the per unit cost

Nick Estes

nickwestes

I see the Indigenous-led resistance against the rightwing coup in Bolivia as the vanguard of the climate justice movement. Why? Bolivia is at the forefront against US imperialism, the number