I enjoy @bopinion etc, but I do wish the President would save these threats for Twitter. It’s a much better place..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…tV
@chip_roh The fault, dear Chip, is not in our ancestors, but in ourselves, that we are so poorly led.
I’m pretty keen to see “Made in China 2025” deliver on its (sort of vague) promises. But since it’s a govt initiati..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Bc
snlester Putting aside the nonsense about reciprocity, cheating, and national security, Trump thinks tariffs are good for th..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…9f
The mess in AU politics is just that: deplorable, unserious. The 2 big Parties pursued politics, signalling rather..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…FL
@sdonnan @SimonEvenett @greg_ip Is there such a thing? WTO is not a “club”; there’s no required standard of behavio..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…mk
alan_john_moran Less government direction and facilitating more competition is the key to lower energy prices. “A Simple Rx for the..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Vz
snlester Or, we could bring WTO complaints against China, which it does a decent job complying with: cato.org/blog/disciplin… twitter.com/GordonGChang/s…
One million integers represented by a simple prime-factoring algorthim in 2D space:: johnhw.github.io/umap_primes/in… pic.twitter.com/qE8lDr8PYD
Why would you ever choose to #Leave EuroDisney? All the rides are free! You know… the problem with the price-free..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…0I
.. Still, tariffs are more a hammer than a lever and governments almost never have ‘clean’ strategies for their use..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…yI
The USA did pretty well through 20th c. using tariffs (& aid) as negotiating leverage. Esp. when targeting straight..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…AR
Will “Models Run the World”? To the extent this is about more than software structures — any algorithm implies a mo.twitter.com/i/web/status/1…ywp
‘“Censorship is a very dangerous thing & absolutely impossible to police,” [Mr Trump] continued. “Let everybody par..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Nr
Go tell the Spartans… “The 19th AU and 6th NZ were to hold the [Thermopylae] passes as long as possible, allowing..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…8v
Long, interesting report about the evolution of theory, from one side of the (venemous) dispute over the Cretaceous..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…3o
Perhaps the ban on Tencent’s game is due to a “Pooh Bear” problem… I can see how that ugly beast might sort of re..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…kO
“Far from “falling off a cliff”, WTO terms are designed to provide a safety net ensuring all members can trade with..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Al
My 2009 video intro. to the old UNCTAD static model of world agricultural trade (ATPSM). The elaborate Doha ag. fra..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…UQ
stewartbrand Roundup (glyphosate) and cancer: the DATA… twitter.com/wyoweeds/statu…
@patrickc @danwwang Interesting read, but real output of US mfg is NEAR RECORD levels using less labor. I.E. higher..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…09
Is USTR Lighthizer re-fighting the battles of the 1980’s (foreignpolicy.com/2018/08/06/you…)? Interesting to compare with the..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…d4
Hmm.. I don’t think so. Any economist who tells you “the average cost of a lost import is [only] roughly half the t..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1A
@insteconomics Correctly argues L is re-fighting the 1980s “war” on JPN (“super 301” and “retaliatory” trade bills)..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…4q
insteconomics Warwick McKibbin and Bruce Preston argue “it is time to review the monetary policy framework in Australia”..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Ff
tictoc .03% of ocean plastic comes from straws. 46% comes from fishing nets bloom.bg/2MbQ9av via @bopinion pic.twitter.com/1eDzP9Uh1t
@EdwinVermulst @howserob Sure. The factors that I mentioned are known to affect the market price by influencing th..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Fy
@howserob @EdwinVermulst Kinda. Elasticities are a point estimate of price effects on demand: they explain nothing..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…cf
snlester Another way would be to negotiate a trade agreement with China, as Australia and New Zealand have done:..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…gP
“Cancer Progress: Much More Than You Wanted To Know”. Concludes real progress—not due merely to better screening—abtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…0eiW
“Its valuation is on par with the gross domestic product of Indonesia, the 16th-largest economy in the world. Apple..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…XR
Hey Siri, what is the date today.?
“Thursday 2 August”.
Hey Siri, what is the date next Monday.
“Monday 13 August..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…3G
Agree with @insteconomics that the AU FIRB “nat’l interest test” is too broad (& unnecessary) + that nat’l security..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1e