#Wages

John Piper is right that policy isn’t the only thing that matters in an election, and that the character of a president matters. But he is wrong that the character
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Some people claim there is no systemic discrimination in the US. Our new paper https://ssrn.com/abstract=3628729 finds that a recent policy change reveals how much institutions have been perpetuating pay inequities.
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Remember that thread I did about Owen Jones' Spanish book cover? You may recall there was some nitpicking about a translated caption as it was not a primary source. I
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I keep thinking about this myth that £9250/per year fees are solely for tuition. So I've put together a list of all the running costs that I can think of
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It took the brutal deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and other Black people in the United States for Australia to pay attention to what was occurring in our own
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New unemployment rules have enormous implications for lower wage workers. "Essential" workers will earn dramatically lower pay over the next four months than their unemployed peers. These charts show weekly
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Some thoughts on what's likely to come next in Russia after Navalny is thankfully getting SOME treatment: Yes, he has been finally given access to (likely ill-equipped) civilian doctors, leading
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What can be known/safely conjectured about the Antichrist from the Church Fathers, Saints, Catechism, and Scripture.Thread:-The Antichrist is an article of faith (CC 675)-He is an individual-He will imitate Christ-feign
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Just finished reading "When Money Dies" by Adam Ferguson, and thought I'd share a tweet summary of it.TL;DR: "Inflation is a form of expropriation of some classes of society during
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Science doesn’t have all the answers but that doesn’t always mean that answers are being kept from you and that all experts are in on some great conspiracy that only
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As Biden lays out ambitious plans to stimulate the US economy and fight inequality with new money creation (spending) and money destruction (higher taxes on corporations, capital gains and the
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Covid is gonna mean an end to public education in this country.That's what they're doing right now.There will be mass resignations, and people will not want to send their kids,
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THREAD:Check your emails for our latest update;Wellbeing, furlough, PPE and moreWe hope you are well and staying safe. We have seen over this past week that the public are starting
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On this thread I will share about the impact of Law on Businesses.You might be an entrepreneur who is interested in studying law or engaging a lawyer, or you might
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Literally no one: Me: Some random thoughts on Hamilton, a thread. 1/x Just watched it. Gutted and spent from weeping. It is a work of staggering power, performed by a
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The budget was never the problem. Finding savings is not the problem. The issue right now is liquidity- how to source the cash right now so it can be given
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