S. Amer Ahmed

Development economist based in Washington, DC

[S. Amer Ahmed @SyAmerAh]

China’s ancient strategies create a new challenge to the west - https://t.co/yGoLRjWiWi via @FT

[Iron Maiden @IronMaiden]

Merry Christmas!

#IronMaiden

[NPR @NPR]

"While funding for the IRS to audit wealthy taxpayers has been reduced, efforts to identify welfare fraud are being greatly intensified." https://t.co/VSgMfBLboD

[Sunny Hundal @sunny_hundal]

Just perfect.
Dutch journalist to new US Ambassador: you said there were 'no go zones' in Netherlands, where are they?
Ambassador: That's fake news, I didn't say that
Journalist: We can show you that clip now.
Ambassador: Err 😳🤥

[Paul Krugman @paulkrugman]

And here we go. By 2027, the top 1 percent gets 83% of the tax cut, the top 0.1% gets 60%. Also, by 2027 two-thirds of middle class sees a tax *increase*. https://t.co/DhwQtKNJQG

[Ro Nay San Lwin @nslwin]

They just kept catching men, making them kneel down and killing them. Then they put their bodies on a pile. First they shot them, and if they were still alive they were killed with machetes.… It took them one-and-a-half hours to carry all the bodies. https://t.co/zrW2L5oSQW

[BRAC @BRACworld]

.@NickKristof's latest piece on one of the biggest humanitarian crisis in the world right now. #RohingyaCrisis https://t.co/xe4tWO5NZ3

[Stephen Colbert @StephenAtHome]

CNN: Roy Moore lost.
MSNBC: Doug Jones will be the next senator from Alabama.
FOX: IS MUELLER SECRETLY HILLARY IN A LATEX MASK? WE’LL ASK TED NUGENT.

[NPR Politics @nprpolitics]

'Black Votes Matter': African-Americans Propel Jones To Alabama Win https://t.co/7GWOia41qM

[Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts]

If Doug Jones wins, media narrative needs to move from Black Americans’ lack of enthusiasm is losing elections to Black Americans’ turnout is winning elections - despite voter suppression, racism, and candidates that don’t cater to them.

#AlabamaSenateElection

[David Cazares @dpcazares]

Here's a headline: Black women and men overcame voter suppression in Alabama

[S. Amer Ahmed @SyAmerAh]

FT Person of the Year: Susan Fowler - https://t.co/jLOJHWFwRv via @FT

[S. Amer Ahmed @SyAmerAh]

Video of ‘love jihad’ killing raises tensions in India - https://t.co/KqiCh52yb9 via @FT

[S. Amer Ahmed @SyAmerAh]

Poland’s flirtation with nationalism will backfire - https://t.co/7g2VqS3qzk via @FT

[S. Amer Ahmed @SyAmerAh]

Pope Francis laments ‘tragedy’ of Rohingya Muslims https://t.co/HgLQP16Lgz via @FT

[S. Amer Ahmed @SyAmerAh]

Trump lashes out at May in row over anti-Muslim video tweets - https://t.co/IKFXljbsWQ via @FT

[S. Amer Ahmed @SyAmerAh]

Jacob Zuma, the Guptas and the selling of South Africa  - https://t.co/A18Zr6F7rj via @FT

[S. Amer Ahmed @SyAmerAh]

Modi’s India: the high cost of protecting holy cows - https://t.co/hK3S2VYbgz via @FT

[S. Amer Ahmed @SyAmerAh]

Ratko Mladic found guilty of Srebrenica genocide by international court - https://t.co/Ql88w3Zux3 via @FT

[Paul Krugman @paulkrugman]

Silly Nick: we've known for a very long time that claims for the heartland's moral superiority were a myth, and it never seems to matter 1/ https://t.co/yi0QeTy7HF