@EconomicsEx

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Do you want to be up to speed with the world’s biggest topics and headlines through the eye of economists? Our TikTok is the place to be. 👉tiktok.com/@economicsexplain…
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@maxseddon28 Feb 2022
Vladimir Putin and the ruble rate, a 22-year history.
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@maxseddon27 Feb 2022
"In light of the ongoing war conflict in Ukraine, the International Judo Federation announces the suspension of Mr. Vladimir Putin’s status as Honorary President and Ambassador of the International Judo Federation." ijf.org/news/show/official-a…

Official Announcement of the International Judo Federation

Official Announcement of the International Judo Federation

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Julia Davis@JuliaDavisNews27 Feb 2022
Sanctioned Russian TV Host Cries About Losing Italian Properties The impact of Putin’s war against Ukraine is starting to set in, startling even his most ardent state TV propagandists. It’s all fun and games 'till they seize your Italian villa. thedailybeast.com/sanctioned…

Sanctioned Russian TV Host Cries About Losing His Italian Villa

It’s all fun and games till they seize your Italian villa.

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@Jason26 Feb 2022
The man Putin wishes he was.
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vitalik.eth
@VitalikButerin24 Feb 2022
Очень расстроен решением Путина отказаться от возможности мирного решения спора с Украиной и вместо этого начать войну. Это преступление против украинского и русского народа. Хочу желать всем безопасности, хотя знаю, что не какой безопасности не будет. Слава Украине.
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Data has become a 4-letter dirty word.
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Buffett spends $300K annually on personal security. Zuckerberg spent $23.4 million last year. markets.businessinsider.com/…

Warren Buffett evaded a kidnapping attempt in the 1980s. He's prioritized his personal security...

After two men tried to abduct Buffett and hold him for ransom, the investor had a security camera and 300-pound metal door installed in his office.

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OpenAI's thoughts on inflation. Thoughts, @elonmusk?
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This is why the Financial Times sucks. 👇
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@FT19 Dec 2021
Capitalism with Chinese characteristics is no bad thing on.ft.com/3F67MRj

The lessons for the US from China’s ‘common prosperity’ push

Beijing’s charm offensive to preach equality and fairer growth faces scepticism

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Alice Su 蘇奕安@aliceysu17 Dec 2021
Fantastic ⁦@Reuters⁩ reporting on how Amazon bent over backwards to sell kindle & cloud services in China, including by promoting Xi’s books as “best sellers,” censoring reviews of propaganda films & providing a dissident’s IP address to authorities reuters.com/world/china/amaz…

Amazon partnered with China propaganda arm

Amazon.com Inc was marketing a collection of President Xi Jinping's speeches and writings on its Chinese website about two years ago, when Beijing delivered an edict, according to two people familiar...

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"By 2005 or so, it will become clear that the internet’s impact on the economy has been no greater than the fax machine’s.” – Paul Krugman (1998)
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In case you missed it ... youtube.com/watch?v=UpXCUEOc…

Why The NFT Market Is Not As Crazy As You Think

🌈🐱 Get your very own EE NFT! 👉 https://opensea.io/collection/econom...

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Annnnnnnd there goes the neighborhood
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"The U.S. is worried that hackers are stealing data today so quantum computers can crack it in a decade" – @techreview @HowellONeill. @NIST needs to move faster. We need to rollout quantum-proof encryption standards *before* quantum-computers arrive. technologyreview.com/2021/11…

The US is worried that hackers are stealing data today so quantum computers can crack it in a decade

The US government is starting a generation-long battle against the threat next-generation computers pose to encryption.

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It took ~2 decades for AES-256 to become mainstream. The world needs lattice-based cryptography deployed on every computer in half that time.
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Fun fact: Infrastructure investment used to be known as "pork barrel spending."
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Avg. U.S. home price relative to median household income. #ChartOfTheDay 📈
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