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Lingling Wei 魏玲灵@Lingling_Wei
BIG SCOOP by @glubold: For at least a year, the U.S. has secretly deployed troops in Taiwan to train local forces against possible threats from China wsj.com/articles/u-s-t… via @WSJ
wsj.com
WSJ News Exclusive | U.S. Troops Have Been Deployed in Taiwan for at Least a Year
1:55 PM · Oct 7, 2021
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and later in the day something struck an American submarine in the South China Sea.
Maia@EGirlMonetarism
this is just, uh, false
economist.com/leaders/2021/1…
5:47 PM · Oct 7, 2021
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The key to thinking about where we're going is to focus on the fact that we are on the cusp of not just replacing our carbon emitting power sources, but of having far more power available to us.
Sarah O'Connor@sarahoconnor_
Shipping prices coming off their peak, via the always-well-informed @senoj_erialc ft.com/content/b6bfe7…
1:36 PM · Oct 7, 2021
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Well this is good to know at least
Adam Posen@AdamPosen
Despite Germany's persistent trade surpluses, manufacturing employment has fallen in its industrial hub more than in Ohio. There is no link between trade deficits and manufacturing jobs (or jobs in general).
piie.com/research/piie-… via @PIIE
piie.com
Despite Germany’s trade surplus, manufacturing employment share of total employment has fallen in its industrial hub at a similar rate as in Ohio
6:54 PM · Oct 7, 2021
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This is a really interesting example, I would not have been able to guess at this outcome.
Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
They keep raising the salience of the thing they are afraid of facing attacks over, it doesn’t make sense.
Timothy B. Lee @binarybits
I really don't understand the Democratic strategy on the debt limit. However bad it is to be the party that voted for an increase, it's worse to be the party that voted for an increase after your president endures months of headlines about a looming crisis.
1:08 AM · Oct 8, 2021
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The deal reached on the debt limit was pretty bad for the democrats. I still prefer they mint the trillion dollar coin, but I admit that may also raise the salience of the issue.
