#Economic

This week I've been following the Royal Commission into National Natural Disasters Arrangement ('bushfires') and the Senate Inquiry into lessons learned. What's been said so far and what does all
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At the risk of alienating yet another economic sector, I've just read a paper which suggests that keeping honeybees is even more harmful than I thought: massive suppression of wild
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1/This thread will debunk the economic propaganda of the SNP. Please readAsk the average person in the UK (it doesn’t matter where they’re from) who has the best economic record
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AG Bill Barr, on Fox News, refers to current restrictions as "draconian measures" and says at end of April, he thinks we should "allow people to adapt more than we
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Allahabad High Court revokes use of National Security Act against Dr #KafeelKhan. He is likely to be freed after 212 days in jail without trial. "I welcome the decision &
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I have thoughts on this. Thoughts that are obviously biased in my experience as a white, cis, straight, middle class, boring male, but also one that tried (and IMO succeeded
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On this day each year we celebrate the gains unions/workers have made. The struggles of working people to have better working conditions, safer workplaces, decent wages and benefits. This year
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MT GLOBAL MARKETS Momentum & Sentiment weekly 22May20 wk21/22 thread 1/n• another overall RiskON wk21 with global stocks up, EM firm, credit spreads tighter, vola down• China/HK + China/US tension
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Just out: Depression among U.S. teen girls doubled from 2009 to 2019 and was up 74% among teen boys, according to just-released data from the gov't administered National Survey of
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1/ It feels amazing to lead someone interested in #Bitcoin to their Aha! moment. My 82-year-old Grandpa recently had his: “I hadn’t thought about it like that. Wow. That
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#ThreadOn the purported failings of the #OctoberRevolution:Over the past year, the greatest ploy of the 'ruling class' in #Lebanon has been the propagation of a conviction among the people that
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A lot of ppl are sharing this article & questioning the journalistic integrity of @HorsleyScott. And they should. Because this is the shittiest phone-in piece I've ever seen. Want to
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We can confirm this was a violent clash: Shiv Aroor Fresh rounds of violence at the Southern banks of Pangong Lake. Can confirm big mobilisation especially in Chushul sector where
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the reason radical organization hasn’t seen any progress in the US over the last decade — much less the last 75 years of communist party building generally — has less
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Just a reflection kulendzaba ya #CabVsPublic itolo, Aunty Simile thinks there a number of lessons to take and lots of homework for this generation. Good morning #SundayTiniTwitter*A Thread * Every
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I finished reading The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander and over the next several days I plan to summarize some of her key findings and aspects that resonated with
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