#Economists

Sanjukta Basu

sanjukta

Modi govt is giving opportunities served on a platter to @RahulGandhi which he can use to present an alternative to pro corporate anti people govt. He can unite Muslims, Dalits,

Adam Liaw

adamliaw

I think a lot of the "multiculturalism has failed" folks wilfully forget that the main purpose of multiculturalism is economic growth, managing skills shortages and democratic stability but go off

Nandini 🇮🇳

NAN_DINI_

For decades we watched films that catered to the lowest common denominator. That not only dumbed down our cinematic sense but also froze us in a happy, unquestioning state that

Dr Lindsay Tedds 🌈👼🏻🇨🇦🇬🇧🇮🇪🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈

LindsayTedds

Many of us are calling BS on the Minister revisionist history. What did we know in nov/dec? Stock market was over valued. CDN growth targets revised down. World and Chinese

Emma Alberici

albericie

On #Insiders @David_Speers makes the searing observation to @JoshFrydenberg that now is exactly the worst time to be taking $14m away from National Audit Office. When government is spending eye-wateringly

RamaKrishna Vadlamudi, CFA

vrk100

The public tend to focus more on nominal interest rates rather than real ones, which is dubbed by economists as "money illusion." Indian savers enjoyed positive real interest rates for

Victor Cheng

VictorCheng

Today, I want to introduce you to (or perhaps remind you of) the concept of the minimum efficient scale.Let’s take a look at what this phrase means.First, the word “scale”

Arinola Ifeoma Awokoya- Boli means peace of mind

iyaboawokoya

1. I wonder what the avowed critics of the FGN economic policies really want? In fact my view is that they are really bereft of basic economic knowledge. How do

Noah Smith 🐇

Noahpinion

1/A follow-up thread on Nobel Prizes and Big Questions. Branko asks: Why don't we award prizes for economists who work on the incredibly important question of how China grew so

Seth Abramson

SethAbramson

MAJOR BREAKING NEWS (THE WASHINGTON POST): Trump Privately Proposed Just Letting Coronavirus "Wash Over" America—Killing Hundreds of Thousands or Millions of Americans But Keeping the Economy Movinghttps://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/tr

Michael Pettis

michaelxpettis

1) Great thread. Many economists and economic commentators have a very hard time understanding how systemic constraints work. They assume that the collective is nothing more than the sum of

Susan Prentice

susanprentice

A thread: Manitoba is currently undertaking a public consultation on changes to its childcare regulations. The proposed changes can be found on-line at https://reg.gov.mb.ca/detail/2937833 . Deadline for comments is August 12.

Saifedean.com

saifedean

Can someone please ask this moron who exactly "designed" money to lose 2%/year, why & when? In reality, this was not designed. Govts went off gold to finance WWI. After

Jonathan Portes

jdportes

Well-argued and thought-provoking as usual by @dsmitheconomics but for once I disagree with the conclusion (1/8 or so)https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-rules-of-a-true-depression-are-being-rewritten-like-everything-else-bq9z965gd I think this is

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ikanselarkuning

"All households with at least one Singaporean member will receive a one-off $100 sum to cover their utility bills, Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat announced.[...]It is a way of

Anna Gifty is finally on Tik Tok

itsafronomics

Happy Indigenous People's Day! May we use the day to reflect on and uplift the voices of Indigenous People who are without a doubt critical to this nation existing beginning