#Debt

ShisaBun

ShisaBun

I know some babies out that are graduating so I'm gonna give y'all some advice! - Don't get a credit card unless you KNOW you're going to be responsible. It's

Josh Wolfe

wolfejosh

1/ Likely we test new US political movements that echo 2008 housing bailoutbut for STUDENT LOAN forgivenessAlso played on past stages of Germany vs Greece North vs Southern Europe (Italy)SAVERS

Bharat Ramamurti

BharatRamamurti

Broad student loan debt cancellation via executive order is good economics and politics. A thread (with lots of data). 1/ First, it’s important to remember that *a lot* of people

Stephen Kretzmann

Kretzmann

Wow. This move to #StopFundingFossils by @POTUS is just stellar. Public finance for international fossil fuel projects first became a priority for US policy in 1981, as the Reagan Admin

Cory Doctorow #BLM

doctorow

Forgiving US student debt is a no-brainer: as a nation, America has saddled its best-educated young people with a lifetime of debt whose interest serves the parasitic rentier economy while

Hal Singer

HalSinger

After mocking student debt cancellation, @oren_cass offers his preferred policy in the Times--subsidized apprenticeships, with employers getting $10k from the government for each trainee enrolled. For a few reasons, I'm

Wealthy Brains

Wealthy_Brains

Money Myths: Busting the lies you believe~ Thread ~ 1. Wealth Building is mostly luck."I was born poor, So I can't die rich,Millionaires just inherit their wealth"Remember, 80% millionaires are

cobras for alligators scheme machine

golikehellmachi

one thing that's just absolutely batshit, bananas, bonkers insane is that trump has never met a single debt in his entire miserable life that he wasn't ready to write off,

A.R. (Actually Republic) Moxon

JuliusGoat

The messaging really ought to be the truth, which is:*We can't afford to not take care of sick people anymore.*We can't afford to not house the houseless anymore.*We can't afford

camille landais

landais_camille

This WSJ piece is quoting our work with @giulia_giupponi on short time work. But is missing the point: First, yes, in a traditional recession, short time work policies tend to

Ivyn Sambo

IvynSambo

Story about debts and a young professional.I got permission from the lady to share her story. [THREAD] Few months (May) back I got a DM from a young lady from

Free Public College is Winnable

TimmySull1van

State legislators might not be able to cancel student debt, but they are the manufacturers of the student debt crisis & hold responsibility for ending it. :https://twitter.com/LauraSavino747/status/1356793595550924805 Student debt is

George Selgin

GeorgeSelgin

Thread: It's very important to distinguish the implications of Fed monetization of _outstanding_ Treasury debt from those of Fed monetization of net Treasury security issues.https://twitter.com/TheStalwart/status/1324446235776921600 Mon

Sumaira Abidi

SumairaAbidi

A lot of people had asked about different categories of debt #mutualfunds so here's a replug of an earlier series on debt MFs. If you still have unanswered queries, will

Zak Slayback

zslayback

The fact that student debt cannot be discharged in bankruptcy is a blatant handout to universities and creditors.The reality is: if people could discharge student debt in bankruptcy, a lot

Luis Garicano

lugaricano

Some economists advocate for the cancellation of public debt held by the @ecb. This is political madness. The cancellation has no economic rationale and would fuel hawks, while the ECB

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