#Policymakers

Marc Gayle

marcgayle

This was a great programme @djmillerJA. I fully empathize with the stress that all of our medical professionals have been under for the last few decades. What’s missing in this

Peter Brant

peter_brant

Still so much misunderstanding of the 50% target and what it measureshttps://twitter.com/jim_dickinson/status/1279310226232049665 First, the target has not been achieved. The record HE participation of any cohort of young people to

Javier Lopez-Gonzalez

jlopezgonzalez1

Here is a thread (my first!) with some insights on how #trade might be leveraged to fight #COVID19 from our latest @OECDtrade policy note (with @SorescuSilvia and Andrea Andrenelli).https://read.oecd-ilibrary.org/view/?ref=1060_1060354-ie4a

Emily Hamilton

ebwhamilton

I have a new policy brief out on the Biden housing plan:https://www.mercatus.org/publications/housing/opportunities-better-federal-housing-policy-how-biden-administration-and The Biden plan endorses the Booker-Clyburn HOME Act, one of sever

Tony Yates

t0nyyates

I don't understand worries about the stimulus package causing overheating emanating from the apex of macro. 1. overheating, if it were to happen, is better than underheating in these

Heidi Shierholz

hshierholz

Last week, 2.4 million workers applied for unemployment benefits. This is the 16th week in a row that unemployment claims have been more than twice the *worst* week of the

Nani 🇬🇭

lenubienne

The "Unhealthy, EBT-wielding Welfare Queen" trope must die. A thread. I've been a state-certified social worker since October 2001, and I have personally helped 1,000s of clients obtain SNAP, TANF,

Dina Srinivasan

DinaSrinivasan

Expanding on this idea.Look, not long ago, credit card firms robbed consumers by burying rates and terms in long contracts that people don't read or understand. We passed a bunch

Sunder Katwala

sundersays

Vg and hopeful news about a vaccine.> The public is pretty pro-vaccine (4/5 people would want to take it) but this has fallen a few points in most countries. >

Yet Another Columnist

Sime0nStylites

This is interesting for two reasons.(i) A successful future is possible(ii) This is how it might lookToo much commentary has focused on disaster being inevitable (catastrophism) versus the capacity for

Matt Stoller

matthewstoller

1. Ok, so most people have a vague sense of frustration that the last Dem administration didn't do enough on the economy. But it's still just a vague sense. So

Soumaya Keynes

SoumayaKeynes

Recently, my inbox has been FULL of stories of supply chain snarl-ups... - expensive containers- delays at ports- chip shortagesSurveys of purchasing managers are also showing rising input costs... Could

Claudia Sahm FULL CHECKS NOW

Claudia_Sahm

“These caveats do not mean faster data should be ignored, but that we need to know its weaknesses while marvelling at its speed.” @ChrisGiles_ yes and yeshttps://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.ft.com/content/366653da-fc7b-4f3d-bf2f-ef95dfc180

John McNally

johngmcnally

I wrote an essay about what a net-zero target means for Canada. What problems will we have to overcome? What will be the biggest barriers? What ideas have promise? And

Arunesh Mathur

aruneshmathur

In a new paper, @jonathanmayer, Mihir Kshirsagar, and I investigate a question that has been challenging researchers and policymakers: what makes a dark pattern, well, "dark"? https://arxiv.org/pdf/2101.04843.pdf [thread] There

Onur Özgöde

ummodern

Why do we have an econ indicator such as GDP? Most assume GNP, GDP's predecessor, was invented to measure economic growth.My new paper, Institutionalism in Action, shows it was constructed

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