#Economists

Michael McMasters

sehomemcmasters

It is a logical fallacy to discard a thought based on who offered it up, BUT... I would like to offer a point to consider. Is it possible that the

Anna Gifty is on IG and says #SACE2021

itsafronomics

One hundred years ago, a 23-year-old Black woman changed the course of history forever.In @TeenVogue, on her birthday, I honor the legacy of Dr. Sadie Alexander and why her becoming

🍃 Ginny Battson

seasonalight

Economists think economies are the answer. Religions think religiosity is the answer. Lawyers think law is the answer. Scientists think science is the answer. All are 'human' constructions in a

Ben Casselman

bencasselman

The $600 supplement to unemployment benefits has allowed laid-off workers to pay rent and buy groceries, and has helped prop up the broader economy.Now we are mere days away from

Guy Shrubsole

guyshrubsole

Like @GeorgeMonbiot & others, I'm wary of economists trying to 'put a price on nature'.But I was surprised to see the #DasguptaReview make a strong case for actually *putting large

Paolo G. Piacquadio

pgpiacquadio

The assessment of situations with risk is one of the most fascinating (open) questions in welfare economics.Consider two identical individuals A and B. Each policy gives a state-specific income bonus.How

Muireann Lynch

mu_lynch

The high number of "You can do X but not Y" tweets, where Y seems to have a similar or lower Covid risk than X, are based on the premise

Kai Heron

KaiHeron

There’s no question that First World consumption must decrease as part of any viable climate crisis mitigation strategy. But a politics that emphasizes consumption at the expense of production is

Daniel Howdon

danielhowdon

looks to me like that giving the Conservative and Unionist Party of Great Britain carte blanche to come up with arbitrarily and wildly disproportionate criminalised public health measures and endlessly

Daniela Gabor

DanielaGabor

now that the S/B duo and other New Keynesians worry about pent-up demand, excess savings & inflationI am reminded of similar debate, won by 'excess savings' crowd, with disastrous consequences

Paul Lewis

PaulLew16394851

Heterodox economists have often criticised the mainstream, and also made the case for their preferred approach to economics, on ontological grounds (i.e., using arguments that focus on the capacity of

Prof. Devi Sridhar

devisridhar

Sweden & New Zealand actually have something in common: scientific advisors in both countries did not think a vaccine would be available soon enough, so they chose their final objective.

Students for Carbon Dividends

S4CD_Official

BIG NEWS! We are excited to announce the “Student Government Leaders’ Statement on Carbon Dividends--the largest statement of student government presidents in US history!1/ The bipartisan statement features 350+ Student

Vijay Boyapati

real_vijay

1/ Scarcity seems like such a simple concept, but do we really understand it? Sometimes we need to reframe a concept before its full potential can be unlocked.How was the

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NeuroMaliki

I agree with the shaykh but I am not arguing that philosophy is the most important field and without it Islam will collapse. I'm saying it's an important one and

Stephen Punwasi

StephenPunwasi

I spend a lot of time hearing 50+ year old economists say, falling home prices will create financial instability for a generation...... and I spend a lot of time explaining,

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