#Economic

Barry Ritholtz

ritholtz

The past 2 weeks wiped out all the economy’s job gains since President Trump’s November 2016 election, a sign of how rapid, deep and painful the economic shutdown has been

Adam Hamdy

adamhamdy

1. Back in February I repeatedly raised concerns about immunity to #COVID19 In March, when the UK government started discussing herd immunity I wondered what the government’s scientific advisers were

Ryan Reeves

investing_city

Do you know how the Federal Reserve was founded?What if I told you the story involves heavy doses of JP Morgan, an exclusive island, and a secret club?Check out the

Dr Jan Hillgärtner

JanHillgaertner

Most economic discussion today revolves around the question whether governments and central banks should give out generous lines of credits or not. The #seventeenthcentury saw a number of #financialcrisis too.

Greater Ohio Policy Center

GreaterOhio

On March 11, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) was signed into law. The nearly $2 trillion stimulus package builds upon the CARES Act that was enacted nearly

aaron vansintjan🐙

a_vansi

I often see people ask, “what can we give the working class that will make them like environmentalism?”The idea is that demands for ecological reparations, climate justice, etc., just won't

Jim Pagels

jimpagels

This is the thread I will link to whenever someone makes the nonsensical comparison of the "economy" of a zero-sum sports league selling the entertainment product of competition vs that

Mary Fitzgerald

maryftz

In 2016, I first realised something weird was happening in US election when my grandma told me she was voting for her dog.This time round, what are we missing? I’m

Darrell Owens

IDoTheThinking

Berkeley is mulling a proposal Tuesday that would harm affordable housing by eliminating the fee revenue and essentially eliminate housing on Berkeley's biggest transit corridor. Beautifully outlined here by Alfred

Liam Young

liamyoung

The Tories can't privatise the NHS in one swoop. Their plan has always been to execute a series of well planned attacks on our public health service. The Covid-19 crisis

John McCourt

mccourtitaly

Diary from Italy, 1 April 2020 - on the need for the EU 27 to get their act together before it is too late. Includes English version of @CarloCalenda's letter

Andrzej Kozlowski

akoz33

Arguments between Polish historians on whether Poland could have avoided its disastrous fate in 1939 by allying itself with Germany against the Soviets (before the Stalin-Hitler pact) have an air

Garrett M. Graff

vermontgmg

NIGHTLY READING THREAD: Welcome to Edition #77 of #GMGReads. Every night through this weird time, I'm tweeting out a list of my five favorite books around a general theme—and a

Dr. Clemson

mikemcmannmd

1. A Heard Immunity Threshold (HIT) thread.This piece that was played @MSNBC on the @maddow show is grossly incompetent and meant purely to illicit fear.This series of tweets will prove

DCinvΞstor ☀🦇🔊

iamDCinvestor

1/ here are 7 reasons i am not optimistic about Bitcoin Maximalists long-term future https://twitter.com/NickGiambruno/status/1388132868111622144 2/ you can expect a lot more FUD along these lines from the Maxis as

Ahmad Raza

ARazaContent

I'm a skeptic of a lot (though not all) government planning - particularly at the local level with land use. That said, this article points out something essential with industrial