#Unemployment

People are responding angrily to this thread about how bad the judge is, but that's the thing: it's not the judge, it's the law. The law generally works in favor
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1) Why is LA reopening when we’re still in a heartbreaking, deadly, terrifying surge? They told us safer at home would stay in place as long as ICU capacity is
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Inflation Is Coming!Some say: Inflation didn’t rise after 2008-2015 Fed QE, so it won’t rise this time. Here are the problems with that argument.1) From 2008-2015 regulators hammered the banks,
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In a country with high unemployment, underemployment, and multidimensional poverty, business relationships are often power relationships.Making personal demands of a service provider (e.g. to hear your faith) will therefore often
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Today it's easy to assume that the massive inequalities, unemployment, poverty, and lack of social transformation are a result of "corruption". That's the main line being pushed by those who
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PLAYBOOK PM: THE LAST GASP? … SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI is hosting Senate Minority Leader CHUCK SCHUMER, White House COS MARK MEADOWS and Treasury Secretary STEVEN MNUCHIN to the Capitol today
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Ladies and Gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We in the aviation industry need your help, to help you get where you want to go after @realDonaldTrump gets re-elected! The
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My 17 year old student was shot and killed while leaving the funeral of his 18 year old friend, who was also shot and killed. I’m heartbroken, I’m angry, and
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Let’s be clear: We need to provide relief to families and small- and medium-sized businesses hit hard by the closures caused by the pandemic. We must ensure relief goes to
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Then:Associated Press entered a formal co-op w Hitler regime in 1930s supplying American newspapers w material produced & selected by Nazi propaganda ministryHOW DID HITLER GAIN POWER?WHAT EVENTS CREATED POPULATION
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Unbelievable that Democrats would let this hold up a deal. The Fed facilities have almost exclusively fattened the wallets of the investor class, and the central bank has tools to
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New UI Report from @CAPolicyLab(Me, @TillvonWachter, @alexbellecon & Geoff Schnorr)Since March, we've written 8 reports analyzing the UI system + trying to explain how many people are receiving UI benefits.Now
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THREAD ON SHIT ASSUMPTIONS: in early undergrad, I read that for a long time (I wanna say decades) condom manufacturers didn't think (straight) women cared about pleasure as much as
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1. It's been 240 days since I tweeted this thread below...I'm even angrierIt's no secret that so many people are in deep financial trouble, but so many people who have
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Meet Steven Manzo, a tragic casualty of lockdown. A recovering addict who overcame so much, and had so much life ahead of him.#RIPStevenManzoNext time you advocate for the closure of
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New @CAPolicyLab Report: Me, @TillvonWachter, @alexbellecon & Geoff Schnorr are back with a new analysis of UI claimants in California.A few takeaways to share, starting with the most dire:Winter is
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