#Economy

Ramez Naam

ramez

Why do carbon taxes fall short? Here's a quick tweet thread on their limitations. For context, I am a carbon tax advocate, was on the board of WA's 2016 revenue-neutral

Pål S.

polslet

Monthly GDP for Norway in November is out. Despite an increase in Covid-19 cases and tightening of restrictions, Mainland GDP (i.e. non-oil) fell only moderately, by 0.9% m-o-m. cc @ChrisGiles_

Relative Madlad

beardedfuckwad

I have a theory and I highly advise everyone with fresh USD to go buy bitcoinI have 2 major reasons for it:The Biden administration has been vehemently pro vaccination and

Aram Zucker-Scharff

Chronotope

Look my friends, you can embrace the truth with me: App Stores and Apps are bad. It's not just some specific sub-section policy that impacts a single corner of the

Lily Einhorn

madewithstring

Ok. I’m trying to be hopeful and optimistic. I’m on the Freelance Task Force and I intend to do what I can to open conversations within the industry and beyond

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MattThomasNYC

After seeing some discussion on this among a few reporters, here's my two cents on how to distinguish between the major camps in NYS politics, if anyone in the press

H.L. Hunt’s Wives 🍍

h_wives

The next recession will be caused by an extreme rise in energy/transportation costs.Hopefully a short thread1/ The Fed’s commitment to near-zero rates and acceptance of higher inflation sets this up

rkoijen

rkoijen

Some simple calculations to provide a perspective on the decline in the stock market and its recovery, despite the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the real economy. See

Timothy E Kaldas

tekaldas

Egypt's non-oil & gas private sector contracted in Jan with PMI rising from 48.2 to 48.7, but still in contraction territory below 50Despite the praise Egypt gets, the private sector

Nur

NurCaduun

Many people have the misconception that Somalia under Siad Barre was a golden age. This couldn't be further from the truth.1/8 Siad Barre's Somalia had a life expectancy of just

Kevin Depew

KevinDepew

most of us have never dealt with inflation in our professional lifetimes, either on household or business side. sure there have been exogenous events -- tusnami, for example, and periodic

SamuelGoldman

SWGoldman

This is moving and includes valuable suggestions for living better in hard time. But I find the background premise (shared with a lot of these arguments) that the political economy

Donald Schneider

DonFSchneider

THREAD/ some thoughts on why I'm skeptical of the net lending (savings & investment imbalance) / corporate savings glut / 'financializaiton" discussion as it pertains to the decline of biz

Armine Yalnizyan

ArmineYalnizyan

Another argument for boosting the economy from the bottom up.Over 82% of all population growth in Canada came from newcomers in 1st quarter 2020.https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/91-002-x/91-002-x2020001-eng.htm Will be sole source of lab

Eric Basmajian

EPBResearch

An update on bank lending from commercial banks: an open question in 2021...Signs of stability can be seen in various key segments. While total loan growth is declining in nominal

Virginia Heffernan

page88

An absolutist abt free speech shd be thrilled abt Twitter, where so many millions speak UNPAID truth to power—esp to the ruling class w/ paid platforms at the New York

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