#Economists

Chris Pope

CPopeHC

The inability of "populism" to advance a coherent normative conception of the public good seems to dismay @DouthatNYT here, but the essence of populism is a refusal to do so.https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/26/opinion/trump-hawley-

Adam Davidson

adamdavidson

A year-end thought on Trump, the GOP, Maria Bartiromo, etc:Adam Smith, in 1776, identified a fundamental potential crisis in capitalism, one that is especially naked now. 1/ To improve the

George Selgin

GeorgeSelgin

While simply "eliminating" deposit insurance is not a wise prescription for reform, show me an economist who denies that it can encourage excessive risk taking, and has done so in

Sahil Bloom

SahilBloom

1/ The “Fed Put” 101If you’ve been following the financial media, you may have heard @mcuban and @elerianm on @SquawkCNBC referring to the “Fed put” in the markets and its

François Godement

FGodement

@FHeisbourg I am in agreement with @michaelxpettis and have been writing/tweeting about China free-riding the quant easing of other central banks for some time this year. The excuse is they

Reuters Science News

ReutersScience

As Indonesia prepares to begin mass inoculations against COVID-19, its plan to prioritize working age adults over the elderly will be closely watched by other countries as it aims to

Maureen Moore, M.A.

HopesMom12

This is a thread about the economy, and what economists are predicting. /1 You-know-what hits the fan around Dec 2022. The cycles ... point to the lowest stock market of

MarkGB

MarkGBblog

The Great Reset is about 'saving the world' from pollution, disease & poverty. Who could disagree? Maybe CV19 is a blessing in disguise?Crap. It's a Trojan Horse: - Financialisation of

Stefan Baral

sdbaral

My dream response:TAGOPIETeam, Analysis, Goal, Objectives, Planning, Implementation, EvaluateTeam -- what competencies should be in the emergency operations center (EOC) making decisions (methodologists, practitioners, clinicians, gov't

Vashishtha Doshi

vashtalk

. @andymukherjee70 rightly points out tht CHIPS, SWIFT, & USD formn core of US fin hegemony, but as @michaelxpettis & @M_C_Klein point out China has to accept a lot more

Jeff (BPredict)

BPredict

I've had a few followers ask me my thoughts on the Sturgis study. It's gone viral because it tells a story the media likes ("bad" people got COVID for doing

Arindrajit Dube

arindube

An amusingly bizarre talking point I've seen from min wage critics of late: publication bias against studies finding negative effects reflecting "politicization."What's bizarre is this: it is well known there

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

David Fisman

DavidFisman

Just want to point out vis a vis The Tale of the Dithery Premier:this is what Manitoba looks like after belated lockdown. With great effort they got R down to

Peter Atwater

Peter_Atwater

With apologies for the length of this tweet stream.When economists talk about elasticity is typically with respect to supply and demand and how both change based on price. I think

Nachiket Gangakhedkar

NGangakhedkr

The way, the universities define the rational economic man, it's painful to hear. Absolutely painful. A whole generation of economists with the wrong definitions. + Economics students are disgusted by

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