#Economist

Simon Rabinovitch

S_Rabinovitch

The Shaolin monastery abbot has long appeared in headlines as the "CEO monk". Who could resist it? On his watch Shaolin has made films and IPO plans. But I spent

hal 👾

halhod

Making lots of vaccine as fast as possible is now the most important bottleneck on ending the pandemic. I wrote about how the manufacturing ecosystems for different techs (mRNA, viral

Soumaya Keynes

SoumayaKeynes

Recently, my inbox has been FULL of stories of supply chain snarl-ups... - expensive containers- delays at ports- chip shortagesSurveys of purchasing managers are also showing rising input costs... Could

Eric Topol

EricTopol

The impressive reduction of mortality achieved during the pandemic for patients admitted to the ICUFrom UK @ICNARC @CebmOxford data https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2020/08/22/when-covid-19-becomes-a-chronic-illness The 10 t

John McDermott

johnpmcdermott

Most people living in African countries do not have formal rights to their land or property. This can make evictions more likely and lock people out of markets. Over the

Alex Selby-Boothroyd

AlexSelbyB

The backstory about what ends up on the cover of @TheEconomist each week is fascinating (h/t @lmirani) Interesting detail about "Wichita Lineman", a song I never tire of Three (3)

Tim Bartik

TimBartik

More specifically, the blog post fails to seriously consider the ethics of distributing vaccines by WTP, or the negative effects on public trust if an untested vaccine proved disastrous.https://twitter.com/JaminSpeer/status/1337404610470944

John McDermott

johnpmcdermott

Just filed my last piece of the year. Bloody knackered but I feel so lucky to do this job. Among other things, in 2020 I’ve reported on:— How African politics

Abigail Shrier

AbigailShrier

The burgeoning medical scandal that goes by "teen transgender medicine," which I've been investigating for the last year, has changed my view on American exceptionalism. I am, and will always

Anand Giridharadas

AnandWrites

The pope recently announced his favorite economist -- @MazzucatoM.I asked her about capitalism, the myth of the free market, austerity, and what she thinks of these $600 relief checks."It’s a

Michael Pettis

michaelxpettis

1) I think this very interesting piece in the Economist makes one important error. It says: “Some argued that structurally weak economic growth and the maldistribution of the spoils of

Simon Rabinovitch

S_Rabinovitch

A long read this week on how Xi is remaking China's economy. Conventional wisdom is that he's reverting to a statist model at the private sector's expense: a sure-fire recipe

Ioannis Lianos

IoannisLianos

Disappointing article in the Economist about antitrust.https://www.economist.com/schools-brief/2020/08/08/what-more-should-antitrust-be-doing It only reports the rather populist debate between "Chicago school" style libertarians,

Steve Sawyer @🏠

SawyerSteve

I know that I’m not alone in hoping that the terror and turmoil of recent history can be seized upon to launch a new, extended era of prosperity, security and

Alexander Boyd 李乐

alboyd_aka_LiLe

(very short) thread re: the fascinating mini-profile of Ren Yi aka 兔主席 in last week's Chaguan by @DSORennie thesis: Ren is a sophist eerily similar to America's #1 huckster-philosopherRen says,

Farzan Sabet

IranWonk

Good @TheEconomist rehashing of debate on incoming #Biden admin's #JCPOA policy b/w those calling for "swift re-entry" versus "smart pressure" (using #Trump "maximum pressure" leverage).Some of its assumpti

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