#Inequality

LibertarianRight 🔔

RightMinarchist

Thread on why most regulations have drastic negative effects on the economy: This is study from the Journal of Economical Growth found that regulations "have reduced real output growth by

Simon Wardley

swardley

Contextual blindness - the tendency for members of the privileged to think that something other than luck was responsible for their position and privilege ->https://twitter.com/indiyoung/status/1338623809939779584 X : Why random?Me :

Jennifer Scheurle

Gaohmee

Did you know that homeschooling is illegal in Germany? Because it is.I actually didn't know that was even a thing until I moved to the US. Why is it illegal?

Tricia Pendergrast

traependergrast

I'm super stressed about money this week because my summer research stipend has not come through yet, so lets talk briefly about income inequality in medical school admissions...@jbcarmody @EthicalStudents Let's

Cassandra of Troy

BrynnTannehill

On the subject of student loan forgiveness... I never had student loan debt, despite getting a masters degree. This was because of my military service. Being rich, or being in

Jesse Dodge

JesseDodge

GPT-3 won a best paper award at #NeurIPS2020! Congratulations to that team, it truly is an incredible piece of work, and has changed the way many of us think about

Exeter College JCR

ExeterJCR

If you're angry with the government's decisions about results, get involved with access work next term. This isn't a one off! Students from disadvantaged backgrounds are let down every single

kristina.

uhmmkristina

Heather Heyer did not die for you assholes to suggest we unite with fascists. Why does this even need to be said? Heather was viewed a true antifascist. That woman

Caitlin Roper

caitlin_roper

I’m trying to understand why individuals who (rightly) condemn Pornhub feel the need to make qualifying statements that they are “not anti-porn”. Why not? How much more evidence of violence,

Chris N. Morfas

MorfasChrisN

Sometimes the difference between being a polite, grateful, and adaptable expat and standing up for one’s basic rights and personal dignity is a fine line 1/ Here in Colombia, owing

frog

filthycattle

1. A belief structure shared by a society doesn't have to be officially recognized as a religion in order to effectively be a religion 2. Religions define concepts of good

Noah Smith 🐇

Noahpinion

1/I apparently forgot to do a threat about this @bopinion post back in October when I wrote it, so here we go. Hispanic Americans and upward mobility.https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-10-06/hispanic-american-incomes-rising-fas

Michael Harriot

michaelharriot

On July 9, a few years ago, a speech about fighting oppression got out of control. The protest organizer wanted it to be nonviolent but protesters started destroying property and

Dr Morag Rose

thelrm

Help, please, Mcr twitter. I'm writing about "Radical Manchester" tours/zines (2005ish) but my notes are scruffy. I always finished that walk with a critique of the narrative that we are

Adeline Virginia Stephen

A_V_Stephen

Declaration: 1. I firmly believe that feminism is the most important human rights movement of all, because sexed based oppression is the most consistent, pervasive oppression of all. Women are

Tim Bartik

TimBartik

This is an important report that pulls together a lot of thinking about how the federal government can help deal with the problems caused by spatial inequality. Highly recommended!https://twitter.com/kenanfikri/status/1356942443535601666 So

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