TradeDiversion For almost a decade, Alan Deardorff (@umichECON) has been linking to trade-related newspaper stories on a close-to-..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…cX
SincDavidson It turns out Keynesian stimulus is correlated with slower, not faster, economic growth, writes @EdmundPhelps..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…NZ
@snlester Precisely. I think @JPTrachtman is right about the WTO treaty (& something about the refuge of scoundrels..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Db
How about this for a birthday greeting? “May you live many happy 22nd[s] of January in spite of your perversity to..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…cQ
Another reason to worry (at least in AU) is that S. Koreans drive on the Right Hand Side of the road:: theguardian.com/world/2018/oct…
@SimonEvenett @MacaesBruno Simon, we could debate this stuff (including the ‘signal to noise’ problem properly disc..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…BK
@alanbeattie Bzzzt! Nope. Std mercantilism is where the UK retains specie by keeping protection for home-grown beef..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…FH
“The secret to a good life, said Gandhi, is ‘simple living and high thinking’; the voters of Wentworth, like so man..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…lC
@MacaesBruno @SimonEvenett Yes, it might ‘explain’ Trump to ‘those unwilling to dig deeper’. GTA incidence data sho..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…gX
The differences confirm that GE models are not much good at predicting the future (please note re #Brexit, too). Th..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…qq
@EmmaMAshford @insteconomics OTOH if you were looking for a benign use of “secret intelligence” this would be it. B..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…dN
dikenson @PaulBlustein I’m afraid, Paul, that you & I & a few thousand globalists inside the beltway in the minority here. B..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…W6
snlester @howserob We looked at all the complaints against China, and they did pretty well on compliance:..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Lh
sdonnan It’s confirmed. Trump and Xi will meet on sidelines of next month’s G20. But both Chinese & US expectations for any..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…W2
From Blackwoods’ magazine Aug. 1819, the scurrilous John Wilson indulges an ecstasy of spite, spittle and subordina..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…PJ
“Beware the Lure of Incredible Certitude”. Recommended. twitter.com/RBAInfo/status…
“The dark matter theorist says it’s most likely a duck.”:: reddit.com/r/slatestarcod…
@chip_roh I don’t think so. I read his main point as “there’s no good reason to think things will blow up”. I agree..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…j4
“The evidence that the proliferation of RTAs has changed the country distribution of world of trade is very weak”…twitter.com/i/web/status/1…r9
The economics editor of The Guardian(!) makes the case for #Brexit even on “WTO” terms::spiked-online.com/2018/10/19/the…
Doodling stage of an Introduction for the Annotated Cantos I & II of Don Juan. Tentative title: “The Comet and the..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Cy
The fecundity of Victoria & her first-cousin meant that even the present Queen & Philip share a great-great-grandpa..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…cg
A few weeks back, on the matter of Byron’s family, marriage between cousins came up. I said it seemed not unusual i..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…m5
EPatersonMorgan Amazing evening at the John Murray house in Albemarle Street for the launch of “Dear Mr Murray: Letters to a Gentle..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…kL
Bottom-up convergence on prosperity is really good news. Driven by policy? Or by markets despite policy? “Sic forti..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…vW
@keyboardmaestro Uh, no… you “speak only English”. AFAIK, you do lots of other things, but you don’t speak (or sing) at all!
insteconomics My piece for @BIAUS on why rising US real interest rates are a good news story, have little to do with the Fed, and..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…HJ
“Mr. Li said the changes to the BMW-Brilliance partnership showed that China was fulfilling its promise to open its..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…wU
This is a strong signal about the reality of computing. The “P” in PC no longer means anything. Not “personal”, cer..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…ru
Have just completed the annotations (e-book layout created in LaTeX) of Cantos I & II of Don Juan. Cochran, Steffan..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…ii
B ventriloquizes John Murray (on Byron), Aug 1817. He’s done with Childe Harold & is trying something new in ottav..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Sh
@marion_lfvr Hello Marion. I’ve been out of direct involvement with WTO for a decade. I’m no longer well-informed (..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…MF
Seems productivity in AU construction is higher than I guessed (or it’s a very expensive building)::..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Se
£1m for a clichéd cartoon is, of course, foolishness. But… “You could argue that the work is now more valuable,”..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Xn
WhatsOnWeibo As National Day holiday is coming to an end, no 1 trending topic on Weibo is all the photos of the luggage and food..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…aA
@BaldingsWorld The 3 companies flatly deny it. E.G. “We are deeply disappointed that in their dealings with us, Blo..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…mL
The President apparently understands the time value of money (an “opportunity cost” concept) — as you would expect.twitter.com/i/web/status/1…O6H
insteconomics Interesting chart from Pew showing GDP growth positively correlated with favourable views of international trade. L..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…6m
@BaldingsWorld @PaulBlustein Many #WTO members spent the past 25 years with their heads up their fundaments boastin..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…vI
A good-news story. Super cute Fan Bing Bing is back! $130m poorer and in love with The Party. Hooray! Here’s the th..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…co
@eashimp @scottlincicome You expect LOWER priced US milk? Seems more likely to raise the price of US milk. (Take that! You “tariff-babies”!)
OECD projections to 2060. Convergence on USA labor efficency level drives most growth in the model. Depends on inst..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…eS
davidcollinslaw Just interviewed on @BBCWorld radio about the new NAFTA (USMCA) - it’s a win on both sides: Canada keeps Chapter 19..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…vK
insteconomics I have an op-ed in the AFR on how a 40% decline in FDI in the US undermines one of the motivations for Donald Trump..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Au
washingtonpost Canada agrees to join trade accord with U.S. and Mexico, sending new NAFTA deal to Congress wapo.st/2xNhTK6
Brookings finds a demographic ‘tipping point’ (h/t @ashlarblocks). ” …The middle class drive demand in the global..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…xq