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This is an enlightening thread, but in a way analysis of the effects of UI on worker incentives is beside the point. Even if benefits made workers less willing to accept jobs, that doesn't matter if labor supply isn't a binding constraint on employment 1/ https://t.co/h70XyecFOm — PolitiTweet.org

A short thread on the emergency $600 per week unemployment insurance payment, more formally known as Federal Pandem… https://t.co/wsWJB89DqW

Posted July 16, 2020

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FL, with 21 million people, now consistently having more deaths than the European Union, with 420 million. — PolitiTweet.org

Florida sees another coronavirus fatality record of 156 as nearly 14,000 new cases added, second most ever in one d… https://t.co/vyZqjkvJfp

Posted July 16, 2020

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And in a pandemic — as in the aftermath of a financial crisis — it isn't. The number of people employed in America is determined by demand, not willingness to work. Blaming UI for unemployment in a crisis is a zombie idea 2/ https://t.co/sOiSfeTct1 — PolitiTweet.org

Posted July 16, 2020