#Pessimism

Nicole Smith-Guzmán

nesmithguzman

This week Panama crept up to become the country with the highest number of new Covid-19 cases per million inhabitants. How did we get here? The strict lock-down measures seemed

Matthew Yglesias

mattyglesias

As you may have heard, I have written a book.It is called ONE BILLION AMERICANS and it will be released on September 15. But this week we are trying to

Graham Martin

Graham_P_Martin

Scientific debate around Covid-19 on Twitter and beyond has become increasingly polarised & unpleasant in recent weeks. It’s not a great look. Ironically, I think it’s less down to scientific

Contrarian Living

contliving

Have been reading quite a few articles from @morganhousel from his @themotleyfool days. Few learnings and links - Most fields have a positive correlation between efforts and rewards. except investing.

Tom Nichols

RadioFreeTom

This, from @anneapplebaum's book (which I'm reading now) is important. It uses Laura Ingraham as an example of the split in conservatism in the 1990s. I want to make two

Michael Pettis

michaelxpettis

After 8 weeks of lockdown Beijingers have definitely put behind them the shock and horror that led to so much pessimism and so many predictions of social and economic disaster

Reviving Growth Keynesianism

RGK_Project

We’re pleased to announce a podcast on Reviving Growth Keynesianism! We’re starting it off with a double header: an introductory episode followed immediately by an interview with @NicholsUprising. In our

cleopatra

sayhabibti

In the meantime I'm gonna drop a thread about books that taught me something!!https://twitter.com/sayhabibti/status/1254162902854049794 A book about the prophet Elijah going through all sorts of pain and sadness, throughout the

Ayoka

MysticxLipstick

Ok Earth Signs... Come catch this read real quick Earth signs have this invisible pressure on them to be “better” at all times. This pressure comes from growing up in

Amy 🦓

skepticalzebra

THREAD: Covid twitter: A tale of two hearts1. Back last year, there was much consternation about the risk of myocarditis (inflammation of the heart) in young athletesThis was amplified by

Stoical Quarantini

ethicalmartini

Why do journalists and commentators who should (and do) know better insist on giving Smirko the 'benefit of the doubt' and a 'second chance' to turn around from being an

Noah Smith 🐇

Noahpinion

1/I see that there are still a few people shrieking their heads off about how voting Trump out of office will lead to America being overrun by hordes of migrants.Luckily,

Joe Wells

josephcwells

The Psychology of Money is the culmination of more than a decade of thinking and writing from @morganhousel.I enjoyed it as much as I enjoy reading his articles every week.These

SpartanBlack

SpartanBlack_1

0/ I used to think that crypto people are crazily optimistic, but lately a sense of despondency seems to be spreading. Even some of the early crypto diehards are sounding

Nantina Vgontzas

nantarsya

I began writing this piece long before @BAmazonUnion, at the height of pandemic organizing this time last year. But I was happy to publish it now in part bc of

Bob Wachter

Bob_Wachter

1/ Covid (@UCSF) Chronicles, Day 211Now 7 months into the U.S. pandemic and 3 weeks from the election, everybody is exhausted and overwhelmed. Everyone's new question seems to be, “are