#Economic

1) My wish! - that policy makers (on both sides of the isle) economists and major media would "actually" debate the merits of Deflation on a first principles basis instead
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A thread on @UCF s outrageous decision to charge its students more money during a pandemic. Please read and share so they know that we won’t allow them to take
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lots of understandably frustrated people on the timeline wrt corona unfortunately a lot of you are in danger of being taken in by snake oil merchants on average, the people
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MINNESOTA GOVERNOR COVID-19 UPDATE 4/13/2020FOLLOW HERE OR WATCH GOV LIVEhttp://wcco.com/CBSN  Latest MN Covid-19 DataDeaths: 70Positive cases: 1,650No longer Isolated: 842In hospital: 157ICU: 74Total tests: 38,427 NEW: MN Gov @GovTimWalz signs
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I don't want to do this. I'm on vacation, but frankly, I don't see an alternative. In 2016, misinformation helped elect a man with zero qualifications. 3 and a half
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1. CLIMATE CRISIS"If nothing is done we have about 30 years left before our planet becomes uninhabitable and only eleven before it is too late to do anything." ONLY LABOUR
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The future of cities is medieval ORWhat can CITIES learn from OFFICESWhat am I talking about? Friday THREAD 1/ Students of international relations have been concerned with the return of
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A short thread on China-Bolivia relations as we celebrate the watershed victory of MAS and the return of people's democracy to Bolivia: Chinese investment played a crucial role in MAS's
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I’m *extremely* worried about wokeism and spend a lot of my time countering it. But I will vote for Biden, and think you should too. 1/ I am not a
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A sobering and sane take on the SoCal theme parks being closed. I want them open too -- but as Robert Niles smartly summarizes in the article below, "I do
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.@SpeakerPelosi accused @POTUS Trump of “fiddling" while people are dying. What??? Pres. Trump has been working to do everything he can to help our nation.https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/29/pelosi-trump-coronavirus-response-inaction
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There are various types of abuse. We tend to focus on physical abuse but that’s not the only type that happens in relationships that are experiencing DV/IPV. Emotional abuse• (psychological
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Hey so it took a week for new jobless claims to double from 3mn to 6mn, and two weeks to jump totals from 700k to 10mn, but we’re not allowed
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My notes on The Story of Civilization, Volume 1, Chapter 2: The Economic Elements of Civilization by Will & Ariel Durant. In one sense the “savage” too is civilized: He
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1/ Inspired by the tweet referenced....An economic history of the UK in my lifetime: The Tory party continually drives our economy in to walls at high speed.https://twitter.com/jrhopkin/status/1283693474592763904 2/ Tory party
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Just a couple of thoughts on #EFTA 1) if Scotland did become independent I would want it to be in the EU, I just a) don't think that's feasible and
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