#Economy

Michael Pettis

michaelxpettis

1/6Debt does matter, as Sharma argues here, but it matters because balance sheet structures matter. Fragile balance sheets limit operational flexibility, increase uncertainty, exacerbate volatility, and set off a wide

Alex Nedelcu

alexelcu

1/ Socialism makes these mistakes:1. For some people to win, other people have to lose, economy is a zero-sum game, hence the "class struggle"; see Marx's labor theory of value;2.

Deeply Credentialed Yuga

MelancholyYuga

One thing I've never really gotten over about industry is just how much of the economy is about unfucking other parts of the economy.Not in any grand political sense. I

Indigenous Anarchist Federation

IAF__FAI

Just a reminder... China is a settler colonial state.China and America are not so different: both sit on thrones of authority, sacrifice the well being out their citizens for profit

Lawrence H. Summers

LHSummers

My criticism of the ideal of universal $2,000 checks as COVID response has lit up the Twitter sphere. I thought it important to clarify my argument, here: https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-12-27/larry-summers-trump-pelosi-2-00

Dr. Yele Okeremi

okeremiyele

Nigeria’s #tech truth1/ There has been good news on #solutions developed in #Nigeria in the past, and many of these successes are Fintech-related. That is fine but why are there

Slough for Europe 🇪🇺🎪

SloughForEU

Everyone knew what they were voting for:Turkey and the UK are “very close” to signing an FTA for the post-Brexit era.Ankara hopes to negotiate a separate immigration deal that would

Romit Mehta

romitme

China led the global recovery out of the 2008 crisis and helped power a commodity supercycle. I was curious about if something similar could happen in the wake of COVID.

Joshua Baca

joshuabaca

On #AmericaRecycles Day, let me tell you 10 things @AmChemistry and @plasticmakers are doing to build a more responsible, sustainable & circular plastics industry. 1/ We have committed to making

Jamie Pastore v9

JamiePastore9

It's interesting how the most pertinent question for many developing nations is less about what type of political economy they have and more about the ruling elite's relationship to US

Chamath Palihapitiya

chamath

Think about what we’ve just witnessed:1. Four years of chaos, incompetence and bickering.2. A pathetically managed pandemic that politicized everything. 3. Conspiracy theories that brought every cook out of the

Mikal Khoso

mikalkhoso

@tokopedia is a fascinating Indonesian tech unicorn that is at the center of so many important trends today.A thread on why the company is worth keeping an eye on: Tokopedia

Patricia

PatriciaNPino

So when it comes to paying corporations to develop the vaccine there is plenty of public money available. But when it comes to the actual workers who deliver the vaccine

Christian Christensen

ChrChristensen

1) This piece on Sweden led to a debate marked by defensiveness and accusations of hurt natl pride. More valuable is to use piece to discuss what has been missing

Kristina Shelton for State Assembly - District 90

KristinaAD90

“We don’t have a supply problem. We have a demand problem. We need to be paid to shut down so that we can keep people safe and save our business.”

Mayor Marty Walsh

marty_walsh

Recovery means, first and foremost, containing the spread of #COVID19. That’s how we’ll restore our economy and our community in a way that is safe and sustainable. To achieve both

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