#Economists

unseen1

unseen1_unseen

The unemployment numbers today are a great example of how the fake media operates. If you read the headlines it's "bad news" "Growth slows" "less than expected" blah blah blah.....In

Brian Feroldi

BrianFeroldi

1/ 19 Funny Stock Market quotes, thoughts, and images (thread)"Wall Street is the only place that people ride to in a Rolls Royce to get advice from those who take

Will Beaman

agoingaccount

A lot of people are understandably confused about the word "univocity" and why we (MMT Humanities) think it's important to point out and critique. So here is a definition and

Philip Sinclair

PipSinks

Let me tell you about the junior criminal Bar. The most brilliant students (who could choose perhaps to be economists, bankers or doctors) decide they want to practice criminal law.

Laura Estill

Laura_Estill

Shakespeare & network analysis, cool.https://cameronraymond.me/blog/shakespeare-netlsd/But if the author had partnered with a Shakespearean, we might have learned1. Which 2 plays were unexpectedly classified? 2. What info did the system

Council of Economic Advisers

WhiteHouseCEA

In the next several months we expect measured inflation to increase somewhat, primarily due to three different temporary factors: base effects, supply chain disruptions, and pent-up demand, especially for services.

Andrew Forbes

Lord_Forbington

I tweeted a lot earlier out of fear for a student’s well being, but I’d like to now return to one point i made. Specifically, I’d like to ask: why

Stilgherrian

stilgherrian

Worth repeating: The vast majority of journalists are functionally innumerate and have almost no understanding of, say, science or engineering. Most political journalists only know a bit of political history

Alex & Books 📚

AlexAndBooks_

I asked, "What’s the BEST economics book you’ve read?"I received 250+ responses.Here are 20 books that will help you better understand how the economy works: 1/Basic Economics by Thomas Sowellhttps://amzn.to/35Q2UmR

Plan Maestro

PlanMaestro

Here’s Chartstravaganza … charts in time of crisis(@RealMuckmaker ) Please retweet the first tweet of this thread if you like Chartstravaganza. Feel free to comment or like individual charts. And

A repository of #MMT resources by @ActivistMMT.

MMTResources

1/ “Have any other countries done #MMT (or used MMT) before to pay for social programs?"Here is a concise response (inspired by this FB post: https://www.facebook.com/groups/MMTforRP/permalink/2349663635347227?sfns=mo) where the question is

Sean Casten

SeanCasten

This week's energy wonk-thread: Why discussions about "when renewables will reach cost parity?" and levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) calculations are nothing but - per Antonin Scalia - "interpretive jiggery-pokery&quo

Amir Sufi

profsufi

I finished the excellent "Trade Wars are Class Wars" by @M_C_Klein and @michaelxpettis a couple of weeks ago. It is a fantastic book, a must-read especially for my academic economist

Wale Micaiah

WaleMicaiah

The FG has an "Economic Advisory Council" with seasoned Economists - what do our States have?The development of Nigeria cannot be achieved alone by the FG.We need State GovtsWe need

Arindrajit Dube

arindube

This exchange between Heckman and Chetty from last month is interesting, including on data quality, linkage, use of rank-rank regressions, interpretation of neighborhood effects, using mover designs here vs in

Selena Adera

Selena_Adera

It amazes me how people can find a tape from 1993 but still can't find one speech, one interview, or one event organized by Joe Biden in the last 3