#Economists

Shaun O'Dwyer

shaunodwyer

Are economists such Professor Golley alert to a possibility of Berlinian incommensurability between values in the Xi Jinping era- between prosperity, as it is defined by China-dependent trade, and liberal

ArielTroster

ArielTroster

1/ A few final thoughts re: schools. We are not Texas or Florida. If I lived there, I would not be advocating to re-open schools. They have 10,000 new infections

Adam Kotsko

adamkotsko

The way people talk about "capitalism" is, perhaps unsurprisingly, not very clarifying. At times it seems to mean simply "having an economy at all," then it skips over to being

Anthony Russo

Anthony15Russo

I find it funny when people say “raising the minimum wage to $15/hr is a bad idea, it’s basic economics.”And they’re right—basic economics gives us reasons why a $15/hr is

Aurélien Goutsmedt

AGoutsmedt

1/ In October 1978 was enacted the Humphrey-Hawkins bill that constitutes an important piece of legislation for the dual mandate of the FED. Follows a summary of my working paper

Claudia Sahm FULL CHECKS NOW

Claudia_Sahm

cocksure arguments on macroeconomic policy that hinge on falsified, make-believe concepts like potential output must stop. must stop. now.https://twitter.com/ojblanchard1/status/1358122339301490690 believing we (@USCBO @federalreserve @Whit

⬡ Jens Wiechers

jwiechers

While I disagree with Marx on a number of points, the quality of his general analysis is actually fairly uncontroversial, not least because it is not markedly different from the

William Meservy

WilliamMeservy

Happy Election Day! Here are 18 quick reasons why electing Biden--and a Democratic sweep--is probably a better choice for the economy: 1) Moody’s Analytics believes that “a victory for Joe

Anna Gifty is on IG and says #SACE2021

itsafronomics

@drlisadcook is slated to join @federalreserve Board of Governors, which oversees the system that ensures the health of our economy. If appointed, @drlisadcook would be the first Black woman EVER

P. Sainath

PSainath_org

1/5. Barbed wire, Barricades and Border Security Force to stop farmers from reaching Delhi? Wow! There’s Cooperative Federalism for you. Or is it cooperative feudalism with the subedars of Haryana

Vishnu Agnihotri

vishnu_agni

1/ Early specialization leads to more mistakes “The benefits to increased match quality . . . outweigh the greater loss in skills. Learning stuff was less important than learning about

Rebekah Jones

GeoRebekah

Unless someone sends police to raid my house, I don't enjoy calling out individuals.But the damage done by @ProfEmilyOster cannot be overstated. Her irresponsible methodology and lack of understanding of

Prince Kropotkin

Prince_Kropotkn

Nobody is mad that Austrian school economists "use logic", they're mad that they use logic badly and also don't use anything else in areas where logic doesn't apply.https://twitter.com/PerBylund/status/1328799981667545

Greg Fish

GregAFish

According to a study by the London School of Economics, 50 years worth of tax cuts contributed absolutely nothing to boost the GDP and employment rates across 18 nations that

Patricia

PatriciaNPino

An MMT critique from the man who bailed out the banks. Others have already shares strong words about this. Some comments from me:https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-ideological-bankruptcy-of-modern-monetary-theory?fbclid=IwAR2G23XaaIcKt

Alex T Magaisa 🇿🇼

Wamagaisa

1. Thread on Public Goods & why they matter to all of us, rich or poor. There’s a class of things that economists refer to as “public goods”. They don’t

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