#Economist

Not only do they want you to become vegan, accept a global carbon tax and consent to more mass immigration because of climate change, but the elites believe the threat
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Inflation is a problem, and it results when there is too much money chasing too few goods (and services). Or as one economist said it, “inflation is always and everywhere
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There is no connection between the stock market and reality.A thread:1. Airlines spent 96% of free cash flow on stock buybacks for a decade, then cut 90,000 jobs as soon
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1-[THREAD] on French politics and #WesternBalkans enlargement. Our NEW research breaking the myths! https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/publications/its-the-eu-not-western-balkan-enlargement More on @BalkanInsight https://balkaninsight.c
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On the Texas outages and “free market” economics for essential public goods - a thread. /1 In 2000, I was in CA during their energy crisis. At the time, many
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I get on the tube every day and see occupancy down by about 90% in rush hour. I keep expecting it to improve, but it's not. London is going bankrupt.
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1. Vote Count ThreadThe GOP legislatures refused to allow early counting of the mail vote in order to assist Trump w his "Red Mirage" plan. The goal was that IF
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THREAD:HE'S BEHIND EU 1. I may of course be wrong on this, but I don't think so. The EU is heading into another 'existential crisis' as they like to call
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Some thoughts on Brazil's 2016 coup, Dilma Rousseff, and # lula livre.Hopefully I can at least convince you that there is a strong possibility Dilma was a participant in the
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I find discussions of herd immunity thresholds frustrating. Herd immunity (which I'll define as a current reproductive rate < 1) depends on policy & behavior. It is NOT an absolute
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Why aren’t we talking more about #FarmProtests ? My take - @rihanna @GretaThunberg @miakhalifa and others ... The farm laws which are scrapped are 1. Freedom to sell to anyone
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Writing this assessment of how the Trump's administration's trade war with China produced few clear wins provided a chance to read through some of the academic research on what happened.
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Collection of scattered quotes & ideas from Thomas Sowell. "If the government took over the Sahara Desert, there would be a shortage of sand." There was a time where only
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50 years ago, Pakistan held its first general elections (on December 7, 1970). These were the first direct national elections to be ever held in Pakistan since its independence. These
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Japan is planning to build a bunch of new coal plants……but it might also close loads of old onesWhat's going on?Plus or minus for climate?!THREAD with analysis + charts First
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How can we explain key features of mainland China’s autocratic political system to laypersons in a concise way? The following three key insights can help address this conundrum /1 (1)
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