#Policy

Joseph L. Giacalone

JoeGiacalone

1) What’s happening with the surge in violent crime in NYC and elsewhere? “Criminologists” interviewed by CNN can’t quite put a finger on what’s causing it. As far as I’m

Riaz Gilani

RiazGilani

Professional Email Etiquette. [Thread]Good morning everyone. A lot of what I will cover today will be familiar to most of you. Think of it as a refresher. A lot of

THE BIDEN BATTALION

laughinatthegop

Joe Biden has a plan for thathttps://www.vox.com/2020/5/26/21257648/joe-biden-climate-economy-tax-plans A big minimum wage increase:Biden’s commitment to raising the federal minimum wage from its current $7.25 to $15 an hour is one of

Kim-Mai Cutler

kimmaicutler

Reading @jialynnyang's book. Rekt by this paragraph. Imagine being an Asian-American fighting all the way to the Supreme Court for citizenship, losing, and then having your only son die fighting

Fabrizio Venditti

F_Vend

1/NDo you like Local Projections together with IV to study dynamic responses to structural shocks? Then you need to go through this paper. There is an interesting estimator that you

Dr. Joe Abah

DrJoeAbah

Some of the world’s brightest people are struggling with the tension between shutting down economies and protecting people’s health during these times. Let’s not make a simple thing complex. If

Amir Sufi

profsufi

I finished the excellent "Trade Wars are Class Wars" by @M_C_Klein and @michaelxpettis a couple of weeks ago. It is a fantastic book, a must-read especially for my academic economist

Alistair Sloan

alistair_sloan

Today I watched the evidence given to @SP_Justice on Tuesday on behalf of @Lawscot and @FacultyScot on the Defamation and Malicious Publication (Scotland) Bill. Lots of really good points from

Stop the Steal - Stu Cvrk

STUinSD

Thread – Thomas Sowell Has Been Right About Charter Schools All Along1. Teachers’ unions despise charter schools and attack them & their supporters with a vengeance. A dirty little secret

Ellen Carmichael

ellencarmichael

THREAD: I've been thinking about the candidates' personalities, and I am reminded of what a great professional athlete told me when he predicted Trump would win in 2016 (and I

Russell Taylor

RussTayles

For what it's worth, here's my diagnosis of the government's response to the virus.At the start, it was faced with conflicting advice and opted for the most alarmist option out

Rich MacLehose

RMaclehose

Pains me to say it, but @ProfMattFox made a good point yesterday about the difference between ID methods and non-ID methods. I was thinking about that on my dog walk

allie 🦋✨

alllieliz

did you know Bob Jones University only got rid of their awful anti-interracial dating policy in 2000? that place is so gross. the horrible stuff I went through there gave

Ella Hill

EllaHillUK

Thread I’m a Rotherham Grooming Gang survivor. One of thousands of girls targeted for rape because I’m white. Told by Twitter that “white people haven’t historically been oppressed.” We have.

Rohan Grey

rohangrey

A thread on @RashidaTlaib & @AOC’s new #PublicBanking Act.https://tlaib.house.gov/tlaib-aoc-public-banking-actIt was a privilege to help craft this bill with @chastitycmurphy, @claudiapagon, @raulacarrillo, @calpba, @RealBankReform, @

T.O. Resident

TO_Resident

#ONpoli Doug Ford:"I have no buddies in long-term care."THREAD OF 14 OF DOUG FORD'S BUDDIES IN LTC!!! #ONpoli Buddy #1: Mike Harris. Former Conservative Premier of Ontario (where Doug Ford