TweetWeek: June 22, 2013
Wh'd have thunk it: fiscal consolidation raises inequality + LT unemployment, decreases labor share. http://t.co/h7dQh86v7i @BruceBartlett
— Yves Smith (@yvessmith) June 21, 2013
@AshokRao95 Luckily, Kyle Bass issued a falsifiable prediction — Japanese debt blowup in next eighteen months to two years.
— John Aziz (@azizonomics) June 20, 2013
.@lknobel I can understand Friedman convening fora on billionaire lifestyles or how not to cover Middle East. But why is he doing this?
— J. Bradford DeLong (@delong) June 20, 2013
.@delong scares the shite out of newly minted PhDs everywhere: http://t.co/upYayNhtPJ
— Stephen Kinsella (@stephenkinsella) June 20, 2013
I'm skeptical about IPAB for multiple reasons. But a spending-control board for a program with a spending problem is not a terrible idea.
— Peter Suderman (@petersuderman) June 20, 2013
.@conor64 But, you say, Rand Paul's non-racist opposition to the CRA is totally different from Ron Paul's racist opposition?
— J. Bradford DeLong (@delong) June 20, 2013
@delong i'm so glad it's not my job to keep my fingers on the trash-filled arteries of Washington
— Nate Cohn (@electionate) June 19, 2013
.@electionate Shorter John Harris: "I don't have time to read Nate Silver! I'm too busy reading David Brooks, Peggy Noonan, & Maureen Dowd!"
— J. Bradford DeLong (@delong) June 19, 2013
The U.S. is now more than 5 times further from being "Argentina" than it was 20 years ago... pic.twitter.com/1N9e7umaxI
— J. Bradford DeLong (@delong) June 19, 2013
"At the May meeting, they studiously avoided discussing the drop in inflation...Doing this a second time would be especially awkward." -MS
— Kelly Evans (@Kelly_Evans) June 19, 2013
In the long run, I think the bestiary of commenter types will be OOO's most lasting philosophical contribution.
— Adam Kotsko (@adamkotsko) June 19, 2013
@pegobry The point is that "insiders" don't have any particular claim to truth, which is the pretense of many VanDeAllen pieces.
— Joseph Weisenthal (@TheStalwart) June 18, 2013
Some consider sex assault a bias crime. but leave it to Taranto/wsj 2see it as bias agst men http://t.co/P9vbdyg71y pic.twitter.com/JI53EsY0KZ”
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) June 18, 2013
If there is one man who can credibly commit to be irresponsible it is Paul Krugman. Markets will go on fire.
— Ashok Rao (@AshokRao95) June 18, 2013
If you were to infer the Fed's inflation target from the choices it makes given the inflation data, you wouldn't believe it had a 2% goal.
— Justin Wolfers (@justinwolfers) June 18, 2013
.@AdamPosen @joshzumbrun @thanks_no Romer would be good as well--people who were right in 2009 should get points...
— J. Bradford DeLong (@delong) June 18, 2013
Jesse Rothstein has useful study on UI and transitions into disability programs. http://t.co/5pLWOxLTP6
— Harold Pollack (@haroldpollack) June 18, 2013
Krugman's babysitting co-op parable was actually about helicopter drops, not conventional money, see @Matthew_C_Klein http://t.co/LzDnm1xm7R
— Steve Randy Waldman (@interfluidity) June 17, 2013
The list of semiprecious metals & birthstones for access tiers is taking longer than the flight...
— Julian Sanchez (@normative) June 17, 2013
There might be people who understand the world less than Maureen Dowd, bit I doubt it http://t.co/oqE3Rwl0UG
— Matt O'Brien (@ObsoleteDogma) June 15, 2013
I guess NYT columnist happy hour last week led to an escalating series of dares re: who could file the dumbest column http://t.co/1xQKxeJjZI
— Josh Barro (@jbarro) June 15, 2013
“@memetsimsek: I've worked for top global investment banks for over 15 years, never used real per capita GDP!@wellsla” <--NOT GOOD!!
— J. Bradford DeLong (@delong) June 15, 2013
Very unsettling description of Obama's Syria decision-making by NYT's Peter Baker. http://t.co/dfMU2YMUPM
— davidfrum (@davidfrum) June 15, 2013
Get (much) smarter about labor's history and future by reading this terrific piece by @yeselson: http://t.co/j3ifzfPSxP
— Rebecca Traister (@rtraister) June 14, 2013
