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Xi Zhongxun, Xi Jinping's father, June 1, 1989, Children's Day festivities, Longtan Park, Beijing, a few days befor… https://t.co/zb9Dyr1jRS

“Why do we want to unwaveringly maintain party’s leadership over the military? This is lesson learned from collapse… https://t.co/ssH2CCqYUd

At least to judge by test results, the US, unlike the Europeans, appears to have given up on sustained COVID-19 con… https://t.co/srQq5jP1Qk

Propaganda, violence & the party line: This by @JosephTorigian in @ForeignPolicy on Tiananmen Square 1989, Xi Jinpi… https://t.co/9o1O3IGO26

Angela Merkel & Xi Jinping have spoken 3 times by phone since onset of the COVID-19 outbreak. "The Chinese side app… https://t.co/GiptOLJM7k

NY state provides benefits through direct deposit or on KeyBank debit cards. KeyBank? = small Ohio bank with ONE AT… https://t.co/MrjASOdqPV

As June 2020 began, amidst a huge surge in borrowing, 90 percent of advanced economy sovereign debt was yielding 1%… https://t.co/8qLDxRYQfz

Given the confusion over US unemployment numbers the best indicator is employment to population ratio which collaps… https://t.co/QW5NaC6Ows

From mid-March surging Fed purchases outran Treasury debt issuance. In May the Fed eased and debt piled up -> a $50… https://t.co/CW5hPQy4eo

As China recovers and oil demand in rest of world economy has been hit hard -> over 1/3 of Middle East oil exports… https://t.co/z5yiOtzuqW

Even as India begins to lift an unsustainable early and draconian lockdown, the COVID-19 count continues to rise.… https://t.co/LZsJ3mFGST

They had “orders” to push elderly members of the public to the ground with unrestrained violence? https://t.co/NvWdP2Evle

South Africa is unusual amongst countries badly hit by COVID-19 in having indicators suggesting accelerating contra… https://t.co/xk52iQsHFR

So the fiscal stimulus money has actually been spent. Meanwhile, the Fed’s programs are sitting largely untouched a… https://t.co/ypntLwSUzZ

In other news, The Price of Peace is officially a New York Times bestseller. https://t.co/guTHExn5Kb https://t.co/W6BoJoUgyg

Where the monetary and real economies connect: the correlation btw aggregate financing and the production of excava… https://t.co/DD5wrhzGZl

With interest rates for overnight money at zero the appropriate rate for credit cards would be …? A touch below 17%… https://t.co/iIhpn40ZOX

European data which show hardly any labour market impact of COVID-19 shock are HIGHLY misleading. Italy has reporte… https://t.co/YeMGdHTzjW

Thinking about how we train teachers vs. cops. Teachers face 40 (angry sometimes) teenagers, unarmed, not allowed… https://t.co/Zuj3bFHfEp

First, this is the most callous and vapid thing any president could say. It’s pathetically tone deaf. Second, I don… https://t.co/ZMjlvllZBT

@TheStalwart This IS the crucial thing. It mandates and ratifies private decisions enabling public assistance to be… https://t.co/2AJzxZa15X

Not only is Trump wiling to say that folks are going to have to die for the reopening. But if you are George Floyd… https://t.co/bGyZEJrZbb

To see how badly conventional unemployment statistics can malfunction in the COVID-19 context look at the data for… https://t.co/tjlkxZkJbt

According to the US President: The spirit of the murdered George Floyd is looking down and applauding his excellent… https://t.co/JAdWXWhZRA

Let's be clear: permanent unemployment is still rising. Temporary unemployment spiked in April and dropped in May… https://t.co/yddJ5wUfW5

Turkey reshuffled that entire war in the time it took us to decide whether an Italian or a Frenchman should lead a… https://t.co/JrPIFDaFWL

How Germany has cushioned the lockdown. Unemployment has nudged up by c. 600k plus 12 MILLION on short-time working… https://t.co/HWmCVOBznN

From New York Times town hall: op-ed team pitched the piece TO Tom Cotton. Not the other way around.

Asheville Police surround a medic station created by protesters as they stab water bottles with knives and tip over… https://t.co/J8OlUyhGs4

The New York Times is about to begin an all-staff meeting w/ the paper's leadership to discuss the Op-Ed by Senator… https://t.co/2ODDhgYNhr

How Easyjet and Ryanair changed the UK balance of payments: UK tourist expenditure abroad > by 0.8% than foreign t… https://t.co/lOgFqBoVP5

Note to self: you need to know more about immigration to Canada (in so many ways …). Were there basic policy shifts… https://t.co/rQgMjpatWl

Note to self: read more Canadian business news. Can this be right? Average mortgage payments on median priced homed… https://t.co/Nsqdt5czqP

Unless Congress acts, the pain is coming to American households: The $1,200 stimulus checks will soon run out, and… https://t.co/LEYlmbi8DY