#Economists

Code Green

code__green

Global debt? $260 trillion, THREE times the planet's GDP"However, this is small potatoes compared to the scale of the financial products derivatives market. Estimated to be somewhere between $600 trillion to

Dave

djr8519

This chart is the clearest representation of the immense damage that emanated from the GFC on the US economy.In the ~60 years following WWII, US real GDP seemed to grow

Paul Krugman

paulkrugman

One thing I don't think is fully appreciated is the fact that Republicans in general, and Trump a fortiori, have no idea what causes recessions. If they've even heard of

The Pension War Room

yomeeks

The Pension War Room would like to note some whoppers about public sector pay are being passed around. #AbLeg I wanted to provide this older (2014) critique of the Fraser

Cory Doctorow #BLM

doctorow

2020 was a shitty year for most things, but it was a banner year for books about fighting monopolies, and for the fight itself. It started (in Dec '19) with

JW Mason

JWMason1

Rudi Dornbusch summarizes the consensus position on monetary policy; it’s all about “getting rid of democratic money.”I think this was fair statement of the general view economists when he wrote

Joseph Gagnon

GagnonMacro

My colleague Olivier Blanchard lays out the case for concern about the Biden stimulus package. https://www.piie.com/blogs/realtime-economic-issues-watch/defense-concerns-over-19-trillion-relief-plan via @PIIE Let's walk thru the numbers

Vinay Prasad MD MPH

VPrasadMDMPH

Finished drafting my oped, coming soonThesis: If u r 14 days after dose 2 vaccine & asymptomatic, you can (and should!) relax some restrictions. That's why we get vaccines and

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TORUKH_MAKTO

As an Indian, how would you oppose Chinese products?Here goes a very short story but worth inspirationalMikhail Gorbachev last leader of Union of Soviet Socialist Republic (USSR) , respected by

Thomas Levenson, Zṓiarchos

TomLevenson

Just lurked in a review session for the sprout's Econ 101 (virtual) course.As usual, the instructors reminded everyone that the perfect competition models aren't true. But also as usual, they

Beyond The Spectrum

BT_Spectrum

Most of us grow up with #MoneyMyths...The truth will surprise you!Please add these important videos to your watchlist, check them out when you have time! #ModernMoney #MMT #MMTruth#MMTCommunity #JobGuarantee#GreenNewDeal #TheDeficitMyth

aayeff

aayeff1

This is not blind faith. This is based on my observations of Rahul during the last 7 years. No one is perfect. We are all amalgams of good & not

Larry Schweikart

LarrySchweikart

1) A most unique man, and an American hero, Walter E.Williams died today. Born on March 31, 1936, Williams grew up without a father in the Philadelphia housing projects. His

Ben Moll

ben_moll

#EconTwitter hivemind: what are your favorite papers combining “causal” micro estimates (say from DiD or RCT) with a general-equilibrium macro model to answer an interesting macro question?This is for my

Arindrajit Dube

arindube

As we debate whether to cut UI benefits in the middle of the pandemic, it's useful to keep in mind what we know about the impact of the $600 benefit

Matthew O'Toole

MatthewOToole2

Sorry to bore you with a thread, but we need to address the inaccurate, amped up talk of an 'economic United Ireland'.Sadly it's a lie. Brexit means that in all

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