#Austerity

Richard Murphy

RichardJMurphy

I am bemused by those who demand that we repay the UK government’s debt. It makes me wonder, do they know what it is? And how do they think it

Matthew Ingleby

matthewingleby

Left Twitter's response to socioeconomic fallout of continued lockdown is to suggest redistributional instruments (UBI, free broadband, Deaton's post-lockdown restructure) that, post-Corbyn, have no purchase in our neoliberal hegemo

Dr Robert Bohan Artist

RobertBohan

There’s a lot of wisdom in so-called traditional cures. Let’s look at their efficacy ranking them from least successful to most. I guarantee there’s at least one amazing suggestion for

Adam Harmsworth

AdamHarmsworth

#TUSC21 thread! #TUSC21 Jared Wood asks "What force in Parliament is prepared to free the trade unions today?" 450 in the conference now! Good point by Jared, having real respect

Christabel Cooper

ChristabelCoops

There’s been bewilderment at yesterday’s @YouGov poll where a majority of Tory voters still think the government has done everything it reasonably could to protect the public, and explains why

sps

im_tired_yall

Don't think I missed the shade Morty tried to throw saying that the @FMO_NU event was "an example of programming that moves forward important conversations about race" as if @copsoutofNU

Ananth Narayan

ananthng

1/n Long thread: Analysts at times use macro terms like consumption, savings and investments in an everyday sense. But these terms imply very different things when seen through a macro

Revolving Door Project

revolvingdoorDC

THREAD: It’s been 48 hrs of mixed news from @JoeBiden.On the plus side: @BharatRamamurti and @gauragDC are, among others, FANTASTIC picks for Deputy NEC and Deputy PPO respectively.https://mailchi.mp/bidentransition/health-team-3588606?e=

Noah Buckley

noahvbuckley

“You don’t seem like you have ADHD.”“Thank you, I’m heavily medicated.” To give you an idea of how heavily debilitating ADHD can be, writing is probably my most innate skill

Charlie Roding Pemberton

CSCPemberton

[Thread] Some facts and analysis of #FreeSchoolMeals, #Feedthechildren & UK benefits system. Disclaimer, I’ve been reading about this for 8 years and I’m always learning new things. It’s still a

Hovellin' Hermit

HovellingHermit

Fed up of being polite, people may not like it, but time that the truth was told without fear of offending.People are dying because our #NHS is suffering severe lack

Hielke Van Doorslaer

HielkeDoorslaer

First @NPEjournal paper out with @MattVermeiren! After GFC, major central banks of the advanced capitalist world have persistently undershot their inflation target. Despite unprecedented monetary expansions. How can we explain

arclight

arclight

Read the thread and consider software risk and system safety from this perspective. When designing for safety, ask "for whom?"https://twitter.com/michaelharriot/status/1340796465967476737 While drafting my legacy scientific code b

P H Lee

P_H_Lee

So I watched the musical Pippin for the first time yesterday and I have a distantly related thought about monasticism and modern American Protestant Christianity. (I knew that there was

Faisal Islam

faisalislam

The Starmer economic speech is important moment for macro policy...With new administration in US “going big” on fiscal stimulus, borrowing rates remaining super-low - Opposition could choose to lean further

Anas Sarwar

AnasSarwar

Today, I have highlighted figures on child poverty rising by 20,000 in Scotland in just 4 years. This is an utter failure of Tory and SNP austerity, and their constant

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