#Crisis

Quiz question: of which prime minister was it said, "the P.M. never moves until he is forced, and then it is usually too late"?Answer: H.H. Asquith in World War One.
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Forgiving US student debt is a no-brainer: as a nation, America has saddled its best-educated young people with a lifetime of debt whose interest serves the parasitic rentier economy while
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1/ A quick thread highlighting some of my favorite papers of the year, picking just one paper per month based upon when they were published!(Warning: There will be a quant
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For all the talk about the world and politics being totally changed by Covid, the big three issues in our society in January were a chronically under-capacity healthcare system, terrible
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Special Series Experts say an eviction avalanche is coming. But thousands of Chicago renters have already been pushed to the brink of #TheHousingCliff.We share their stories, along w/ solutions
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For the last 4 months @Niksteffens @ReicherStephen @sarahvivbentley & I have been working on a major review of leadership during #COVID19. It was accepted for publication in Social Issues &
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A-level crisis has had a major side effect on political/media mood around universities: govt's previous focus on talking about need to reduce numbers going into HE has been superseded (for
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Attacks on trans folk in the media are reminiscent of the peak of the HIV/AIDS crisis in 1980s Britain. @PinkNews has never been needed more to counter this narrative, but
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New @resfoundation report out today assesses the impact of Covid-19 on business, focusing on whether the sector is able to support a rapid recovery in living standards, see: https://www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications/on-firm-ground/H
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This is a very interesting & important question so let me elaborate a bit. Quick thread.https://twitter.com/EuroYield/status/1336907537787068416 When Basel 2 was introduced with internal ratings based on PD, it faced criticism
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People, let's run an economy super hot during this crisis and see if we like it. Before you say the word Inflation, Inflation, Inflation ..... Let us take a
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The trial over the downing of MH17 is underway in the Netherlands, and the Russian defense is a complete mess. @christogrozev reviews suspect Oleg Pulatov's defense strategy, which includes a
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I really wonder what gives us the right to wreck this poor planet of ours.—Kurt Vonnegut Dear future generations: Please accept our apologies. We were rolling drunk on petroleum. —Kurt
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Gov. JB Pritzker will have a coronavirus update at noon. I'll live tweet.Follow for updates and let me know if you have questions.Coronavirus causing hunger crisis in Chicago:https://blockclubchicago.org/2020/12/23/chicago-is-experienci
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Privileged and marginalized people really seem to be having two totally different conversations when talking about burnout. And because we often internalize and center privileged people's experiences, it's also easy
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Lots of problems with this articlehttps://twitter.com/TheCptBlackPill/status/1286421781117534208 First, the idea that there has to be a strong regional divide to bring on a civil war is false. In the last war,
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