#Economic

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DoubleEph

One question I hope future historians of this plague will grapple with is - What if China had not locked down Wuhan in January? I will say that singular policy

Marshall Steinbaum 🔥

Econ_Marshall

I’ve been pondering the idea that “no economist” thinks there’s a tradeoff between pandemic control and economic health, in light of the fact that everyone else evidently thinks there is

Suren

zeneraalstuff

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was among the clerics who gave a call for Hijrat, after WW 1, since the Caliphate had fallen and India, ruled by infidel British, was Dar-ul-Harb,

Travis Kimmel

coloradotravis

On money printing and how it actually is happening. All the time.In fact, banks have been doing it every day for hundreds of years. And also: a QE-variant previous threads

Nick Reeves #FBPA #FBPE #ProgressiveAlliance

nickreeves9876

Many people still believe that the reality of Brexit will change Leavers' minds. Has nothing been learned? Leave voters have changed their opinions to fit every broken promise. They're not

noraborealis

noraborealis

In 1931, a MOB of white people protested Arthur and Edith Lee's purchase of their home at 4600 Columbus. Look at this shot of all these smug white people! They

Teri Kanefield

Teri_Kanefield

I'll resolve the math error.Republicans calculate that 82% of Americans earn over $400,000 per year based on their definition of "Americans."If you're not rich, you don't count.https://twitter.com/GOPChairwoman/status/

Marianna Sotomayor

MariannaNBCNews

.@JoeBiden brings his economic message to Toledo, Ohio where how main message besides selling his “Build Back Better” plan to union members gathered at the drive-in is promising to never

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jd_schnepf

Princeton University just announced “difficult reductions” in light of coronavirus pandemic. These include:-“Suspending faculty and staff salary increases, except where required by previous agreement” -“All requests for new permanent and

Casey Flores

caseyjflores

Was told today by a smart guy that Trump has been weak on China. And Obama did something Bc the TPP. They built military bases in the pacific in our

Bachman

ElonBachman

Under the guise of fighting monopoly, FDR created vast new monopolies: FDR's new cartels (which ossified commerce in the middle of a depression) were explicitly modeled after Mussolini: A curiosity

Lewis Goodall

lewis_goodall

Contrary to what you might read on here, all the data we have suggests that the lockdown is largely being observed and produced huge behavioural changes. See my @BBCNewsnight report

Adam Habib

AdHabb

Shabir Mahdi, one of our most eminent health scientists did a presentation to the Wits council on Friday afternoon. His presentation slides are available on this link: http://www.wits.ac.za/covid19/latest-news/test-test-test-says-wits-academic.html H

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Aelkus

This was a byproduct of the Cold War but I also don't think its the right lesson to takehttps://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-07-07/new-cold-war-with-china-can-make-u-s-democracy-stronger It's hard to overstate the fear th

Timothy Isaiah Cho

tisaiahcho

Is there a legitimate theological argument against universal health care? It seems that on a strictly theological basis, Christians should want to see health needs met in a sustainable manner

Lyman Stone 石來民 🦬🦬🦬

lymanstoneky

One problem with the "demand suppressed by the pandemic" story is that no prior pandemics created even close to this degree of suppressed demand, and none of the economic papers