About 40 percent of US troops surveyed identified as Republican or Libertarian, 16 percent Democrats, and 44 percent independent or another party. 40 v. 16! BUT in 2020 Trump’s unfavorables/favorables are horrible. militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-… https://t.co/hNPUxr5uC6
RT @fariszss: It's kinda scary that people now care more about US military voting preferences…. twitter.com/adam_tooze/sta…
RT @pietercleppe: @adam_tooze @MilitaryTimes Perhaps if these people live in swing states it may make a difference but what ultimately matt…
This seems like big news: The US military has flipped against Trump. @MilitaryTimes data show HUGE shift in voting preferences. 2016: 40/20 Trump/Clinton to 2020: 43/37 Biden/Trump. Interest in third parties has collapsed. militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-… https://t.co/xi9A1wlI9F
US military have flipped to a very unfavorable view of Pres Trump: service members who have most negative view are officers 59/35 unfavorable. Race not gender is main division but even amongst white soldiers, he is net negative. @militarytimes data militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-… https://t.co/gXRGMP77vw
This seems like big news: The US military has flipped against Trump. @MilitaryTimes data show HUGE shift in voting preferences. 2016: 40/20 Trump/Clinton to 2020: 43/37 Biden/Trump. Interest in third parties has collapsed. militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-…
FASCINATING data from @MilitaryTimes on political attitudes of serving US military towards Trump: his favorable/unfavorable has flipped and Biden now leads him 43/37 which is a margin close to national polling margin. H/t @BFriedmanDC militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-… https://t.co/PAyjZuVKDf
RT @holdengraber: 🔶 CHARLES BAUDELAIRE Died on this day, in 1867 "Life is a hospital, in which every patient is possessed by the desire t…
RT @jwassers: Also, in a more roundabout way, a French author being praised by Xi yet having words associated with him disliked by the CCP…
RT @jwassers: Excellent piece by @maryhui on @PikettyLeMonde’s new book triggering the censors (very glad to see her link in it to @XLHawki…
RT @B4Btv: @LHaffert @adam_tooze Great thread! I see that you cite Spenkuch and Tillmann’s paper on how the share of Catholics correlates w…
Are we really gauging the scale of the disaster in India? Faces Worst Quarterly GDP Slump Ever After Lockdown Data due later Monday will likely show GDP declined 18% in the quarter to June from a year ago H/t @70sBachchan bloomberg.com/news/articles/… https://t.co/kqQbbNLTrH
The greater mobility and speed of German armies was decisive in 1st phase of Franco-Prussian war. Sheridan who attended as observer admired their ability to cover 3 miles per hour over extended periods in loose column order 4 abreast, light baggage and elastic step. twitter.com/Krieg7071/stat…
RT @LHaffert: New preprint, whose main point can be summarized by 3 maps: the share of Catholics in Western German regions (center) strongl…
RT @poltheoryother: Time for 'I'm literally a non-domesticated barbarian' t-shirts. https://t.co/Z9MYXJfeAY
RT @daniel_dsj2110: Raymond Aron on teaching political economy in the mid-1930s at l'ecole normale supérieure: https://t.co/dI2We9Z9eb
RT @StuartHumphryes: Edwardians in Colour! It's hard to believe this is 111-years-old, but today I've restored a stunning autochrome which…
62 % of COVID mortality continues to be in the Americas. BUT the rise in the Indian numbers is very alarming. The epidemic could easily come to dominate the global story. ft.com/content/a2901c… https://t.co/HUkEzDBOnd
Because of its poorly structured social security contribution system and its heavy taxes on consumption, Germany's tax system is not very progressive. twitter.com/MFratzscher/st…
"Libya’s storms of history The turmoil in the nation is reawakening memories of conflicts between the Ottoman empire and Arab nationalists." This piece by Chris Clark in @NewStatesman is excellent. newstatesman.com/international/… https://t.co/FAjchG62LS
30 August 1870: in the embarrassing debacle at Beaumont the French army is court literally napping without pickets posted. Their camp is overrun by Prussian IV corps. Thousands taken prisoner for light Prussian losses. https://t.co/7wTNVuwgfb
“So we find ourselves in the early twenty-first century in a highly paradoxical situation: an Asian billionaire who would like to pass on his fortune without paying any inheritance tax should move to Communist China.” T. Piketty. scmp.com/economy/china- https://t.co/gXEUkVf9yp
"I refused these conditions, so at this stage it looks as if Capital and Ideology won’t be published in China" Thomas Piketty scmp.com/economy/china-… https://t.co/H32PuuZ6kH
The expiration of Pandemic Unemployment Compensation payments will likely reduceworkers' take-home pay by about 6% in August. Will consumer spending drop with it? Will Fed ned to do even more? @M_C_Klein @barronsonline barrons.com/articles/the-f… https://t.co/G6osFj0jTM
"Libya’s storms of history The turmoil in the nation is reawakening memories of conflicts between the Ottoman empire and Arab nationalists." This piece by Chris Clark in @NewStatesman is excellent. newstatesman.com/international/… https://t.co/EO5tlF2Pn2
When power fails you need a portable generator -> $1bn business. But carbon monoxide is lethal, killing 70 people pa. Industry resists regulation & CPSC complies. These are the kind of battles that shape our political economy. Great report by @eisingerj propublica.org/article/the-tr… https://t.co/QqWrKeD6vE
30 August 1870: in the embarrassing debacle at Beaumont the French army is court literally napping without pickets posted. Their camp is overrun by Prussian IV corps. Thousands taken prisoner for light Prussian losses. https://t.co/KwxKOWpvRO
“So we find ourselves in the early twenty-first century in a highly paradoxical situation: an Asian billionaire who would like to pass on his fortune without paying any inheritance tax should move to Communist China.” T. Piketty. scmp.com/economy/china-… https://t.co/7Xig7DwVHV
"I refused these conditions, so at this stage it looks as if Capital and Ideology won’t be published in China" Thomas Piketty scmp.com/economy/china-… https://t.co/1tRyvbf6jJ
@jaylyall_red5 Sorry man. Was remembering my old friend who passed in 2013 today. Wrote 3 books with me. Responded to sound of computer shutting down.
RT @70sBachchan: Speed at which India's containment fell apart in August is staggering. Unlike US, where affluent fled NYC in March spreadi…
In the early 1990s China’s cinema complex was tiny. 1994 foreign films 1st allowed in. In 2019 its box office was approaching that of US and coproductions account for 2/3 of market. Great long read this by @TheEconomist economist.com/business/2020/… https://t.co/gOKpDRfZgr
Aug 30 1870 French General August-Alexandre Ducrot describes the situation of MacMahon's armies at Sedan: "It is a chamber pot in which we will be shat on from all sides". twitter.com/Krieg7071/stat…
After being pummeled at Beaumont, MacMahon's French army is encircled by German forces at Sedan. twitter.com/Krieg7071/stat…
Americans with high school or less think Trump will win, that he is better for “the economy” 41/22 & better for their personal finances 32/16! Advanced degrees expect Biden to win, think he is better for economy 41/29 & indifferent for personal finances. data.sca.isr.umich.edu/fetchdoc.php?d… https://t.co/qXtVC4q2p9
"Many higher-earning & better educated Americans believe that a President Joe Biden would be better for the U.S. economy but worse for their wallets. The question is: How will they vote in November?” @M_C_Klein poses a key question in a polarized society barrons.com/articles/highe… https://t.co/JEWov0NqzZ
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