#Economists

Dr Raghib Ali FRCP(UK)

drraghibali

Plan B: Why Sweden provides a potential model for us to follow - but not for the reasons most people think - and only if we learn from their mistakes.

Luis Carlos Reyes

luiscrh

In 2017, @Forbes reported that there were 3 billionaires in Colombia, with a net worth of USD 11 billion, 3,4 billion, and 2,6 billion, respectively. However, either Forbes vastly overestimated

Patrick Butler

patrickjbutler

My @guardian live blog piece: Failing to commit to £20 per week uplift to universal credit beyond April would be 'madness', MPs toldhttps://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2020/nov/18/uk-politics-live-starmer-corbyn-restore-whip-

Brad Setser

Brad_Setser

A bit more on global debt issues, spurred by the @petersgoodman article.As noted in the NYT, debt service deferral cannot be the only way to help low income countries, as

Tuomas Malinen

mtmalinen

Few important points considering #Centralbanks . A thread."When central bank accrues a loss beyond its stream of net interest rate income (gross interest income minus expenses) and seigniorage, it starts

Dr Sandeep Parwaga

drsparwaga

THREAD: I decided to do a small thread on the UK housing ‘market’ because too many are totally oblivious to its machinations. So here it is. Please share. @HousePriceMania @Renegade_Inc

Haleema Khan

haleemak_

"WHAT GOVT WANT TO DO?" I couldn't help but lol when I read this. So I thought I'll do a thread on smart lockdown What is smart lockdown? 'Smart containment’

ICE must be destroyed 🏴

Itmechr3

1. Ok so my real answer to this is that Marxism as a theory was designed as a critique of political economy. It's thus designed to work on a systemic

Brian Asquith

basquith827

This substack post expressing mild skepticism about COVID-caused decline in superstar cities was excellent, but! I think Noah draws on economics in a couple of places where it's ossified into

Ben Chu

BenChu_

Thread on military spending and the economy… Some suggestions from ministers today that 6% a year higher defence spending will not only bolster the UK’s defence capabilities but also yield

LearnLifeWealthTravel | Dream Big, Think Growth !!

AnyBodyCanFly

Thread My viewsLessons learnt from coronavirus and Life after coronavirus ~ Nature is at full bloom but we cannot enjoy it~ Good to have family time but family time is

Chairman Birb Bernanke

Bonecondor

Fun fact: in 2014, economists in the UK analyzed illegal markets and found that drugs contributed about $7.4B a year to their GDP - roughly as big as their advertising

Jason Hickel

jasonhickel

Economists and politicians lean heavily on the promise of "green growth" as a last-ditch defense of capitalism. But is green growth possible? This year brought a lot of new research

Brian Feroldi

BrianFeroldi

1/ Today is Peter Lynch's birthdayHe's one of the greatest investors of all timeRetuning 29.2% annually from 1977-1990Here are my favorite quotes from this fountain of investing wisdom 2/ "Everyone

Michael R. Strain

MichaelRStrain

THREAD. At a time when the economy is growing rapidly again, the last thing Congress should do is make unemployment more financially rewarding than working.My latest Bloomberg column: https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-02-11/bi

💧😷Queen Victoria

Vic_Rollison

Whether Labor wins #EdenMonaroVotes or not, since we’re going to hear every spin possible on whether @KristyMcBain and @AlboMP ‘overcame their challenge’ the media set for them, here is my

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