#Economic

Sarah Quayyum (she/her)

quayys

Going to talk about this a bit more because I think its a point that gets lost in the discourse re: COVID-19, paid sick days, neoliberalism, etc https://twitter.com/quayys/status/1342214090480091136 In March,

Travis (not a Cylon) Kimmel

coloradotravis

Covid: brief commentary on the Federal Government’s failure to lead in a time of crisis, what “leadership” means (hint: it’s not socialism, you nitwits), and a logistics-centric proposal for how

Fatima Goss Graves

FGossGraves

This pandemic and its accompanying economic crisis and care crisis are unlike anything we have seen – the path forward cannot be business as usual. And it is precisely the

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

Tim Skellett

Gurdur

A thread for all the anti-'lockdown' people. Let's do it with logic. 1/n Practicalities. The so-called lockdowns haven't hurt widely as much as the virus has just by itself. Look

Noah Smith 🐇

Noahpinion

1/Alright, let's talk about Southeast Asia! One of the most interesting stories in the world that tons of people are overlooking!!https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-12-03/what-singapore-can-teach-africa-about-economic-growt

Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman

RepBonnie

If we look at history, insurrections occur when conditions become dire, the needs of people are ignored, and they get desperate.A botched pandemic response + impotent economic relief in the

Naomi Datta

nowme_datta

In 2008, E & Y came up with the Dhoni Effect to describe a phenomenon which showed that small town India was where new economic growth would come from. And

Thomas (Vaccines Save Lives) Westbrook 🌏

holykoolaid

Why religions oppress women:If you empower women, educate them, and give them control over their own birth rates, they (on average) have fewer children, allowing them to invest more in

Solomon Hughes

SolHughesWriter

(1)The real danger of "Blue Labour" approaches is they are a way to avoid offering material improvement to the supposed "Traditional Working Class" targets : the "We respect your culture"

Michael Pettis

michaelxpettis

1/8Good article, although I think the argument as to whether or not GDP is a good measure of economic performance largely misses the point. Of course it isn't, but no

Leapers

LeapersCo

“A big chunk of people have disconnected themselves from the face-to-face world yet are still leading a full economic life. That means remote workers are contributing less to the infrastructure

Matthew Soerens

MatthewSoerens

I’ve noted this before, but reading Genesis 46 & 47 this morning, I’m struck by the Pharaoh’s approach to the foreigners of Jacob’s family, despite the fact that they are

abolitionism = spicy reformism

no_slave_coasts

Neocolonialism clearly identified/outlined "The theory of neocolonialism was developed by the socialist-inclined leaders of the newly independent, or 'post-colonial', nations following the break-up of the colonial empires. A co

British Philosophical Association

BritishPhiloso1

The BPA are saddened to hear about the threat of cuts to academic jobs in the arts & humanities at Roehampton University. We encourage you to sign the open letter

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stellar_tombs

I find that many Western Marxists fall into a libertarian-strained economics trap when they are thinking about China: They will contend that China is imperialist and will use Lenin's thesis

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