#Economists

Tom Barson

tbarson49

1/ This is crazy. Whatever Gary Becker said, "human capital," as used by economists, denotes the increased productivity that people gain through education and experience. It's not something that people

Matteo Greco

mtrgreco

#econtwitter I understand being a researcher/economist leaves no/very little time to update software skills. However there's an ongoing shift that should not be ignored. STATA and Matlab have become old

DMKM

2paisay

Probably I am biased, but I find it absurd that policy makers namely RB, RD, AU, and AHS, don’t have their finger on the pulse of the economy (they aren’t

Robert Stagg

robert_stagg

An argument, which I have considerable sympathy for: The coronavirus data from this week suggests that the UK did not need to enter a shutdown. I’d be interested to know

Gray "serial millennial myth debunker" Kimbrough

graykimbrough

So many economists are working hard to improve the profession. But still we have an incredibly prominent economist (Nobel prize winner, longtime University of Chicago professor) spouting things as harmful

Lew

LewSOS

It would be good if the economists and economic hawks would take this epochal moment to reflect on why such a large portion of the population is so alienated from

timdunlop

timdunlop

Unfortunately, the media is setting this up as 'stay in lockdown' v 'return to "normal"'. This is what happens when your news values are about controversy rather than deliberation.Same thing

edwad 🌷🤠

readcapital

weren't we celebrating krugman's newfound radicalism last week and now we're making fun of him for not getting the cambridge capital controversy or are his comments on the capital

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elle_desylva

I know everything is surreal right now but ... the reality is, sh*t happens. The past few decades have given us a false sense of security in the Western world.

Ranil Dissanayake

scepticalranil

Yesterday was my last day as an economist in DFID after an incredibly rewarding decade there, the last four years working for Stefan Dercon and then @rglenner. To mark the

Bruce DePuyt

Bruce_DePuyt

Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot (D) and Bureau of Revenue Estimates Chief Andy Schaufele report that the state is on pace to lose $2.8B in general fund revenue from the economic

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aysshie

When we say Indian people are very versin this is it (I'm Indian too, relax).Their video has far too many inaccuracies plus being out of touch with reality on Indian

Kevin Donovan

kevindonovan

A new working paper by World Bank economists is rightly provoking the ire of critics like @EconKilljoy, @gchelwa, @godwinmurunga, and @peripheralecon. The paper reports the results of a randomised controlled

Nicole Sykes

NicoleSykes_

I know, I know. A lot of news today. But gimme like… 70% of your attention for 2mins.We know that charities have seen a buttload of additional demand this year.

Patricia Cohen

PatcohenNYT

In just three weeks, more than 16 million U.S. workers have lost their jobs — more losses than the most recent recession produced over two years.https://nyti.ms/2x6yprJ It’s as if “the

Nina Eichacker

nina_econ

This was a profoundly depressing thread to read -- as someone with an economics PhD who was not advised to do any of these things, I can see where the