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Jason Furman
jasonfurman
A few thoughts on the recovery plan that President-elect Biden is announcing tonight.THREAD: It is *very* large. Together with the December legislation it would be around $2.8T, which is about
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Dr Zuleyka Zevallos
OtherSociology
Here's another problem-riddled NYT piece on COVID-19 vaccineSome good discussion of wealthy countries hoarding vaccineHowever, Peter Singer goes unchallenged on ableist & ageist comments that older people don't deserve priority
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ALG 'you people"
ALGhammer
Politicians at every level sit in meetings with public health officials and try to micromanage every aspect of our lives; right down to telling us that outside of work we
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Rep. Pramila Jayapal
RepJayapal
Repeat after me: the stock market is NOT the economy.FACTS:The wealthiest 10% of US households own 84% of value of stocks. The top 1% controls 40%. The wellbeing of vast
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Local Government Association
LGAcomms
Around 450 primary schools’ worth of homeless children are spending this lockdown in temporary accommodation (such as bed and breakfasts) due to a shortage of affordable housing. This needs to
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Brian Sauvé
Brian_Sauve
A thread on local economies:Question: How do we fight the wicked powers of the central banks, federal reserve, and the evil of our current fiat system of money?The good news:
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Illiberal Democrat
Me_Predictor
Analyzing Indian economy and corporate profits from this perspective ( basically the levy kalecki equation) in the past 30 years, we can find basically 5 different phases (1/n)https://twitter.com/Me_Predictor/status/1344299852780343296 Firs
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Noah Kaufman
noahqk
Here’s a terrific simple figure, from Carolyn Fischer, to help teach the difference between emissions pricing and standards.The RHS figure says price + benchmark. That’s what a (tradable) standard is:
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Chicago Department of Housing
ChicagoDOH
1/ Yesterday, the City Council passed the Fair Notice ordinance, giving the more than half of Chicago households who rent more stability and predictability in their homes.Fair Notice has two
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Tea Vadikatti
TeaVadikatti
*Shortie on Indian Television Journey*Wide spread of the television happened in India during mid-1980’s, till then TV’s were only confined to the major cities. Terrestrial broadcasting is the start. Like
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Lewis Goodall
lewis_goodall
And I should mention something about interest. I paid a lower rate of interest than current students. For those starting in 2020 in England and Wales their rate of interest
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Alexi Savov
azsavov
There’s a lot of interest in the Great Inflation of the 1970s these days. A thread on my new paper with I. Drechsler and P. Schnabl, which explains why inflation
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Dr Zoë Hyde
DrZoeHyde
(1/22) Study of household transmission of #SARSCoV2 in the US in March to April. Extremely thorough investigation by the CDC showing an equal attack rate for children and adults, among
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Matt Copeland
Matt_Copeland1
Today @ofgem have announced that they intend to increase the price cap by £21 to cover the costs of increased bad debt in energy. So why is there a perceived
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Prashanth Kanduri
kanduri
A thread explaining the implications of pricing basic services, keeping them under democratic control and what it means for a struggling economy/society like we have in India [1/n]@AAPKarnataka @AamAadmiParty At
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Stephanie Ruhle
SRuhle
THREAD: Now that he has been sworn-in, President Biden is moving forward with his $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan.With a 50-50 split in the Senate & some Republicans caring about
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