#Economists

Joe Pompliano

JoePompliano

The NFL is scamming taxpayers out of hundreds of millions of dollars.Time for a thread 1) For decades, NFL teams have asked cities to build new stadiums in return

Environmental Entrepreneurs

e2org

There's a lot of talk about how Biden's EOs on climate & oil/natgas could impact US job growth. As the group leading clean energy job tracking over the last 5

Maria Chong

mariachong

Seattle voted in the $15 minimum wage and none of the fear-mongering came true. Restaurants didn’t close. Fast food stayed cheap. Socialists didn’t invade. Economy is fine. Ultra-wealthy business owners

Noah Smith 🐇

Noahpinion

1/Lots of people ask me: "Noah, how much can the U.S. government borrow before bad things start happening?"In this newsletter, I try to give a definitive answer to that question.

Telegraph Business

telebusiness

Sterling has started the year with a bang, smashing through $1.38 against the dollar to its highest level in years.And there's room for improvement, with analysts predicting it will soon

Michael Mechanic

MichaelMechanic

Quickie #GameStop thread: The #Robinhood roller-coaster is a vivid reminder of whom our financial system benefits. Hedge funders like to think they provide social value, when really they are just

Chris Conlon

conlon_chris

So I was waiting for @nberpubs to tweet this out last week (which happened Friday pm). Anyway, here is my paper with @msinkinson and Matt Backus. This is the #commonwnership

Philipp Heimberger

heimbergecon

I am today launching a small twitter initiative, the Campaign Against Nonsense about Italy (#CANI). I’ll be tweeting data and arguments for countering myths about Italy’s state and economy. In

Cory Doctorow #BLM

doctorow

This week marks publication of The Case for a Job Guarantee, @ptcherneva's brilliant, lucid pamphlet laying out the case for a radical rethinking of work and the creation of a

Scott Crosson 🐟📈

FishEcon

A few more Executive Orders of note by the new administration that affect the regulatory front, particularly in environmental areas: "Regulatory Freeze Pending Review": https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions

Stacy Mitchell

stacyfmitchell

There’s a lot of gobsmacked reporting about how West Virginia is leading the nation on vaccination by relying on local pharmacies rather than CVS. Local drugstores! West Virginia! Who can

Azim Essaji

AEssaji

I think I'm more pro-industrial policy than most economists, but this is a steaming pile of garbage: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/erin-o-toole-pnp-interview-1.5716115?__vfz=medium%3Dsharebar #cdnecon #cdnpoli #econtwitter To elabora

Roaring Rudy Havenstein

RudyHavenstein

I'll deal with this crap tomorrow.https://twitter.com/FTAlphaville/status/1346321113727586307 I'll get it over with. First of all, they spelled "Defence" wrong.We had a war 250 years that settled this.Second, how can you t

Claire’s Outrageous Thoughts

claireOT

Every woman I know (that has kids) is the one taking primary responsibility for their kids education, during lockdowns. This means we *cannot* achieve what we normally can at work,

Brad Setser

Brad_Setser

The New York Times (@petersgoodman) highlights how the global financial response to the pandemic, to date, has fallen short of providing the financial support low income countries need to cope

Ari Paul ⛓️

AriDavidPaul

Paradox #11 (the big one): *The Two Envelopes Paradox* This is a genuine paradox generating ongoing debate among mathematicians, economists, and logicians. It drives new traders crazy since it undermines

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