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Branko Milanovic

BrankoMilan

In "Capitalism, Alone", I introduced the concept of homoploutia. This is the situation when the same people are rich both in terms of labor incomes and capital incomes. Here is

Dean Baker

DeanBaker13

Powell's comment on Fed bank accounts didn't get one millionth of the attention it deserved, He effectively said that households could save tens of billions if we let them have

Noam Scheiber

noamscheiber

I wrote a story for the NYT Magazine this week about Biden’s radical ideas for transforming the economy once the pandemic is over--by spending well over $1 trillion to turbo-charge

Oregon Econ Analysis

OR_EconAnalysis

Rising Housing Wealth (thread)https://oregoneconomicanalysis.com/2021/01/14/rising-housing-wealth/ Economists increasingly bullish on economic outlook primarily due to incomes being up, and consumer spending largely following suit. At least

Peter Hannam

p_hannam

So Labor says it's not backing down on climate policy....https://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/labor-rejects-claims-it-is-backing-down-on-climate-policy-20210128-p56xlb.html IMO, @Mark_Butler_MP was without peer in his knowl

Merijn "Billions of tests" Knibbe

MerijnKnibbe

1/n I do not like the phrases 'social capital' or 'natural capital'. Why not? A short but deep dive into the concept of capital:https://twitter.com/NatCapCoalition/status/1334801574481305601 2/n Let's first state a seemi

Giorgos Kallis

g_kallis

He used this premise of scarcity to argue against redistributive policies. Unless the poor stay hungry, Malthus argued, they wont work hard to produce more. And unless food production grows,

Noah Kaufman

noahqk

It’s Friday so can I interest you in awith a highly incomplete and self-serving history of the “optimal” taxation of carbon dioxide emissions? *proceeds without waiting for answer*Let's do this!

Billy Huband-Thompson

billyhubt

A few thoughts on politics and research:There's little point doing research if you've decided your conclusions before the work commences. That's partly why we have protocols for systematic reviews, quant

Kent Fellows

GK_Fellows

2014/2015- WTI/WCS price crash due in large part to US shale boom.2018/2019 - WCS price crash due to local oversupply (insufficient pipeline capacity), leading to curtailment.Oil Prices (used to) matter

Matt Notowidigdo

ProfNoto

One of the goals of #TweetABlackEconomistsPaper is to highlight the work of under-appreciated black economists, so I have to start with Mel Stephens Jr. -- no question about thathttps://twitter.com/dougwebberecon/status/1279142242746281988

Somesh Jha

someshjha7

Breaking: India's chief economic advisor wants the junked consumer spending report to be made public. Krishnamurthy Subramanian wrote to the National Statistical Commission seeking the survey report of 2017-18 for

Saifedean.com

saifedean

Getting rich by holding bitcoin is not an unfair reward for doing nothing. It's the market's just reward for divesting your wealth out of central banking & all the death,

Women in Econ/Policy

weconpol

Are you a young researcher new to Twitter, in particular #EconTwitter ? Here's a short thread of all the tips, guides, help, advice we could find on how to use

Tinashe M

baba_nyenyedzi

1/Zimbabwe Economy 2021 Whither?Economists identify threats & opportunities. They’re neither optimist nor pessimists. Their job doesn’t require them to be. Threats & opportunities often become clear when data, patterns &

Rethinking Economics India

rethinkecon_in

On #RethinkingEconomicsIndiaNetwork, we would like to give a huge shoutout to some of the most amazing economists who dared to explore the ‘unexplored’ territory of this vast field; through our

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