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George Selgin

GeorgeSelgin

"At the start of 2020, the dollar’s run had endured 100 years. That would have been reason to question how much longer it could continue." This crude instance of the

Geoff Kabaservice

RuleandRuin

1. A very nice salute from @TheEconomist's Lexington columnist to the Never Trumpers, the "most remarkable of all" the forces in the broad Biden coalition.https://www.economist.com/united-states/2020/10/29/battle-hymn-of-the-n

Eva Cantor, Water-Boiling Economist

PoRiverJamBand

I'm a financial advisor. I work with both people who succeed in this system and who struggle to survive in it. I work with people who understand how it "works"

Jamie Merchant

pathtopraxis

Thanks to everyone who read & responded thoughtfully to this. It's a (very rough & condensed) summary of a chapter in a book I'm working on, so it leaves out

Eric Topol

EricTopol

The United States has an ambitious plan to get to population level immunity, but it doesn't have the vaccines to accomplish it (no less the buy in of Americans)@WSJgraphic by

Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri

vivekagnihotri

HOW TO WIN THE WARWar is against India and not against BJP or Congress. The agenda has been to make 500 mini Kashmirs. Divide us. Ignite civil war. It’s a

Dr. Benedicte Callan

benedictecallan

RationalWiki on Affinity Fraud and the antivax mov':... major outbreaks of measles in the 2010s in the US have been concentrated among such groups, including among Amish in Ohio, Somalis

Blair McDougall

blairmcdougall

I know it's not fashionable to care what experts say about complex issues but here's a thread. I'll leave the numbering open because expect many more to join this chorus.

Jason Compson

JCompson_III

Wow. In the @nytimes, a doctor explains why the CDC chose to de-emphasize the elderly, even though doing so would've saved lives:"Older populations are whiter...Instead of giving add'l health benefits

Adrian Docherty

what5updoc

A thread on "badwill" in banking M&A: important, given the upcoming sector consolidation activity. Badwill in bank M&A is an odd concept. It is also, regrettably, misunderstood What happens when

Irish Fiscal Advisory Council

fiscalcouncil

.@ECB Chief Economist Philip Lane suggests that for both the global financial crisis and the Covid-19 pandemic, it is to a country’s advantage to have available fiscal space. He suggests

Nisha Thampi

NishaOttawa

This is what we need. A plan with enhanced measures in schools.In the Fall, there were fewer superspreader events in schools vs community/workplaces. Current prevention measures (student cohorting, distancing, masking,

Pen Pencil

penpencildraw

The bizarre history of cannabis in India: a cartoon history thread. (1/n) The story of cannabis in India is long and convoluted. Ancient Indians knew of cannabis very well. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0253717620957501

Duncan Hothersall🌹

dhothersall

The LSE report is a "negative portrayal of indy" in the same sense that Debenhams' last set of accounts is a negative portrayal of a major retailer.https://twitter.com/LesleyRiddoch/status/1357271826842472456 And if you're

G. Elliott Morris

gelliottmorris

Some people have suggested that this may be at least partially driven by Republicans who are favorable toward Biden choosing not to call themselves Republicans any more, as they see

Emily Nix

EmilyNix100

C'mon guys, increase the # of papers published in AEJ Applied. Below is a quick graph using #'s from Table 1 of 2020 reports (ex: https://pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/10.1257/pandp.110.689and)How the heck do you

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