#Wages

Sarah Marsh

reuterssarah

1/ Our latest: A major monetary reform hiking prices and state wages in #Cuba starting on Friday is sparking widespread uncertainty as the island resumes market-oriented changes to its Soviet-style

Adam Parsons 🧢

AdamPaarsons

What I find interesting is many Kiwis don't actually feel the full brunt of the high cost of living in NZ. Renters are the only cohort who truly feel the

Kristin Schumacher

Femiwonk

THREAD:Caregivers across CA have had to cut their hours or quit their jobs as a result of the #COVID19 closure of schools, camps, child care, and elder care programs. This

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

Jeff still hasn't paid Taliban to kill US troops

NewJeffCT

Before the colossal failure of the Trump Covid-19 response, Donny was touting the economy and a “Blue Collar Boom” in wages for the working class. He will say he can

Swiss Ramble

SwissRamble

Following a few requests, I’ve prepared financial fact sheets for some international football clubs. This is not new information as such, but a summary of previous data. This thread covers

Sanjukta Paul

sanjuktampaul

A brief word about having resigned my fellowship with the Thurman Arnold Project: I decided it's appropriate to now focus upon a current organizational effort among junior academics in the

Ernie Tedeschi

ernietedeschi

Here's a pre-buttal on some takes we're sure to see on this new stimulus package:1. Stimulus checks are only around 1/5 of the total bill.2. UI in America typically pays

Corporate Machiavelli (Attending To Final Matters)

corporatemach

THREAD: Class Warefare: "We are all in this together!" is a lie.The interests of the rich and the interests of the poor are not perfectly aligned. Indeed, they are often

Patrick McKenzie

patio11

This is one of the major waves moving through the software and software investing communities right now, due to a confluence of the increasingly clear, repeatable path to market for

Chris Becker

jcbecker93

“all economic theories imply that minimum wages should be decided at the state and local level” Nonsense. That’s exactly how you subsidize labor exploitation in poor regions. Which is borne

GlumBird

GlumBird

To anyone who decides to say that this represents care workers' abandoning those they care for: it is always the *company's* fault.My solidarity to these workers.https://twitter.com/UVWunion/status/1339233777860665344 The oppression

Andrew Dessler

AndrewDessler

I've been reading Milton Friedman (most recently, "Why government is the problem") for a new book project and, I have to say, that dude is laughably wrong about a lot

Noah Smith 🐇

Noahpinion

While I don't have a position on @Peter_Turchin's theories overall, I do think that the idea of reducing immigration in order to raise wages makes no sense. Data shows immigration

Alison Pennington

ak_pennington

Porter's proposed IR changes signal a dangerous return to WorkChoices-era unilateral employer wage-setting power in enterprise agreements; 2 yrs to push non-union below-Award EAs & fix wages for long periods

Mel J

Melfynjones1

So, for as long as I can remember, I have had my wages paid into my neighbour's bank account. They have a big house and running it is quite expensive.

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