#GOVERNMENT

Michael Pettis

michaelxpettis

1/6I hope Joe Biden and his administration are serious about this stimulus spending, especially if it is directed to much-needed infrastructure. For those who are worried about where the money

Noah Macbeth

noahmacbeth

The economic impact of economic crises is unclear to many. Ideas like UBI are often touted as the savior. Rodrik's trilemma is a great tool to better understand the trade-offs,

jackjenkinshill

jackjenkinshill

Some thoughts on the current coup and crisis that hangs over Burma. While the narratives that are currently filling the airwaves are from courageous activists in Yangon, it is vital

Mallory Noe-Payne

MalloryNoePayne

We’ve been in Munich for more than a month now, and I want to share some of my observations of life under corona here versus in Virginia. The entire time

ProductBootcampTim

PostFactSojourn

I do not believe that David French is being dishonest when he speaks of the need for grace when dealing with the GOP, not with us. I do believe though

Robby Soave

robbysoave

The dilemma, over and over again: Republicans want Facebook and Twitter to censor less content, Democrats want them to censor more content. But all sides seem to agree that it's

Nina

nina_pixelpixie

It’s my Birthday tomorrow. But hear me out.I’m not going to ask you to donate to a charity because I’m already raising money for causes in other ways. Instead I

Kai Kupferschmidt

kakape

“None of these scenarios are palatable.”This assessment of #covid19 scenarios for the next months by SPI-M-O, one of the groups advising UK government, is really interesting. I wish public communication

Dr Jess Wade 👩🏻‍🔬

jesswade

we seem to have entered Lockdown Lite in England, where one of the only things we’re NOT allowed to do (go to restaurants/ bars) is exactly what the government encouraged

Irishmonk

castlvillageman

A brief explanation of the "common travel area"Firstly, it applies to British and Irish citizens. It is much more than travel. it is social welfare, housing, education, healthcare etc etc

Torsten Bell

TorstenBell

Right - economic support package is: 1) full furlough at 80% of previous wages 2) widest possible eligibility = all sectors and all workers (ie you didn’t need to be

James Murray

James_BG

There’ll be a lot of debate this week about whether you need cold hard taxpayer cash to accelerate the net zero transition or if you can do it largely through

Juha Remes 🐧👨‍💻

juha_remes

Yea, about that... Remember FATCA (Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act)? Laws like FATCA (global reach) gave a legal precedent which authoritarian regimes will exploit once the genie is out of

Will Stancil

whstancil

People are worried about coups, but the thing causing me real despair is the prospect of living for decades in an ever-tightening vice of right-wing gerrymandering and court packing, in

Paul Matzko

PMatzko

In 1962, the John F. Kennedy administration did something similar. JFK ordered the IRS to investigate the tax exempt status of conservative broadcasters that were criticizing the administration.https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/128

Simon Cosgrove 🇪🇺#FBPE #Rejoin

simoncosgrove

Why aren't the British people angry? I must have been phenomenally naive in 2016 because I could not believe people would vote for the rightwing project of #Brexit, something no

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