#Decades

Why do we have an econ indicator such as GDP? Most assume GNP, GDP's predecessor, was invented to measure economic growth.My new paper, Institutionalism in Action, shows it was constructed
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Myths About Afghanistan: A Thread .Some of these are bitter facts and hard to accept but after decades of bloodshed and violence it is time to call spade a spade
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New lockdown hobby: perusing the #envhist of pandemics. In honour of Passover, first up is Rinderpest—likely one of the 10 biblical plagues. This nasty little pathogen killed huge numbers of
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Undecided voters are dangerous radicals by @johnastoehr https://stoehr.substack.com/p/undecided-voters-are-dangerous-radicals?r=5msd&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=twitter 1. I wrote Wednesday that Joe Biden demonst
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I find this piece kind of surprising, because there's a lot of good intention in it, but, also a lot of misunderstanding of the political economy of drugs and what
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"The state has substantiated 4 reports of abuse & neglect involving Circle of Hope. 1 was for neglect, 1 for physical abuse & neglect & 2 for sexual abuse allegations."Where
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As if there wasn’t enough bad news out there, this story from @robantle and @CochraneCBC is one of the more depressing things I’ve readIt is also utterly unsurprising to anybody
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Ok, I decided to watch it and torture myself. And the pre-debate commentary is exactly the kind of Beltway gossip/horserace BS that has dominated US politics for decades why am
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why the word "retard" is a slur and why only neurodivergent people can say it - a thread by a neurodivergent person. content warnings // r slur , hate crimes
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THREAD: The everpresent *affirmative* comparisons of Blackface to drag & transgender males pretending to be females are not only offensive, but reflect whites’ well-documented, callous disregard for the humanity and
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COVID Update August 11: I was asked to write the memorial to the front line health care workers we lost by @guardian & @KHNews.This is my tribute to what and
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Welcome to the bright side of Brexit. We know disruption is looming, but there are opportunities... 1/ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-29/how-leaving-the-eu-could-help-britain-s-economy?sref=yMmXm5Iy w/ @DeirdreHipwell @lucy
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Woke up early, watched an absolute classic. Ep. 12 Life in the Trees from the very first mega BBC series Life on Earth (1979!). The episode is all about #primates
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The best part about Ghislaine Maxwell obviously staging those photos at In-N-Out is how before her lawyer's media firm sold them to the NY Post, they photoshopped in an ad
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Plenty of Arsenal news doing the rounds today (5th August) so I've done a quick thread to keep you guys up to date just in case you missed any Arsenal
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Donald Trump put a right-wing radio host on the board of a national park. Emails show the chaos that ensued.A thread. First, some background: Michael Savage (real name: Michael A.
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