#Economists

Joshua Gans

joshgans

The Great Barrington declaration is receiving lots of discussion. https://gbdeclaration.org/ GB makes the case for a herd immunity strategy while protecting the elderly. Like @paulmromer I agree that it should

Andrew Baumann

abaumania

I’m sure someone else has done this, put I put together a comprehensive timeline of Trump and COVID. I’ve linked to a document that I am going to keep updated.

Roshan Kishore

Roshanjnu

1/n: My @CASIPenn Working Paper : Deceleration, Pandemic, Recession: Does India have a Plan? has been officially published now. You can read it here. Here is a short thread summarising

Vinay Prasad MD MPH

VPrasadMDMPH

I understand that emotions are high, but the three part essays by@JonathanJFuller @mlipsitch and nowJohn Ioannidis in @BostonReview Are truly worth your time [Thread]What is science in the time of

Alex Ebert

Alex__Ebert

NFL Draft Host Cities Trade Branding Bang for Big Taxpayer Buckshttps://news.bloombergtax.com/daily-tax-report-state/nfl-draft-host-cities-trade-branding-bang-for-big-taxpayer-bucks The final costs to Cleveland for the @NFLDraft are yet unk

Adam Ballah

ehballah

In economics there's this theory, the "Environmental Kuznets Curve," that argues that environmental degradation is strongly correlated with 'less advanced' economies, where activity is primarily industrial. As the econ

James Wilson

jamewils

INDIA #COVID19 breaches that 10,000 mark 1 to 100 - 44 days 100 to 1000 - 15 days1000 to 10000 - 17 days What is happening

ProPublica

propublica

The Federal Reserve got praise for what it did to stabilize the economy during the pandemic. But journalists @Cezary and Allan Sloan revealed an unintended consequence of its actions: The

Sridhar V

sritara

THREAD - On the dangerous Indian free market approach to vaccination 1. This is about the wishful fantasies of free market warriors about vaccines, who welcome SSI’s decision on a

The Cosmist Insurrection, Inc. ™

yungneocon

Working on a general theory of extractivism & enclosure right now—just made a smol outline. Linking the Marxian theory of Imperialism & Primitive Accumulation to Enclosure to Environmental Racism to

ITUC/Global Unions Washington Office

ITUC_GU_IFI

THREAD: As shocks from COVID-19 ripple through the world, Global Unions on @IMFnews, @WorldBank, governments to:Bolster public health systems Protect working peopleSupport debt reliefIssue more IMF Special Drawing RightsFull

Anna Gifty is finally on Tik Tok

itsafronomics

IT'S #JUNETEENTH2020 so let me introduce y'all to America's first Black economist & my INSPIRATION: Dr. Sadie T. M. Alexander, who earned her PhD in Economics in 1921 @Penn--

Heidi Shierholz

hshierholz

August was the 6th month of the COVID crisis in the U.S. labor market, and the situation is dire. We added 1.4 million jobs in Aug, but the labor market

Pat 🦆🐢👺

gnomemilk

its time to start rewatching once upon a time. making a thread for all my evil tweets about it so funny this show starts like this yeah you know pinnochio

Raghib Ali MPH MSc MA(Camb) MA(Oxf) DLSHTM FRCP

drraghibali

Plan B: Why Sweden provides a potential model for us to follow - but not for the reasons most people think - and only if we learn from their mistakes.

Philip Summerton

summerton_econ

Great that climate change is becoming such an important issuebut I’ve been in this area long enough to remember when political leaders didn’t listen to thought leaders like @TerryBarker21 @MichaelGrubb9