#Economists

Gro-Tsen

gro_tsen

I'd like to address the “armchair epidemiologist” accusation that I've seen (not necessarily targeted at me) a number of times, e.g., in the fairly snarky thread https://twitter.com/joel_c_miller/status/1257553963756355584 (abou

Johnny Runge

JohnnyRunge

Our @NIESRorg @ESCoEorg report, published today, also summarises the existing literature on “Public Understanding of Economics and Economic Statistics”. It’s a fairly small but fascinating literature. Here are some key

Andy Verity

andyverity

Official estimates from the ONS: 'UK average house prices increased by 8.6% over the year to February 2021, up from 8.0% in January 2021; this is the highest annual growth

Eric Weinstein

EricRWeinstein

Don’t let short term losses in Bitcoin sour you on Bitcoin, crypto or distributed computing. Don’t let Bitcoin zealots chase you away either.Figuring out how we hedge against central bankers

Branko Milanovic

BrankoMilan

(Long thread--but worth reading)I received lots of pushback (including some pretty nasty comments) on my tweets re. the most recent “Nobel Prize” in economics. I believe that most comments reflect

Jim Tankersley

jimtankersley

Quick Monday thread on the COVID-19 economy and where it's going from here: I'm on The Daily this morning talking with @mikiebarb about the historic unemployment crisis that crashed over

Rudi Bachmann

BachmannRudi

It was a pleasure to debate on this @ForumNewEconomy panel with @jakob_eu @Kalestky @pisaniferry Nora and Anna. I made the following points in my opening remarks:https://twitter.com/ForumNewEconomy/status/1310954440996925441 1) German Ordol

MostLee Sabai Sabai

anonymostlee

1-ahttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1057521915001477Professor Richard A WernerA lost century in economics: Three theories of banking and the conclusive evidenceA CommentaryStating that the "financial intermediary theo

Ben See

ClimateBen

1/ The idea that billions would die in a sudden transition to a 3-5°C world (we're currently on target for 3°C in 40yrs, give or take) should be taken very

gait analyst 100% demon-free

gaitanalyst

Very reasonable folks ask “Gait you don’t really distrust US/European medicine do you?” Well You have perhaps spent time with scientists or doctors or premeds. This statement will ring true

Marshall Steinbaum 🔥

Econ_Marshall

I’ve been pondering the idea that “no economist” thinks there’s a tradeoff between pandemic control and economic health, in light of the fact that everyone else evidently thinks there is

Lucia Ferrone 🇪🇺 🏳️‍🌈

lucyferr85

here's one thing i want to say. My husband is a police officer. In italy, in local police, and he doesn't do anti-rioting and stuff. He's a good person. However,

Fink

datageneralist

The variety of state legislation in sports gambling is an economists dream case study. $DKNG $PENN $MGM $SCR1/6 Limiting the number of operators/skins and higher taxes on profits/revenue will likely

Hansel Krankepantzen

krankepantzen

Academic economists seem to think they're doing a lot to address bad economics by endlessly rehashing big, important arguments and issues from days gone by, tramping in a little huddle

NowThis

nowthisnews

No doctors, economists, public health experts, or women not related to Pres. Trump (ht @JuddLegum)https://twitter.com/TVNewsHQ/status/1249772342701588483 Rep. Meadows ran for Congress in 2012 promising to 'send Mr. Obama home to Kenya.'

P. Chidambaram

PChidambaram_IN

Please see this picture: If true, will the government please explain how the poor can survive the lockdown without cash in their hands to buy food and medicines.With limited resources,