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Absurdistwords

absurdistwords

Every retail worker who has ever worked through the last days of a big chain like Circuit City or Toys R Us can recognize what is happening in American government.It's

G Raghuram

UntergrundmannG

#COVID19India The IHME estimates circulating a couple days back, indicated 'true' daily case counts @ 6M+ (currently) for India, off a rather complex model. What didn't sit well with me

dave

daveamp

I am really excited that our (@j_wolak_ ) new paper “The Dynamic American Dream” is available at @AJPS_Editor.https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ajps.12522 The American Dream is the general belief that people can achieve success

J. 🧢

CxOSidekick

Great points. A few ways we approached the task of documenting control purpose and subsequent control portfolio rationalization...1. Build up a picture of credible attack paths the overall portfolio needs

Travis Kimmel

coloradotravis

What does it mean to say the Fed is “out of ammo?”A (properly sized) thread on how interest rates are, in the end, the only bullet. Oh, and also a

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scottbmiles

The (continued) exposure of systemic racism in MN and NY (& US) the past couple days reminds me of a handful of conversations I've had with local emergency managers on

Onur Özgöde

ummodern

Very sophisticated piece by @csissoko, but from a systemic risk perspective, both law and macroecon overlook the question of the dynamics of systemic interdependencies during emergencies. This is why risk

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

You know that thing that companies do when you set up an online account, asking you to name your favorite food and your high-school mascot as a way to recover

Dmitry Grozoubinski

DmitryOpines

1/ An interesting proposal. Basically both sides eliminate tariffs, but the UK would reserve the right to fall out of step with EU Level Playing Field rules. If they did

Michael McFaul

McFaul

A great conversation with @NPRKelly just now helped me crystallize some thoughts on Russia and the West. In the spirit of twitter, written without nuance. Comments welcome. THREAD 1/ Conventional

Michael Pettis

michaelxpettis

1/7Very interesting piece on the gradual and imperfect transition (“GDP adoption in China was an experimental – and ultimately unsuccessful – process of translation”) in China from the Soviet-invented Material

Lukas Freund

_LukasFreund_

Sunak's #minibudget includes a variety of active labor market policies.There is a rich economic literature that can help inform coverage & assessments.A short thread that points to a few recent-ish

Amir Sufi

profsufi

The world economy entered the COVID-19 crisis with very low interest rates and very high debt levels, which will complicate policy efforts to boost the economy. We released two @nberpubs

George Yarrow

george_yarrow

1. 'Saving lives' sounds, as it is meant to, like a moral high principle, but, if you want to do that, best turn to God. Away from soteriology, what saving

David DeRemer

DRDeRemer

Reading @D_A_Irwin on fisheries, manufacturing and subsidies in the 1790s, it's striking how relevant debates are to the present, the largest difference being that the word "bounty" could still be

Jason Hickel

jasonhickel

This is remarkable: 170 Dutch academics put together a 5-point manifesto for economic change after the C19 crisis, building on #degrowth principles. It has gone viral in Dutch media. In