#Economics

JayElwes

JayElwes

A thing that wasn’t meant to happen has happened.https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/in.mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idINKBN2991IK Another thing that wasn’t meant to happen:https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-06/boe-governor-ba

Arash Kolahi

ArashKolahi

The Achilles Heel of a capitalism’s market system is in what economists call externalities: the human, societal & environmental costs of economic activity completely externalized from both buyers & sellers.Externalities

Fabio Ghironi

FabioGhironi

Yesterday I gave a virtual seminar on “Interest Rate Uncertainty as a Policy Tool?” with @galipkemal at @NYFedResearch. I began my career there in 1999. This “visit” was a wonderful

Rod Schoonover

RodSchoonover

Some thoughts on the intelligence community, where I spent a decade, and its role in understanding the national security implications of climate change. Today, President Biden will reportedly direct the

Cory Doctorow #BLM

doctorow

Unless you're a certain kind of conservative, you probably haven't heard of Robert Bork, but he's one of the most important people you've never heard of. The best way to

Homunculus 😷

tryingattimes

I think I just realised why the cipher of ‘trans rights’ (which few seem to be able to define in concrete terms) has become the sine qua non of human

Chris Cox

CoxyJindas

Man Facebook memories is a trip. 10 years ago I was a raving right wing nutjob. Looking at the shit I said about the Federal Election then, I seriously had

CompComSA

CompComSA

Deputy Commissioner @hardinratshi is discussing @CompComSA’s recent paper on ‘#Competition in the #Digital #Economy’ in a #webinar hosted in partnership with the Mandela Institute, a centre in the School of

Noah Smith 🐇

Noahpinion

1/America is not yet prepared for the massive effort we will need to produce and distribute vaccines.Because we're still only thinking about the FIRST vaccination drive. There may be more.https://noahpinion.substack.com/p/the-vaccine-wa

"Shoot him again, his soul is still dancing"

Aelkus

I've seen a lot of commentary today about Hiroshima and Nagasaki that tries to tie them in some way to the flagrant anti-Japanese racism of the period. It feels intuitively

Simon DeDeo

SimonDeDeo

2021 predictions () Student loans will (finally) be understood as a bubble on a par with the housing market in 2008. Some of the fallout will be temporarily explained away

Ben Lucier

benlucier

[THREAD] Can we talk about Internet services at home? Here's the trap many fall into when our telco and cablecos sell us super-fast fibre Internet: The assumption that we 'need'

Alix Mathieson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧

Alix2Win

1/This is my Granda Brian. He is 85 and is the most selfless person I have ever and will ever know. A true gentleman and I want people to know

Flywheel Research

flywheelfunds

1/ The first example of unit economics from intro tweetstorm is Swedish small cap CTT Systems ($CTT.ST). I’m long. Monopolist in humidity control for commercial aircraft. Excellent business quality can

Rachel Nyx

rachillax_13

ANNOUNCEMENT THREADYears ago, as a student and member of the College Republicans at my alma mater, I had the blessing to meet and become friends with several like-minded students, men

Goldy

GoldyHA

1/ Thought I'd take a moment to expand on Rep. @RoKhanna's comments questioning the credibility of the new CBO minimum wage forecast. He is correct in that CBO economists have

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