#Economic

Meaghan Porter

MeaghanEPorter

Hey, @joey_senator, have you thought through the economic consequences of this?My husband & I have health issues that put us at elevated risk for Covid complications. If businesses can't enforce

Jim Dickinson

jim_dickinson

I've long been really torn on the in person teaching debate, but one aspect of it that I've been reflecting on over the past week is what I've been thinking

Yaakov Katz

yaakovkatz

Imagine if Israel was in middle of a war & missiles were raining down. Would it make sense for PM to fly to the US for a 2-night, 4-day break?

𝚂𝙰𝙻𝙴𝚂 𝙼𝙰𝚅𝙴𝚁𝙸𝙲𝙺 💫

salesmaverick__

Maximizing the trigger of Greed when writing copy/# A THREAD/ When it comes to transactions, greed is a very strong motivating factor.The whole concept of a free-market economy, The economic

ZeBigDragon Already Hates 2021 ✝️🧋🏳️‍🌈🏴🐉

ZeBigDragon

To the tankies and other morons who oppose the Hong Kong protests because they don't do enough to address racism, migrant rights, economic inequality, and other issues, then I just

Eric Fish

ericfish85

I continue to be perplexed by the overseas dissidents and others who think Trump is their great hope to bring about the fall of the Communist Party in China. Not

Philip Gorski

GorskiPhilip

1/ Further thoughts on @DavidAFrench's important essay on #ChristianNationalism. It's great to see a leading evangelical thinker publicly engaging the topic.But.... 2/ It would be even better if @DavidAFrench would

Scott Smallwood

ssmallwd

Education has become one of the chief fault lines in American politics. This NYT piece this week by @JedKolko looked at how those divides have widened even more since 2016.https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/11/upshot/election-red-blue-economic

Eddie Robson

EddieRobson

The replies asserting that this is about scientists, not political will, are missing the point, I think. The way things are, governments largely allow economic factors to dictate their response

Seth J. Hill

seth_j_hill

I want to push back on the "Biden under-performed" take. Yes, result didn't live up to late polls. But polls are not the only benchmark. /1 From 1900 through 2016,

Bill Hogseth

billhogseth

THREAD: The most common rebuttal to my Politico article has been “Yes but what have R’s done for rural America?!?!" and "Why do you blame it all on D's?!?" Here

Joseph Gagnon

GagnonMacro

My colleague Olivier Blanchard lays out the case for concern about the Biden stimulus package. https://www.piie.com/blogs/realtime-economic-issues-watch/defense-concerns-over-19-trillion-relief-plan via @PIIE Let's walk thru the numbers

Dr. Tammy Schirle 🍺

tammyschirle

Was thinking about the sheer size of this COVID-19 deficit this morning. $343B is a big number.https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/services/publications/economic-fiscal-snapshot.htmlPerspective: I’m an economist, & also a mom

Consequence is no coincidence

BlueSteelDC

Call me a centrist if you must. But I believe: 1. Climate change is an existential threat 2. No human being is illegal3. Healthcare is a human right 4. Your

Max Blumenthal

MaxBlumenthal

Venezuela’s extremist opposition boycotted elections to sustain its gravy train of US $. Having handed victory to the governing PSUV, they made turnout the focus. They worked to suppress the

The Ruminating Sheep 🐏 🇬🇧

resurgentsheep

1/ As we await the finale of the #Brexit talks, I’m thinking about the future for the UK in a no-deal world (which is looking increasingly possible). A Sunday rumination.

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