#Unemployment

Barry Ritholtz

ritholtz

The past 2 weeks wiped out all the economy’s job gains since President Trump’s November 2016 election, a sign of how rapid, deep and painful the economic shutdown has been

Matt Saatchi

saatchiphoto

I’m seeing people post inaccurate information about why freelancers/self-employed people are getting $0.00 from edd, they haven’t rolled out the actual forms to apply for it so we are being

Francesca💋

Chesi_D14

BLACK TWITTER I NEED HELP PLEASE Y'all I'm so sad. I went to Floyd on Whitaker in Portland Or, and three employees teamed up to put the blame on me

かすっち（ルビ：ｋａｓｔｅｌｐｌｓ）🥐🌕🔎

highimpactsex

excellent read about people in the current japanese political economy hellscapehttps://www.bloomberg.com/features/2020-japan-lost-generation/ there’s this idea that hikikomori/neets are like privileged kids or something thanks to japanese

Musicology Duck

MusicologyDuck

I couldn't watch the Met gala. Honestly, I'm having a hard time watching content by a lot of cultural institutions, knowing they are heavily promoting content and art made by

Shannon: VOTE YES on Props 15 & 16

scmaestra

How many of your high schools have a "community service" requirement? I am here to raise a warning flag about this based on some long-time thoughts I've had and triggered

Bloomberg Opinion

bopinion

Covid-19's devastation is not evenly distributed:The disease is deadlier in menThe economic fallout hits women harderUnlike the last recession, the current downturn is disproportionately hurting women’s employmenthttps://trib.al/grpj1KK Thi

Andy Slavitt 🇺🇸💉

ASlavitt

COVID Update August 28: Pandemic rules.There are none, but there should be. 1- Loss of life should be more uncomfortable than it is. Our president shouldn’t be able to hide

The Hartford Courant Guild

CourantGuild

More furloughs this week mean some of our best reporters are sidelined at a pivotal moment for the state.For example, we're without @capitolwatch, who last week wrote this wrenching and

Jason Furman

jasonfurman

It is essential that future COVID legislation include triggers that extend whatever assistance is needed as long as is necessary—and work to help ameliorate future recessions as well.Four reasons why:

Edward Harrison

edwardnh

How monetary policy entrenches secular stagnation https://creditwritedowns.com/2017/06/how-monetary-policy-entrenches-secular-stagnation.html This is a piece I wrote in 2017 in response to then NY Fed Prwsident Bill Dudley /1 “If we were

Jack Burton

drknstormynite

I’m all for safety, enforcement, & education. DUI, Reckless, etc., no mercy. But maybe—just MAYBE—ask yourself if hanging $300 tickets for 11 over on John & Suzy Taxpayer while they’re

Emma Frost #BidenHarris2020!!!!

dEMMAcratic

THREAD: What's really happening with the economy?Trump crows about how great the economy is under his "leadership." A lot of laypeople I've talked to lately seem to think the same

Chip Roy

chiproytx

My oped today: @realDonaldTrump & @Mike_Pence need advisors on the #CoronaVirus task force that focus not just on the virus, but on the extraordinary impact on our health & safety

Elise Gould

eliselgould

March’s huge job losses are just the tip of the iceberg of what’s to comehttps://www.epi.org/press/marchs-huge-job-losses-are-just-the-tip-of-the-iceberg-of-whats-to-come/#COVID19 #coronavirus #JobsReport #JobsDay This morning’s Bureau of Labor Stati

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vegix

Thanks to Trump: 1/More than 185K Americans are now dead.More than 100K American businesses have failed27% of Americans did not make their rent or mortgage payment last month.Bankruptcies are at