#Economics

Anurag Singh

anuragsingh_as

Long Thread on Farmers protests & Agri reforms: What is the protest all about? Who gets impacted & how? Why are protests concentrated in Punjab & Haryana? Are these really

Heidi Shierholz

hshierholz

This morning DOL released some of the first economic data of the Biden presidency—last week's initial unemployment insurance claims (okay, *half* of last week was in the Biden presidency). What

All Possums Go to Heaven

AndyinDC1

A claim I see often is: capitalism is great because of all this *stuff* we have. The poorest person in capitalism lives materially better than kings and emperors did. Isn’t

George Selgin

GeorgeSelgin

Thread: I consider a return to a gold standard neither desirable nor possible. But like too many who also reject the idea, Michael Hiltzik @hiltzikm is long on contempt for

Cory Doctorow #BLM

doctorow

If you only learn one technical term from labor economics, make it "chickenization" - @CLeonardNews's term for the way that the Big Three poultry processors have structured the chicken-farming industry

AukeHoekstra

AukeHoekstra

Today I want to do a thread about a hugely important report: the @WWF'sLIVING PLANET REPORT 2020I'll also explain why this report makes me want to redouble my efforts to

Sahil Bloom

SahilBloom

First Principles 101Many of the world's greatest thinkers and doers - from @naval and @elonmusk to @nntaleb and @chamath - tout the importance of first principles thinking.But what is "first

Heidi Shierholz

hshierholz

Here we go again. Last week, 2 million workers applied for unemployment insurance (UI). Breaking that down: 1.2 million applied for regular state UI (not seasonally adjusted), and 830,000 applied

Sahil Bloom

SahilBloom

Cantillon Effect 101With the recent money printing activity and an expanding wealth inequality problem, talk of the "Cantillon Effect" has taken center stage.But what is the Cantillon Effect and how

🇺🇸I Support Our Military & Law Enforcement🇺🇸

TheWiseOwl_AZ

1. Thurs. 21 Jan. K*amala H*arris Bio Editorial, Combat Veterans for Congress Political Action Committee: CVFC PAC supports the election of US military combat veterans to the US Senate and

Arash Kolahi

ArashKolahi

Among the most pervasive lies about capitalism is how capitalism rewards workers.Capitalism does NOT reward:• Productivity• Value• Hard work, effort, sacrifice or duration of workAs we will prove, these lies

Dr Stuart 'individual AND system change' Capstick

StuartBCapstick

.@UNEP Emissions Gap report out today Focus on covid and emissions + need for strong decarbonisation in economic recoveries; growing list of countries committing to net-zero.Our chapter focuses on

Password Hunter02

BenKTallmadge

So the China Center at the Yale Law has received $30M from Joseph Tsai, co-founder & Executive Vice Chair of China’s Alibaba & renamed it Paul Tsai China Center.H/t @MischaEDM

Sahil Bloom

SahilBloom

Survivorship Bias 101History is written by the victors. But if we exclusively focus on these successes, we allow survivorship bias to distort our understanding of the world.But what is "survivorship

Michael Harriot

michaelharriot

You wanna know what white privilege is?Let's look at the credentials for the "Council to Reopen America"1. Mark Meadows: Not only is Mark Meadows not a doctor, but his official

Sumit Mishra

ChadSumitMishra

If PM doesn't fix the economy, India will see a sudden rise in violent crime, food shortages, water shortages, suicides, civil strife, etc. A thread on how PM can fix

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