#Economic

As we gear up to get back to work at 9 AM after a long weekend. Remember that we have unrestricted internet access. Meanwhile, 30th May will mark 300 days
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Issa angry 1/9Self righteousness (vote shaming), esp. from white, middle class, loyal liberal voters is NOT an effective voter turnout and engagement strategy! And I'm tired. I beg your
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Thanks for today's webinar on how #nonprofits can apply for the PPP, @SmartNonprofits @PropelNP @SunriseBanks. Helpful and timely resource! Notes follow in this thread. #savemainstreet @KateSBarr @PropelNP begins with an
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"China's economy will overtake the U.S." is the Zeno's tortoise of high-level geopolitics. https://twitter.com/zlj517/status/1200499150879543296 In 2010, Standard Chartered said it would happen in 2020.In 2014, IHS Markit said it wo
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my response to @pmarca’s important new essay, “It’s Time to Build.” It’s terrific, but what’s missing in Andreessen’s manifesto is a concrete connection between America’s apparent dwindling desire to build
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Recently, my paper "more cops, less crime" has been cited by folks pushing back against the movement to defund the police. I wanted to weigh in on how I think
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That Sunday Times article is well worth the read, but it confirms what lots of us who had listened to people like @globalhlthtwit had been saying from the start. Unlike
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The reason this topic is so important is because it is central to the illusion of moral superiority projected by the kuffar. In spite of the fact that their technology
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Of course this is written by a man. The entitlement to women's bodies is astounding. A bunch of women make informed decisions not to reproduce, but rich white men want
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I'm gonna take this premise and make a few predictions/commentary on DG's future.https://twitter.com/hannahemcbeth/status/1252473578597089280 1. Yes, I think there will be a decrease in the number of full-time touring players. Savings
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The mayor's threat to have the unelected Chief Financial Officer overrule the council's budget because of tiny cuts to MPD's reveal a lot about how the District government works.Even if
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A few times a year, someone will send me a message like this:"Stick to talking about bootstrapping and business. Don't talk about [philosophy, mental health, economics, politics, ecology]."A thread
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Constantly amazed and appalled by the narrative on the right that covid shutdowns are "because of" x number deaths."We shut down for 180,000 deaths and most of those people had
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This @FT analysis of the mistakes leading up to lockdown makes the same mistake the Sunday Times analysis did — it assumes the critical error was not locking down earlier.https://www.ft.com/content/aa53173b-eb39-4055-b112-0001c1f6de1b
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US Coronavirus Update, Sunday, April 5, 2020~ The percentages keep slidingFatalities First• Total US covid-19 deaths, Sun, April 5: 9,633• Increase in the last 24 hours: 1,226 (+15%)--> 4th day
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One day it will be possible to just say “I think the marginalized people in elite institutions that come up with this stuff do a bad job of representing the
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