#Economic

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fkaLuna_

Using a brief tiktok to intro - Wine and Rants #4: 15 Year Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and George W. Bush's Forgotten Crimes https://youtu.be/yguirQT20z4 Yes. I’m aware of how petty

Guy Stallard

Guy_Stallard

Fascinating watching the politics and reaction since Thursday - a few thoughts The bounce for politicians currently in power in England, Scotland and Wales from vaccines not surprising and reminds

Blythe Gryphon

Blythe_Gryphon

"Tyrants do not arise in a vacuum just as tyranny does not spring on the world unannounced. It takes years of cultivation of special conditions in a society for a

Lindy Elkins-Tanton

ltelkins

A meditation on the Assembly, Test, and Launch Ops part of a mission. We're in the middle of adrenaline-boosting ATLO with @MissionToPsyche. We're doing well, but every day brings new

Indradeep Khan

IndradeepKhan

When an American quotes a Historical event, he quotes a dateWhen a Chinese quotes a Historical event, he places it within a DynastyAmericans have historyChinese have civilisationA Thread on how

Charlie Stross

cstross

Good morning world. Am now trying to work out how to deal with the existence of COVID-19 in the Laundry Files, because this is *total* turd-in-the-punchbowl time for alternate-present fictional

Taöfeek T. Gawat 🇳🇬

tfk_gawat

Doyin Okupe (March 2014): "Forget it. We are not America. You cannot have brand new trains because the economy cannot support that." @doyinokupeMarch 2020: Track Laying of Lagos - Ibadan

jayson m porter

RogueChieftan

Between 1898 and 1939, hundreds of U.S. graduate students studied how to reinforce U.S. empire. With topics like expanding coconut industrialization in the Philippines or killing sugar-cane pests in Puerto

Yaneer Bar-Yam

yaneerbaryam

The Zero Covid strategy is the only one that makes sense. Why live with a raging fire when we can put it out? Even if small fires arise afterwards, putting

Joe Rich

realJosephRich

The most significant data points this week largely flew under the radar. The Conference Board CEO and Duke University CFO surveys give deep insight into the direction of the economy

MB Fawcett

maxfawcett

Interesting piece from @the_Jeff_Jones here.https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-a-letter-from-the-front-lines-of-the-oil-crisis/ Especially this: “It’s ironic that we’re now in a position where the federal government is lookin

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musafirAD

I’m only QTing you because it’s easier to write a thread https://twitter.com/selimazm/status/1260684524419235840 For thousands of years, the only thing that really gave value to the average joe, who is not

Ofer Zalzberg

OferZalzberg

A few more thoughts based on @NYTimes interesting and detailed assessment of the Trump Administration’s Middle East policies.These policies have been characterized by two main approaches, often used in tandem:

Nate Silver

NateSilver538

THREAD: In forecasting Trump's fate, one needs to be careful as there is a fair amount of uncertainty as to what the trajectory of the pandemic will look like by

duck

duckrabbitblog

School closures have little impact on spread of coronavirus, study findshttps://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/apr/06/school-closures-have-little-impact-on-spread-of-coronavirus-study?CMP=share_btn_tw This thread is excellent. It shows the mangle

Arwyn

Anianegwr

1/ The four main duties of government are:1. Make laws2. Ensure order3. Security4. Welfare of citizensI'd say that the UK state has done a decent job of the first three