#Economic

Neil Cybart

neilcybart

One thing that I see a lot of lately is people talking in absolutes."Oil/gas complex is dead.""Colleges are done.""Era of large corporate headquarters is over."I don't recall so many absolutes

Arvind Subramanian

arvindsubraman

Excited about first research outputs from @AshokaUniv Center for Economic Policy (ACEP) on India's Exports and GrowthResearch paper: https://ashoka.edu.in/static/doc_uploads/file_1602585132.pdfPolicy paper: https://ashoka.edu.in/static/

Jon Swales

jonswales77

“We are in a planetary emergency.”Professor James Hansen, Former Director NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies “Based on sober scientific analysis, we are deeply within a climate emergency state but

Armine Yalnizyan

ArmineYalnizyan

Morneau noted that the feds are the BEST borrowers in the land (lower risks/costs than for cash strapped provinces, municipalities, businesses, households, and poor people, ranked in ascending order of

Patrick Henningsen

21WIRE

It's very noticeable now how some 'influencers' who self-identify as 'Communists' & 'Marxists' (of the Middle Class variety, mainly academics + Media personalities) on 'The Left' are actively promoting draconia

Victor Mapunga

victor_mapunga

Scarcity is a necessity for innovation. Natural Resources create 'lazy prosperity'. Nations with either very little or nothing to dig up & export either descent into chaos or are forced

Hassan Javid

HassanJavid_

1. Am seeing quite a few people saying 'liberals' need to recognize how extremism of the sort espoused by the TLP enjoys popular support, and that secular/progressive politics is both

Stephanie Ruhle

SRuhle

THREAD: It's time for another fact check. We're going to dig a little deeper into President Trump's messaging yesterday, where he essentially started tweeting: "Your 401k will be gone without

George Reisman

GGReisman

Re: The 1619 Project Ancient Rome, Greece, Babylon, Egypt, India, China, and Africa too, all had slavery. None of them created the Industrial Revolution. Great Britain and the United States

Krishnan Guru-Murthy

krishgm

My view in debates is let things happen a bit, and see how they behave in crossfire and noise. It can be as revealing as the answers. Preferable to formal,

Ed Miliband

Ed_Miliband

(THREAD) It is worth explaining why I think government has made the wrong call on CBILs. It is falling into the trap of thinking the danger at the end of

Jared C.

jayctigerfan

When my hometown was ravaged by a hurricane in '05, it took YEARS for restaurants, businesses, etc. to get back to "full speed." Stores had reduced hours, restaurants had limited

Sahil Bloom

SahilBloom

Stagflation 101The term "stagflation" is used frequently in discussions of monetary policy and risks in the post-COVID world.But what is stagflation and how does it work?Here's Stagflation 101! 1/ Before

George Monbiot

GeorgeMonbiot

There is a real elite: the very rich and the politicians who support them. They have 2 tricks for diverting blame for the multiple disasters they cause. 1. Focus it

Marja Lubeck

MarjaLubeck

1). Why I’m mad. National knows many people have suffered from extreme anxiety and worry during Lockdown. And many still are. NZ already has a serious problem with mental health.

Sam Freedman

Samfr

The weird thing is that since the lockdown started the Govt has done broadly the right things - good economic package; put in place testing capacity; building tracing capacity; maintaining