#Economic

Trump's Old Populist Playbook:Trump and his followers want to place the onus for the social and economic restraints that are still in effect in much of the country on cities,
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I have a new column out today with Taryn Morrissey from @AmericanU laying out the likely long-term consequences of the developing child care crisis. Without child care, many more Millennial
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Playbook this morning: BIDEN’S CABINETDon’t listen to the people who are saying they aren’t thinking about who Biden will tap for his Cabinet-- CHIEF OF STAFF: @RonaldKlain and Steve Richetti.
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Instead of losing brain cells listening to the RNC, I spent the evening giving public comment at @CityofThornton council Our involvement matters. Today we got it it on record that
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A whole article on why prices won’t fall, yet only two reasons provided. Historical market resilience & an easing of restrictions. In response, off the top of my head, I
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1. Breaking: We are amassing a body of research on the likely impact of the pandemic on children's learning. The news is not good. Some students will lose up
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As the daylight shootings continue, I did a bit of light reading of a report called "Time for Action" written by Toronto's fearless leader himself @JohnTory in 2007....yes, 2007.You could
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The problem is not so much the worry as the fact that Modi ji, his Govt., and his apologists, are living in denial for the last 3 years on most
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The possibility that if Trump loses — clearly the way to bet right now — there will be no further economic aid before January should make everyone in America scared.
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Mitch McConnell would rather states file for BANKRUPTCY than give state workers vital aid to fund their pensions. Mitch had no problem giving corporations billions, but unlike corporations, everyday Kentuckians
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Its exciting to be in a multi-lingual classroom, but I find myself putting out disclaimers as I switch between languages. Love for languages aside, I feel the tyranny of grammar
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1.) This is another policy alignment from the Trump administration toward the ongoing confrontation with China. Beijing will not be happy; and this follows only a day after the Trump
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Another enlightening piece by @adam_tooze. Still trying to get my head around the mechanics of the swap lines, but their essential role for global liquidity is clear. The differences between
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A new piece from me that applies ideas from complexity theory to the cascading health, economic & social effects of #COVID19. I think we need to think about economic globalisation
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Yesterday, at Center City Park, we did our first WHOA Day School. We read and discussed a short passage from George Jackson’s “Blood in My Eye” and we passed out
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THREAD EXPLAINING NEGATIVE OIL:Oil costs $ to store. Due to the economic collapse, oil isn't being used much. So all the storage facilities are filled up. So nobody who can
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