#Measure

John Thornton 🗃️🍌

JohnT15

You know, about 3 years ago I got a bug in my ass about the question of 'which party *really* does a better job of managing the economy?'. So I

Donald Schneider

DonFSchneider

THREAD/ Good news: using a new(ish) measure of the labor share that Rognlie deems "the best measure," pay and productivity are growing together.Bad news: there's a much bigger puzzle than

haroon meer

haroonmeer

a16z had a great podcast ep. on the SolarWinds hack (props to @smc90) https://a16z.com/2021/01/31/16mins-solarwinds-hack-teardown-supply-chain-compromise-cloud-security/Quick thoughts on it:1) It's worth noting that the SolarWinds build

Jon Saxon

jonsaxon67

Bogus information? Have you looked at graphs of "deaths" and "cases" for different countries, from February? Do this to 10 countries at random (largish countries, so exclude tiny countries, and

Jess Zimbabwe

jzimbabwe

A thread regarding grades, as I submit a large batch of them to a university registrar:A grade represents a hopefully-mostly-objective abstraction of how much you learned about 1 subject in

Doug Kronaizl

DougKronaizl

If Amd. A is declared unconstitutional, it will be the fourth election cycle in a row where a measure passed by the voters is either repealed or substantially altered by

Matt Willes

SkolCapital

Time for my first thread of 2021: Today, How I Measure Myself: a 2020 Report!With some related thoughts on evaluating management and picking investment managers.Important note: underlying everything that follows

Chad Pergram

ChadPergram

1) Washington is staring at the potential of a government shutdown Monday night. This is grim. Congress has approved four temporary spending bills since the end of the government’s fiscal

Silent Cal

KralcTrebor

RH customers buy and sell stocks. Those trades don't settle (settle = closing, the exchange of cash for security) until T+2, two days later. Depending on the net of buys/sells,

Kumar Sarangapani

KumarSarangapa1

Deivathin kural vol 2 pg 404The mantras have nothing to loose if we spurn them. The loss will be ours. The river Kaveri flows from Mysore, a life saving drug

David Schechter

DavidSchechter

Can an electric car do all the things a conventional car can? Are they really a silver bullet for fighting #climatechange. We spent 20 hours on the road to find

Lawrence of A Labia

lex_about_sex

What do you consider to be “hard drugs” and why do you conceptualize them that way? Not rhetorical, I always think it’s interesting, and important, to discuss where we draw

Derek Thompson

DKThomp

The most important COVID story right now is the age shift.In Texas: Young adults driving the spike.https://www.texastribune.org/2020/06/16/texas-coronavirus-spike-young-adults/In Arizona: COVID cases growing 2X faster among ages 20-44 than

Peter Gleick 🇺🇸

PeterGleick

A short thread about the recent claims by some "economists" & #climate skeptics that an 8°C rise in temperature would only cut GDP by 4%:First, it's complete nonsense. That large

John Farrell

Spoofology

So this is only one part of the story. I've had a front row seat before the development, during and after. As some one who believes this space was overdue

Tom Cotton

TomSCotton

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, but we need to abolish the charts. They are not fit for purpose If labels can manipulate sales and decide what

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