#Economic

Thread. What I actually said was according to @OECD the UK is set to be the worst perf economy in the developed world. Because of Scotland's sector concentrations & the
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Let's talk business.Many governments still struggle to understand that not controlling #COVID19 harms the #economy more. Because:Consumers remain anxious. Also without lockdowns. (EN translation of today's Dutch thread)/1https://mar
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I do forecasting, not epidemiology. But what do you do when all forecasting relies on epidemiology? Well, you have to get on with it.SOME OBSERVATIONS: t-cells may be relevant to
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Beware of Environmental ActivismAs India is trying hard to reach its full economic potential, one can see sudden rise in hitjob by Environmental NGOs who are trying to create SaveAarey
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jason kenney wants to insist that a #GreenNewDealAB is a "pie in the sky fantasy" but last time i checked, we're not the ones that based an entire provincial budget
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It’s important to understand that censorship and pervasive propaganda result in political elites who have woefully bad information and thus make bad choices.https://twitter.com/BeijingPalmer/status/1198814005126676481 Pinochet allowed the referendum
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The thing that irks me about California is smugness & self-congratulatory behavior. NYC is incredibly dense & runs on public transportation. Some of Cali's cities are so expensive that only
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The social dynamics have changed largely in Kashmir. The greest community (peasantry class) has seen a lot of mobility, especially due to the Land Reforms. Just a few decades back
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Why do we continue to share gripes about distance teaching? Not because we hope it will get us back into the classroom. The safety of my students is always my
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Building on the thread below, I've got a new piece out today on the interplay between Brexit & Covid-19, in particular in terms of practical impacts for business. A real
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Let me try one more time, without being angry; I had a smoke and I feel better, so here goes:Ok, so you are talking about literally destroying the current socio-economic
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It turns out the 80/20 rule applies to #COVID too, not just health care financing, where as few as 5-10% of infected patients are transmitting to 80% of the total
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To distract us from the excitement of who you will/wont see over Christmas the government is putting on a Spending Review tomorrow. What should you expect? New economic forecasts will
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The Economic package for Self-Reliance (#atmanirbharbharat) amid covid:-Announced package - ₹20lakh crAlready announced PMKGY - ₹1.7lakh crRBI liquidity announced - ₹6.5lakh cr11.5 lakh cr NEW packages to be announced by
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If we can talk about about how the suffrage movement was racist (which we 100% should) and the Black Panthers were sexist we’re also going to talk about how white
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Tomorrow, I’m traveling to Europe to meet with our allies and partners exactly one month after Putin accelerated his brutal war in Ukraine. My first stop is Belgium where I’ll
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