#Fiscal

Robert Colvile

rcolvile

One important point re the ‘austerity is back’ narrative - it isn’t. The plan in this @Telegraph leak isn’t to make cuts to pay for the £300 billion spending hit

Jakob Steffen

JayJaySteffen

Absolutely intriguing @CESifoGroup working paper no 8210 by @AtifRMian, @ludwigstraub and @profsufi on the detrimental effects of ever more indebted households, resulting in a #debt trap where HH reduce their

Dan Goldberg

DanCGoldberg

Some thoughts on the state’s $4 billion Medicaid shortfall. story is here https://subscriber.politicopro.com/states/new-york/city-hall/story/2019/11/22/medicaid-shortfall-1229157 [$] with @ShannonYoung413 CC: @JimmyVielkind @J__Velasquez @nahmias @Ej

Shan

shanfurness

Now for a brief history break on a Manitoba Premier that provides interesting lessons for the do’s and dont’s of governing during a crisis. @BrianPallister it may be worthy to

McMaster Librarians

MUALA_CA

Let's be real: $700k is peanuts. What's that, like a half-dozen cops? The real issue is priorities, and Council's track record of financial acumen is piss-poor. Why strategically invest money

Andy Gorfman

AndyGorfman

With regard to government spending in the wake of COVID-19:Where is the money coming from?How are we going to repay the debt?These are all very important questions.Apparently. At the moment,

Hafiz Noor Shams

__earth

When we’re in the depth of this recession, regrets will be felt. That regrets will signify the path we didn’t take. The gaps we didn’t plug. The priorities we misplaced.And

Daniel Reeders

engagedpractx

I've just been thinking about the ethical and relational frameworks that have been showing up in economists' writing about the cost/benefit and timing of restrictions. It seems like there are

Panic away from the disco 🙅‍♂️

Sir_Fahrenheit

When you learned economics from AM radio:https://twitter.com/johncornyn/status/1248226161596956673 The cry against spending is always run away inflation. We’re facing *deflation* during a worldwide health crisis. None of the normal boogie men

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

Taimur Khan Jhagra

Jhagra

1. I too wish I had opportunity to pay more tax in 2017-18; would have meant I generated at least some local income!Jokes aside, this is a valid query. Data

PolicyNub

lloydatiku

#CoronaBailout is here. What is in it for the frontline health workers?https://twitter.com/lloydatiku/status/1252217206823411712 In recent days, some prominent economists and institutions have pondered the idea that the current economic shock brought

Stephanie Kelton

StephanieKelton

THREAD Throughout the primary debates, Democrats missed a huge opportunity to talk with people about what it means to "pay for" your spending proposals. Now that Congress is preparing to

Adam Ozimek

ModeledBehavior

A quick update on Decades, for those interested in how one highly affected small business is doing in this mess. A short thread... Revenues have moved up a little, but

Neil Before Zod™

WaytowichNeil

Oh Andrew Coyne. Time to debunk this media myth making. Who is up for a trip down memory lane about the economic record of the Harper government? Let's start with

Jessica Bolter

jessicabolter

There has been some confusion over how the administration is treating families who cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally. New data from CBP show that in most parts of the border,