#Economists

Linda Tirado

KillerMartinis

Uh, another story time and this one is...upsetting.It’s about the one time I really tested the high-end concierge and won, because I asked for them to send me an s&m

don’t nominate Dementia Joe

MattHammington

There’s a thing called three-body problem in science which tells that if there are more than three objects it’s basically impossible to describe the motions of individuals objects. There are

Degenerate Jay

DegenerateJay

So there's multiple ways to turn out of this election could go. there are litigations in multiple states over voter fraud, lots of arguments on both sides for or against

शिक्षित बेरोज़गार

kaul_vivek

The GDP numbers for July to September 2019 will be published at 530pm today. It will be interesting to see how much has GDP growth fallen. That it will be

P. Chidambaram

PChidambaram_IN

Dear @narendramodi,We will listen to you and light diyas on April 5. But, in return, please listen to us and to the wise counsel of epidemiologists and economists. What we

Noah Smith 🐇

Noahpinion

1/Today's @bopinion post is about how poverty imposes impossible demands on poor people, making it harder for them to escape poverty.https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-02-20/poverty-is-all-about-personal-stress-not-laziness

Vinay Prasad MD MPH

VPrasadMDMPH

In the second essay @mlipsitch makes a full throated defense of there is good science vs. everything else.PS there is a lot of everything else online these dayshttp://bostonreview.net/science-nature/marc-lipsitch-good-science-good-science A

Ari Paul ⛓️

AriDavidPaul

A very complicated topic being debated even by the most senior economists and seasoned investors: what does the world look like as we combine deflationary "dollarization" with massive money printing.

Mark Kirstein

nonergodicMark

Thread on the Democratic Domestic Product DDP as an alternative to GDPIn this speech to @oecd_naec, Michael Higgins @PresidentIRL waves Goodbye 2 GDPand calls for a new different growth narrativeHiggins

Dr. Abdullah Al Bahrani

DrAAlBahrani

To educators, especially economists, it might seem like a great example to use #Covid_19 to teach your content. I urge you to consider other examples. Your students will probably need

Greg Ip

greg_ip

1/ Lockdowns were a blunt & indiscriminate tool that slowed infections, but with no clear strategy for what came afterwards. We know enough now about how to bring down infections

H S Joshi

HSJSpeaks

1/ Suppose you create a situation where people can't challenge or doubt X without significant cost. Can we take X seriously? Or: can we be justified in believing X? 2/

Ma Alexandra Lugo Paris

MalexLugoParis

Esto! At September 29th we celebrate the famous Austrian Economist, Ludwig von Mises, who was born in 1881. Mises made a number of profoundly important contributions that challenged many of the

Erynn Brook

ErynnBrook

“If we give people a universal basic income, what will ever motivate them to work?” Gee, I dunno. Desire instead of threat of starvation and homelessness, for one. “But then

Maajid أبو عمّار

MaajidNawaz

THREAD: If you have an idea related to #Covid19 that seems incredibly obvious & you’re angry at the UK government that it’s not being done, like: 1) “we need more

sandygrains

sandygrains

People are extrapolating data and making graphs left, right, and center about how this disease should or should not spread, how we are or are not testing enough, whether the