#Economic

Interesting...to begin with, the NUP was kind of an outsider group in the FFC. It supported early elections while TMC-FFC negotiations were going on, and its involvement always seemed to
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Do we need #base_load power for energy security in South Africa? A thread to set out the main issues... (Full presentation here: http://meridianeconomics.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Base-load-and-energy-security.pdf) @GwedeMantashe1 @EnochGodong
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As the vehicle in which I'm a passenger passes from one +/- zero case province to another +/- zero case province (we're all masked up inside the vehicle), I'm reading
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1/This was an interesting and controversial post. I sympathize with the guy who doesn't want to be a landlord. I will try to explain why...https://twitter.com/colinmort/status/1296252785164509186 2/I don't see anything inherently
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Unhealthy 5-orange in Spiral Dynamics is obtaining wealth through exploiting existing industries without contributing to innovation. "Get rich quick." Healthy 5-orange is a focus on innovation that naturally leads to
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We are committing economic suicide, destroying freedom and democracy for a virus that is unstoppable. This virus is a tragedy but our reaction to it only slows down the inevitable
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Headlines here reveal big issue that this ‘wet Tory Govt’ refuses to face. Ppl do not want to travel on public transport. If we had pro car policies lots of
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“Many of us are frequent flyers, we drive long distances in big cars, buy a lot equipment, have fridge-freezers the size of a small terrace house – every facet of
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A war would not achieve any worthwhile aim. (Starting a war to teach its adversary a lesson is what the CPC does, not India). A war would be inconclusive and
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ELI5 thread on @NervosNetwork 1/ What is Nervos? A PoW L1 blockchain optimized for app-specific L2 chains. Nervos wants its native asset (CKB) to function as a more sustainable SoV
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Following a several-day period in which several instances of police violence toward Black people were caught on camera, @danyindc, VP of Race and Ethnicity Policy at the Center for American
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2. And if we can increase (b), (c), and (d) .... then (a) #SocialDistancing is not so necessary.WITHOUT these standard #publichealth measures, we'll see new hot-spots emerge, watch infections &
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Thread:1/15 How do we #EXIT #CovidLockdown in #India . I am not a qualified #Doctor , #epidemiologist or #Economist . So my observations below are what I have gleaned from
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Ready? Thread on the corona virus & what trade and investment has got to do with it. This is similar to trade-war but going to be WORSE b/c we're adding
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Here is what I will do in this order:1. Open my budget and address the people. Cut all my benefits2. Hire a consultancy w/ key outcomes:- Voluntary retirement deal- Negotiate
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Thread.The reverse migration of labourers from Delhi after the lockdown in India, clearly caught the government on the wrong foot. I find that the Lucas critique of macro policies in
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