#Economy

Ben Chu

BenChu_

Thread on what the earlier roll-out of a coronavirus vaccine means for the UK economy. Obviously good news because it means normal economic life can return sooner....1/ ...But HOW good

Sam Hughes

samh510

In 2012 when I was interning at CAP the housing finance group was worried that it was too ambitious to even suggest mortgage cramdown and THEY LITERALLY JUST DID IThttps://twitter.com/matthewstoller/status/1341112094079512579

Conor Dougherty

ConorDougherty

Debt, despair, and doubling up with strangers: As tenants fall behind on rent they will do anything to stay current. My story for today's @nytimes.https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/06/business/economy/housing-insecurity.html?referringSour

Steve 'Doc' Baty

docbaty

JobSeeker/JobKeeper vs Business tax breaksORDemand-side vs Supply-side economic policyA thread... I wanted to dive into this topic to add some context around why the proposed reductions to JobSeeker and JobKeeper

Graydon Hoare

graydon_pub

I feel many miss the underlying point here. Capitalism isn't interested in product longevity _at all_.It's not just like a small tweak to fix in incentives. The system is an

Paulina Restrepo-Echavarria

paures12

How severe is the COVID-19 recession from a historical perspective? How does its magnitude vary across countries?We address these questions in my latest blog post with @andyneumeyer and @LucasBelmudes3. We

Mark Paul

MarkVinPaul

There's no question that Congress needs to pass a major stimulus bill. But how big should it be? Well, @adamshersh & I answer that in a new @Groundwork paper. We

Rob Kent-Smith

Rob_KS_ONS

1/8 Today we have published our latest analysis of international comparisons of GDP during the pandemic - including some of the challenges comparing the output of government: blog linked and

Spencer Fry 🤗

spencerfry

I got into a Twitter discussion this past weekend about what “creator-friendly” is and isn’t.The tide is shifting, and the bar for what this means in 2020 is much, much

Michael Pettis

michaelxpettis

As always China is trying to boost consumption with supply-side policies rather than with income support or other demand-side policies, in this case, by having Shanghai mandate increases in shopping

A. H.

a_h_reaume

So. Student debt cancellation financially helps EVERYONE. It’s better than trickle down. It’s trickle UP. Here’s why: when you have a demographic that is heavily indebted their extra money goes

Prateek Raj | प्रतीक राज

PrateekRaj_

I doubt this. Norms of innovation, tolerance and democracy are far more developed in the west than elsewhere. The equality and inclusion enjoyed by women, minorities and LGBTs in the

David Henig

DavidHenigUK

Short of making factories less productive we are not going to see a surge in manufacturing jobs anywhere.Better then to work out what is the problem we're trying to solve.

Esperanza

endclasssociety

I think you're taking away the agency of people who sell their blood. They're not victims. Every industry is exploitative why focus on the blood trade? Have you ever sold

Anthony Eden hate account 🇪🇬

areyouawitchor2

Cairo is a tale of 2 cities. On one side, we have ppl living in poorly constructed self built houses with poor infrastructure for water, electricity & transportation. On the

Diane Swonk

DianeSwonk

This morning I got to talk with my friend @DavidBrancaccio of @Marketplace. Before we went on the air,David worried some of his listeners would be upset if he referred to

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