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Nice little tidbit on minimum wage https://t.co/zHet4X0CuE

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I don't think any economists ask that but ok

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The first sentence of Economics in One Lesson by Henry Hazlitt is "Economics is haunted by more fallacies than any other study known to man", and I already like this book

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Great read! https://t.co/DuYg4zobOe

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@AwyeeDeaterBob @vicariousdrama Well actually since gold is an actual commodity and not fiat, it is a real price in of itself, no?

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Okay now do North Korea

[Bloomberg @business]

Just steps away from Seoul’s glitzy Gangnam district, the city's last slum shows the scale of South Korea's wealth gap https://t.co/iRxTy7PiYW via @citylab

[reason @reason]

Is it cherry pie anarchy if the FDA removes an obsolete regulation? No, but it helps show why the agency has done such a poor job handling the COVID-19 response. https://t.co/WX7xQAQnnG

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[Peter Schiff @PeterSchiff]

In 1942 the average new car cost $800, or 23 ounces of gold. Since average weekly income in 1942 was $40, it took just 20 weeks for the average worker to earn enough money to buy the average new car. Today the average new car cost $37,000, or 20 ounces of gold. So a 15% decline!

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Econ-da forever 😤

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* minute, not week. Sorry 🤦🏻‍♂️

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The existence of the economy just depends on what week it is, apparently

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Our personal favorites

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Do yourself a favor and NEVER search "the economy is made up" on twitter

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L M A O

[Not the Bee @Not_the_Bee]

Remember when AOC called for a boycott of Goya Foods because their CEO supports Trump? Sales jumped 1,000% so he named her employee of the month 🤣🤣🤣 https://t.co/cUMYkkNE0i

[Per Bylund @PerBylund]

Economics is primarily a way of thinking about the world that uncovers the true mechanisms and processes behind, and helps us understand, what we can all observe. This is a forever thread collecting my #econthread tweets. #PerBylundthreads

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... but all the lines go up?

[Economic Policy Institute @EconomicPolicy]

Trickle-down economics has never worked.

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Employers do have a vested interest in protecting the health of their workers, as evidenced here: https://t.co/iRd8ldaKdS

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When the agendas and constant push-and-pull of the two party system reach the Fed, we're gonna be f*cked https://t.co/GuarETAoqB

[Center on Budget @CenterOnBudget]

📣 NEW DATA 📣

💡Tens of millions of people (34% of all adults in the country) are struggling to meet basic needs.

🏘️1 in 6 renters aren't caught up on rent.

🍎12% of all adults in the country didn’t get enough to eat in the last week. #ReliefCantWait

https://t.co/UgyzP7r9AB

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Do these NYT headlines sound oddly Game of Thrones-esque, or is it just me?