Timothy S. Thomas

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Timothy S. Thomas

Timothy S. Thomas

@DrTimThomas

Research Fellow, IFPRI, Washington. Agricultural Economist focusing on climate change, land use, and agricultural productivity.

Washington, DC Katılım Aralık 2012
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Pope Francis – ARCHIVE
Pope Francis – ARCHIVE@Pontifex266Arch·
God does not love you because you behave well. He loves you, plain and simple. His love is unconditional; it does not depend on you.
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Timothy S. Thomas@DrTimThomas·
I don't know how my colleagues at IFPRI pulled this off so fast, but they just published a book on the effects of COVID19 on global food security. Best insights available right now. Amazing! ebrary.ifpri.org/utils/getfile/…
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Timothy S. Thomas@DrTimThomas·
Interesting idea! Use the moment to invest rightly, and not only is employment helped, but clean growth that will be faster than business as usual growth. Sustainable Recovery – Analysis - IEA iea.org/reports/sustai…
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Johan Swinnen
Johan Swinnen@Jo_Swinnen·
Wonderful discussion today on building resilient, inclusive #FoodSystems to #FightFoodCrises. Looking forward to our continued collaboration and partnership! @FAONorthAmerica @FAOemergencies @toendhunger
FAO in North America@FAONorthAmerica

#COVID19 affects us all, but not in the same way. The impacts on food and nutrition security come from food system disruptions & economic recession. Let's take the opportunity to rebuild more resilient #foodsystems! - @IFPRI's @Jo_Swinnen #FightFoodCrises

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Andrew Yang🧢⬆️🇺🇸
Andrew Yang🧢⬆️🇺🇸@AndrewYang·
Americans are constantly worried about the power of government. The bigger danger is that we can’t get even basic things done - roads, bridges, masks, cotton swabs, voting, processing unemployment benefits, sending citizens money during a crisis.
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Timothy S. Thomas@DrTimThomas·
@WhiteHouseCEA Second, the cubic fit doesn't actually fit the data! I'm not sure what it is fitted to, unless it was forced to be 0 at some left endpoint, which would be totally wrong to do. NYTimes does a much better job using a 7-day moving average, which shows how much slower the decline is.
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CEA45 Archived@WhiteHouseCEA45·
To better visualize observed data, we also continually update a curve-fitting exercise to summarize COVID-19's observed trajectory. Particularly with irregular data, curve fitting can improve data visualization. As shown, IHME's mortality curves have matched the data fairly well.
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CEA45 Archived@WhiteHouseCEA45·
As we continue learning more about COVID-19, CEA tracks the evolution of case and mortality projections over time to better understand the disease and inform policymakers.
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Timothy S. Thomas@DrTimThomas·
@WhiteHouseCEA There are a few problems with this. First, the actual data is somewhat deceptive visually in that the big spike comes every 7 days, and if you graphed it with May 5 data, it would become more visually obvious that the number of deaths is trending downward very slowly.
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Channing Arndt
Channing Arndt@channingarndt·
Preview of #unofficial results: Growing season precipitation and temperature outcomes for #Mozambique when weather and #ClimateChange are knitted together. More heat extremes and elevated probability of both well below and well above average rainfall in the 2020s. @DrTimThomas
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