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16 Oct, 3 tweets, 1 min read
"Imagine if, in addition to all the uncertainty surrounding the pandemic, you woke up one morning to find that the financial sector had collapsed." theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…
"You may think that such a crisis is unlikely, with memories of the 2008 crash still so fresh. But banks learned few lessons from that calamity, and new laws intended to keep them from taking on too much risk have failed to do so. forbes.com/sites/pedrodac…
"As a result, we could be on the precipice of another crash, one different from 2008 less in kind than in degree. This one could be worse."

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THREAD—"Modern economics has a deep and painful set of roots that too few economists acknowledge. The founding leadership of the American Economic Association deeply and fervently provided 'scientific' succor to the American eugenics movement." forbes.com/sites/pedrodac…
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"This virus is still out there. We respond to 911 calls for covid every day. I’ve been on the scene at more than 200 of these deaths—trying to revive people, consoling their families—but you can’t even be bothered to stay six feet apart and wear a mask?" washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/06…
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Boris Johnson’s physician calls Covid-19 'this generation’s polio’ as new evidence emerges of long-term effects bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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The Federal Reserve just made the problem of financial firms considered 'too big to fail' a whole lot bigger.
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