Economic Optimist

Economics is unfairly called the "dismal science". It can show us areas of "win-win" outcomes and aspects of our current situation where we should be grateful

[Divergent Thoughts @divergencealert]

$TSLA IR apparently believe that its regulators will inform it of their conclusions while the investigation is still ongoing?! This statement to the market is so trite: "to our knowledge no government agency in any ongoing investigation has concluded that any wrongdoing occurred"

[Divergent Thoughts @divergencealert]

Gotta hand it to the $TSLA bulls, there are not many public companies that rally after news of an FBI investigation, former SEC commissioners criticizing #Musk, and rumors of Musk losing the CEO role. I tip my hat to you, bulls (cf. $TSLAQ)

[Economic Optimist @EconomyOptimist]

@spectator @mattwridley Why is either side of the debate making that claim ahead of Brexit? The *vote* creates instability and permits some monetary stimulus (by avoiding/slowing necessary rate hikes) & forex stimulus, but tells us nothing about actual impact of Brexit.

[Max Roser @MaxCRoser]

The chart shows cancer survival five years after the diagnosis.
– Good improvements since the 1970s.
– Survival varies very strongly with type of cancer, from less than 20% for lung cancer to close to 100% for prostate or thyroid.

From our entry on cancer https://t.co/B07UsKxrm0

[Economic Optimist @EconomyOptimist]

Excellent (and entertaining) video summary of why waste disposal concerns - especially in North America - are often overstated @MatPatGT @humanprogress https://t.co/mwK3gesRpX

[Human Progress @HumanProgress]

According to the Council on Foreign Relations' Global Conflict Tracker, the Western Hemisphere is, with the exception of the drug-war in Mexico, free of conflict. No person alive can remember our Hemisphere to be as peaceful as it is today. https://t.co/LrZZ3zCSRV

[New York Fed Research @NYFedResearch]

The duration of unemployment is at a post-recession low.

[Divergent Thoughts @divergencealert]

So much mental angst trying to explain why Hollywood can't let #Robocop go. It has nothing to do with story, motivation, philosophy etc. People pay for name recognition - $58 million box office in 2014 - and #Hollywood has a fiduciary duty to keep filming https://t.co/9t90jWSOwb

[Economic Optimist @EconomyOptimist]

It's not all bad news on the re-leveraging front.