#Wage

Gabrielle Blair

designmom

I saw a tweet where someone described that when they find out someone they know personally supports Trump, they lose all respect for them instantly. I liked it and retweeted

J.

PresentWitness_

Based-economics (thread) Globalism is the result of a collaborative corporate strategy to reduce international trade barriers and corporate taxes. Populist movements are a response to the failed economic promises of

Greg Kamstra

gkamstra

I was fascinated by this deck. Given how much time I spend in the space (ALL of the time, lol), I have a ton of thoughts. First off, deck is

Brooke Binkowski

brooklynmarie

I can't stop thinking about this story. I went to sleep thinking about it and I woke up thinking about it. It's so infuriating. $3b stolen from the journalism industry

Ed Barnard

ewbarnard

1. Once upon a time, Gregg Smith woke up to "10 miles of bad road." The Old Grunt was a Corporal in the U.S. Marines. https://thenib.com/erik-prince-s-private-air-force/ 2. When Gregg woke

࿗ Neha🕉

Nehanotknown

As per Hindu literature it's not Saturn which is demon but Rahu and Ketu. Rahu and KetuTwo deities are actually demons who managed to gain a place in the pantheon

xhanti

Xhanti0330

1 I’m very deeply concerned after reading this piece from Trudi. I had to make this post and thread and break my pledge not to be on Twitter until March.

Women's Voices

WomenReadWomen

80-90% of all sweatshop workers globally are women and girls."Around 90% of female readymade garment (RMG) workers face various kinds of mental torture at their workplaces, according to a recent

TheCheshireBrewhouse

TheCheshireBrew

@RishiSunak Rishi, yesterday I awoke, happy and full of hope. I went to bed full of dread. I now lie awake wondering what the Treasury and your party. Have planned

Brumby

the_brumby

Lockdowns don’t actually work (see pinned tweet). One reason is that it’s preposterous to think one can just halt an interwoven societal fabric. So “lockdown” is instead just poor people

Cory Doctorow #BLM

doctorow

Accountancy is more likely to be mocked than celebrated (or condemned), but accountants, far more than poets, are the unacknowledged legislators of the world. 1/ Though "bean counters" are employed

I too am a Black-passing Latina

InADash

1. Sees a Latin American film centering Black people2. Clicks on director & producers3. Sees a bunch of white Latin Americans (usually middle class or richer)4. Turns off wifi for

Tim Bartik

TimBartik

Great article by @noamscheiber about Biden team's aim to have a rational national industrial policy. The basic issue: can one come up with overnment policies that will help make the

Marco Rogers

polotek

Economics just isn't this simple. I wish that people who wanted to use this simple definition would admit that they're incentivized to do so because it benefits them in their

Liz Ananat

LizAnanat

NEW RESEARCH THREAD Congress is considering new legislation to help Americans still struggling during the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. My recent survey w/@agpines of our sample of hourly service workers with

Nat Bullard

NatBullard

THREAD: Japan has some serious climate ambitions, and some even more serious zero-carbon electricity challenges. The latter are becoming existential for Japan Inc 1/ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-03/japan-had-better-find-s

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