#Economic

Matthew Wilson

MGWilsonEcon

On MR today, Cowen says: “all economic theories imply that minimum wages should be decided at the state and local level, given the economic heterogeneity of the United States.”https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2021/01/fe

John Ganz

lionel_trolling

The reason I like looking at the history of the Third Republic rather than 'Weimar' is that its a country with a much older and ingrained Republican and liberal tradition

Elise Hu

elisewho

NYC is closing public schools again. Who will care for these students at home? Reminder: Nearly 1 MILLION working women dropped out of the US workforce in Sept, an underreported

Ryan McAleer

RyanMcAleerbiz

Economy Minister Diane Dodds tells Stomont's Economy Committee that "the very poor financial settlement for the NI block grant in 2021/22" represents in real terms a 15% cut to her

Dr Robotica

Rhube

I know this! It's because before 9/11 we grew up in a period of relative economic stability - as a younger millennial, you saw less of it than me, but

Old Salty Chief, OSC (SW) USN Ret

old_osc

[Thread]On Dec 7 1941 2,345 Americans died, we have a Memorial, we take time to remember the fallen the day lives in InfamyYesterday we had over 2,400 deaths and the

Daniel Blinderman

Dannyblinderman

I know coup analysis is getting tedious and repetitive, but there is something just so hollow about this. I can't think of another time when so many people embraced authoritarianism

Akerl⬡f

infoparity

1/ I wonder when it will finally click... that "aha" moment for the masses. DLT beyond not just a "store of value" but something intrinsically of much higher substance. That

Daniel Zhao

DanielBZhao

UI claims dropped more than expected last wk after stalling out for several wks.Workers filed 723K UI initial claims + 298K PUA claims = another 1.02 million claims NSANote this

Astra Taylor

astradisastra

When I was interviewing people for my documentary about democracy I saw a lot of evidence of deeply anti-democratic sentiment from conservatives. It was one of the most chilling and

Josh Marshall

joshtpm

FWIW, and pace Dingus Tom Cotton, no one at the constitutional convention or really at any other part of the creation of the American Republic said slavery was necessary to

self-made debtor ☭

babadookspinoza

This is so wrong it’s compelling me to tweet out the definitions. Socialism is the ownership of the means of production (machinery, raw materials, land, etc.) by the proletariat (workers).

The UK in a Changing Europe

UKandEU

Earlier this week, we released our NEW #Mindthevaluesgap report on social and economic values in politics by @ProfTimBale @philipjcowley @DrAlanWager @anandMenon1 and @Aron_Cheung.For this week's #Thursdaythread, we share some highlight

Ben Chu

BenChu_

Plenty to digest in the Mais lecture by @AnnelieseDodds But to pick out a few points... From an economic perspective, perhaps most interesting is the bit on "muscular" competition policy

Osaretin Victor Asemota

asemota

If you are fighting against something, you have to understand what you are fighting against. This is the only truth about Nigerian politics and governance. Everything that happens to us

Shehzad Qazi

shehzadhqazi

The "China is back" narrative has become gospel truth. But China’s own numbers as well as independently collected data don't tell the story of a blockbuster rebound. Instead, they show

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