#Economists

Ben Casselman

bencasselman

The recovery is slowing. The virus is surging. And economists say that if a Congress doesn’t act by the end of the year, it could lead to economic damage that

Pamela Herd

pamela_herd

Debates over the minimum wage are as much about politics, as they are about the research. The push for a minimum wage actually came from early 20th century progressive eugenicists

Rose is a little stressed out

PostcardRosie

Here are some of the people who are endorsing #JoeBiden - on Covid-19, the economy, national security, civil rights, healthcare, climate change, and more. (thread) * The New England Journal

Onye Nkuzi

cchukudebelu

Africa is four times the size of Europe, but its coastline is only one and a half times longer than Europe's. You need good access to the sea, plenty of

John Pasalis

JohnPasalis

A thread on the exuberance we are seeing in Toronto’s real estate market todayI have said that the housing market in the GTA (suburbs in particular) has “bubble-like” symptoms and

Liz Ananat

LizAnanat

NEW RESEARCH THREAD Congress is considering new legislation to help Americans still struggling during the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. My recent survey w/@agpines of our sample of hourly service workers with

Eric Weinstein

EricRWeinstein

Ok. We have had a day. Time to talk #Decision2024. What’s the plan to keep the US Democratic Party & its affiliated legacy/social media from fixing the Primary on behalf

Owen Zidar

omzidar

(1/n) An incoming student wrote me today to ask about classes and resources for aspiring economists. I wrote the following reply, which may be useful for others so am posting

Noah Smith 🐇

Noahpinion

Today's @bopinion post is an ode to Pandemic UI, the boldest and most successful U.S. economic program in many decades.https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-09-08/u-s-renewal-of-pandemic-jobless-benefit-is-crucial-for-workers-

Dmitry Grozoubinski

DmitryOpines

I know how fragile digital records can be so I have saved the IEA's "UK Ports No-Deal Fear Checker" where they assured everyone we were all just hysterical remonaers over-blowing

Telegraph Business

telebusiness

~ a #thread A startling estimate has caught the eye of economists: that London's population may have plunged by 700,000 during the pandemic.What do we know and will it spell

Ari Schulman

AriSchulman

538's track record is statistically very good. The problem is with applying statistics at all. Odds help us make sense of similar, repeatable events. They do not bear much intelligible

Tiffany Green

Tiffany_L_Green

Putting aside that the first phrase of this tweet is absolutely incorrect, it underscores my frustration with the ways in which mainstream economics (and economists with the biggest platforms) ignores

Giorgos Kallis

g_kallis

Indeed, as scholars who have studied Malthus show, Malthus was not a 'Malthusian'. He had a healthy dose of respect for technology, believed in growth, and posited that the greatest

G.C. Pieters, PhD

ProfPieters

Argh. An anticapatory spending response requires full & efficient financial markets (i.e. loans at reasonable rates). The fact that there *is* a response reveals that that assumption is not valid

Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis

KendraWrites

This is literally the plot of The Expanse and it doesn't end well. It creates a second class of people/workers who literally can't live on earth, have no real government

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