#Economy

Paul Krugman

paulkrugman

One thing I don't think is fully appreciated is the fact that Republicans in general, and Trump a fortiori, have no idea what causes recessions. If they've even heard of

Election Maps UK

ElectionMapsUK

Why is Labour still behind in the polls? THREAD:Though Johnson's approval ratings have fallen since the start of lockdown (+32% in April, -1% so far in July), he still has

meh-llennial

DearSplenda

i hear people talking about it every day, a), but those who aren't already knew this—it's upper middle class white people who are discovering this. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/02/business/covid-economy-parents-kids-career-home

Pavlina R Tcherneva

ptcherneva

Quick comments:Postwar "Keynesianism" prioritized govt support for private industry & dropped the direct govt employment efforts after the New Deal/WWII. This was a mistake. No direct job creation featured here

Channa Prakash

AgBioWorld

This greenhouse in Iceland is growing 130,000 bioengineered barley plants – not for making bread or beer, but producing epidermal growth factor – a highly prized ingredient in anti-ageing skincare

Ken Opalo

kopalo

Without irony, this @FT editorial calls for:“A new, slimmed-down state — ideally one with fewer, bankrupt regional assemblies — must concentrate on the basics: security, health, education, power and roads.”Nigeria

Josh Barro

jbarro

The brain-fog that comes from the highly unusual demographics and environment of journalists is actually worse than @DKThomp describes here. Because there is an added layer: we work in an

Rosalind Readhead 🌍

Privatecarfree

New car carbon footprintCitroen C1 – 8-11 tonnes CO2eFord Focus Titanium – 16-20 tonnesRenault Zoe (electric) – 11-12 tonnesVolvo Polestar 2 (electric) – 26 tonnesToyota Prius (plug in hybrd) –

🔶 Stephen Richmond 💸💛💚

LibDemStephen

We don't talk about the mechanics of *WHY* UBI is affordable enough.Any individual plan is complicated, that's life, but the economics of why UBI is affordable are actually quite simple

Dr. Heref Oru (#SquidWhisperer)

Arfarfarf8

Short Thread Lets call a spade a spade. School is important. I want to see schools reopened also. But safely.But what's not being said enough, is that part of the

Nachiket Gangakhedkar

NGangakhedkr

The way, the universities define the rational economic man, it's painful to hear. Absolutely painful. A whole generation of economists with the wrong definitions. + Economics students are disgusted by

Suren

zeneraalstuff

The farming workforce of New Zealand is 1.58 lakhs. There are 6.5 million dairy cattle, 3.6 million beef cattle and 27.5 million sheep. The value of farm production is 25

Nate Cohn

Nate_Cohn

Sometimes, American politics is complicated. Right now, it's extremely simple: the public has reached a harshly negative judgment of the president's handling of the most important issue facing the country,

Liam O'Mara for Congress

LiamOMaraIV

(1/3) Our incumbent talks about #smallbusiness but what is he doing to help? The purpose of #stimulus payments is not to give hand-outs to people but to, you know, stimulate

Michael J. Hicks

HicksCBER

1/n The January Jobs report signals an economy stuck in neutral. Over the last three months, the nation has averaged fewer than 30,000 new jobs per month, which is effectively

Martha Bloom

MJBloom_

Findings from @CreativePEC show that reducing #CreativeHE would have severe consequences for the #CreativeIndustries and the whole economy. Thread on why: Creative grads make up only 17% of grad pop

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