#Economists

Andy Schwarz

andyhre

A whole bunch of amicus briefs have just been filed in Alston. Today was the deadline for pro-NCAA amici, so these are likely to include some woo-hoo paeans to amateurism.Links

Bloomberg

business

THREAD: 1) Who's winning the trade war? The answer: China.Ahead of the anniversary of the phase one trade deal, Bloomberg’s @hancocktom & @jdmayger look at the ways Xi Jinping got

Tom Forth

thomasforth

Since 2010 UK state spending has shrunk by 6% of GDP. In the same period the French state has shrunk by just 1% of GDP. This comparison is quite a

𝑱𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒉 𝑲𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒓 𝑷𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒚

jitesh_pandey

10 Reasons Why Privatisation Is Bad For you.1. Your services get worsePublic services involve caring for people. But private companies make a profit from public services by cutting corners or

Bloomberg Technology

technology

Many Amazon warehouse employees struggle to pay the bills. More than 4,000 are on food stamps. Some are even homelesshttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-12-17/amazon-amzn-job-pay-rate-leaves-some-warehouse-employees-homeless Amazon

Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove

wilsonhartgrove

A good country preacher, @RevDrBarber opening this inaugural sermon w/ a Moms Mabley joke about what 1 strawberry said to another: “If we hadn’t been in that bed together, we

Ahmad Lashkaripour

ALashkaripour

[1/N] IMHO research may be lagging behind actual policy developments on this front. Until now, most research has shown that disrupting the global supply chain is very costly for aggregate

David Henig

DavidHenigUK

This is mostly about the difference between being in a single market and customs union, and a 'free trade agreement', plus the fact UK-EU trade is set up for the

Patrick Charles - ID Doctor

P_Charles_ID_Dr

Some journalists, economists and politicians have been saying that we just need to let the virus run and only worry about protecting the elderly or vulnerable. Thread 1/17 Given that

Cory Doctorow #BLM

doctorow

In a major new paper, just released as a preprint, the eminent UK computer scientist and digital rights campaigner @1Br0wn makes the case for "Interoperability as a tool for competition

Laurie Macfarlane

L__Macfarlane

It’s great that the OECD’s chief economist has recognised that supporting austerity was a mistake. But let’s not forget the role the media played in legitimising austerity and the damage

Ananth Narayan

ananthng

1/n Long thread: Analysts at times use macro terms like consumption, savings and investments in an everyday sense. But these terms imply very different things when seen through a macro

Tinashe M

baba_nyenyedzi

1. It’s absolutely gratifying when ordinary people are interested in Economics & more specifically money & banking. Most Economists shy away from explaining concepts because they too don’t really understand

David Doney

David_Charts

The economy performs far better under Democratic Presidents. This thread gives you some links and charts for arguing about it with your conservative friends. Let's start with a summary article

Guy in the red tie

guyinaredtie1

For years I've been convinced we are heading for a global debt deflation event caused by the steady decline of real wages, rocketing inequality, & excessive debt, and that the

Beatrice Cherrier

Undercoverhist

1/ How do economics ideas affect policy-makers? A few thoughts on Minneapolis Fed presidents and macroeconomists in the 1960s to 1980s (trying to sort out some material, so messy, possible

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