#Inequality

Evan A. Laksmana

EvanLaksmana

The latest @ISEAS regional survey is out (PDF: https://www.iseas.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/The-State-of-SEA-2021-v2.pdf). Many quick takes have focused on the "how bad it is for China and how high expectations are for US"

Eric Roston

eroston

Peering back at 2020 before we shut the door for good (h/t @LauraMillanL for the idea).Most remarkable is how amid a once-a-century pandemic and populist assaults on democratic norms, climate

🔥 Kareem Carr 🔥

kareem_carr

I REJECT THE IDEA that there's only one way to build a scientific community. I reject that the fate of science rests on empowering certain scientists regardless of their bad

Jo Jenkinson

jo_jenkinson

Yesterday I attended a WHO convened meeting on COVID in children and adolescents it’s made me think / feel differently about school closures and the difficulties of home schooling. In

Seasonal Colin O’Donnell

theattachment

I’ve been thinking more about @BMKhaveiturway and what hurts is that he truly is “one of our own.” He’s from here. He’s ingrained in the Twin Cities community. Save for

Timothée Parrique

timparrique

Want to understand what "degrowth" is? Here are 10 definitions from the literature. 1/ “a planned reduction of excess energy and resource use in rich nations to bring the economy

Tim Bartik

TimBartik

Good piece by @rodrikdani on creating more good jobs. Key points: need to work on both labor supply side & demand side; services beat subsidies, in particular need to do

Jack'sHouseOfPancakes

RegimeChangeInc

It needs to be remembered that the minimum wage was not created as “What’s the least legally we can pay people.” It was created as “This is the base people

Richard Murphy

RichardJMurphy

I am bored by being patronised by those telling me ‘don’t you know Remain is dead?, closely followed by ‘Move on.’ I can tell you, I have. That’s why I

🇬🇧 IM 🇬🇧

TellYourSonThis

The reason men are so obsessed with achievement is because nobody gives a fuck about menIncluding the majority of men The closest thing you can get as a man to

MetaMick

metamick14

Just read The Lessons of History by Will & Ariel Durant. Man, what a timely book. It asks what can history teach us about civilizations.TL;DR: they thrive in the balance

Hope over fear

Hopeoverfear2

Alright, Sunday morning. I want to share a peek into my own state, Nevada, and the GOP nuttiness here. Cuz I think it's representative of national GOP right

Dr Zuleyka Zevallos

OtherSociology

Here's another problem-riddled NYT piece on COVID-19 vaccineSome good discussion of wealthy countries hoarding vaccineHowever, Peter Singer goes unchallenged on ableist & ageist comments that older people don't deserve priority

Joshua Goodman

JoshuaSGoodman

My personal recipe for an effective abstract (1 sentence each, ideally):1. Big motivating question2. Goal of this paper3. Methodology4. Central result5. Broader (but concretely specified) implications of resultsTo be clear,

The Met Skipper

themetskipper

What is the cause of the increase in serious youth violence?According to the Youth Violence Commission 2020 the cause is:A child’s early years, their education, youth services, policing, employment opportunities,

Megan Ming Francis

meganfrancis

Imagine...ruining democracy & creating a philanthropy focused on 'criminal justice reform' to image launder AND then silence Black ppl who are actually doing the work. YALL. A rare inside look

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