#Crisis

Justin Sandefur

JustinSandefur

World Bank's initial C-19 forecasts were far too optimistic, particularly for poor countries. Subsequent revisions imply the number of people falling into poverty will be roughly x2 as high.+131m

Matteo Maggiori

m_maggiori

A thread on US debt levels and its risks. The debt stock is high, rates are low. Was low debt pre 2007 an inefficient waste of fiscal space? Or should

Scribulatora

Scribulatora

This vaccine narrative is everything that's wrong with politics, all in one place, sewed up like a voodoo doll.Scared, angry, dangerously misinformed, hopeless people will make any crisis worse.But who

Mary McIntyre

marymcintyre

Can we please have the mental health conversation?I agree that we are experiencing unprecedented mental health problems in kids right now. I am seeing it in my own home. I

Dr. Frankenstein

allisonwilens

I was interviewed today by a student about mental health crisis response. Here is a thread of my answers to their questions on why, when emergency response is needed at

Bronwyn Bruton

BronwynBruton

The people of #Ethiopia tried to vote out the #EPRDF in 2005. EPRDF brought Ethiopia to the brink of genocide and civil war in 2018. It is a failed system.

J.J. McCullough

JJ_McCullough

I've been to downtown Vancouver every day this week and every time, no matter the neighborhood, I've seen people shooting up, passed out, or in a state. Needles and other

Tage Rai

tage_rai

I don't want to wade into this much b/c of my own bias as an editor, but pls remember this is from a DARPA project! There are powerful private and

John W Lettieri

LettieriDC

Here are my quick thoughts on how we’ve arrived at such a dismal place on small business relief. 1/https://twitter.com/lettieridc/status/1304079754514096128 First, policymakers have simply been unwilling to accept the true nature

Bernie Sanders

BernieSanders

Given the enormous economic desperation facing working families in this country today, I can't support this proposal unless it is significantly improved.https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1334953138143580163 Despite strong Democr

Shadi Hamid

shadihamid

For those asking, I underestimated Trump and I overestimated Republicans, although I'm glad to see that they've finally come around. If anyone is interested in engaging in good faith, this

Michael Pettis

michaelxpettis

1/6Guo Shuqing is right to worry about real estate: since at least the Roman financial crisis of 33 AD (and probably earlier), nearly every major financial crisis in history was

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SheRa_Marley

A thread of ways to a give a charity donation at xmas as a gift: please add your ideas belowThis is great: a certificate for Refugee Community Kitchen, which tells

Jack

jackeselbst

The public case for staffing government and university administrations with people from the business world—and for that matter for CEO compensation as the value the market places on their work—is

An Leavy

an_leavy

If I aound frustrated, I amIf you have been following me aince rhe beginning you know we have discussed the issues in AC beforeThis was not unforeseenIt was always going

Casey Neistat

Casey

this photo was taken in Los Angeles in 2021 credit - https://instagram.com/alleyesonmela why share a photo like this; short answer is that im not sure why. i guess after

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