#Economy

Erik Loomis

ErikLoomis

This Day in Labor History: December 14, 1945. The House passed what would become the Employment Act of 1946 once Harry Truman signed it. Let's talk about this watered down

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thuletide

Thread: 2020 Exit PollsGonna cover:changes since 2016race/agemarriage, gender, religionrace, education, incomeurban v ruralcampaign donationspolitical alignment / key issues"racism"global warming, abortion, obamacare"coronavi

Ruth #BLM

FullofRuth

Let’s carry this fiasco onto the world stage and look at the damage unfolding there. The visible destruction of American democracy and the rise of fascistic thinking in America legitimizes

Muriel Vieux - Truth + Accountability = Unity

MurielVieux

1/ 8 This morning democrats are ShellshockedThe results are not in yet, and we do not know who won. But the closeness of this race has more than a million

Azim Essaji

AEssaji

I think I'm more pro-industrial policy than most economists, but this is a steaming pile of garbage: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/erin-o-toole-pnp-interview-1.5716115?__vfz=medium%3Dsharebar #cdnecon #cdnpoli #econtwitter To elabora

Dean Anderson

germ_nation14

Fear grasped the nation as the public demanded action. The government of course was happy to comply and sought the advice from a specialist to provide the "road-map" required to

Arash Kolahi

ArashKolahi

One of the last lines of defense against critiques of capitalism is that despite all of its flaws & shortcomings, at least capitalism fosters unprecedented innovation.But, as we will prove

PA Budget and Policy Center

PBPC

Today is the PA Governor's Budget Address, which kicks off the 2021-22 budget season! We’ll be tweeting here during the address at 11 am. We then go live on FB

Kevin Carrico

kevincarrico

A question worth asking- considering US-China relations are so fractured and tense at the moment, why does the PRC not engage in punitive trade measures against the US?Why is it

Matthew Yglesias

mattyglesias

Here's the thing about this. Summers' economic analysis is not particularly original here -- Biden's request fills more than 100 percent of the output gap. That's exactly what Biden's team

Sagarika Ghose

sagarikaghose

Why liberals are making a mistake in confusing farm “freedom” with open markets. A thread drawing from my book #WhyIAmALiberal. Liberals like Sharad Joshi have long called for open markets

Heidi Shierholz

hshierholz

Today is the last #JobsDay with data from the Trump Administration (today’s data are from mid-January). So what does the economy former President Trump handed off to President Biden look

Michael Hobbes

RottenInDenmark

This is a fair question! I think the problem is twofold:First, over-representation of any societal group in power is problematic. It makes leaders more prone to groupthink and self-dealing, limits

Raoul Pal

RaoulGMI

There is a phenomena that I have observed over the last 30 years in markets... The New Year Head Fake. 1/2 Hedge funds and asset managers start the year with

David Beckworth

DavidBeckworth

I normally enjoy Joe's hot takes, but this one... yikes. It is a good example, in my view, of why relying too heavily on the "money view" (i.e.liquidity preference view)

Rich Auntie in Training

yay_itsrai

Listen... I'm just going to say it and I am tired of being nice about it. If you voted for Trump and you or your loved ones caught covid, you

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