The economic situation in Europa resulting from not thinking sanctions through failure to take the availability of real resources sufficiently into account, and lack of awareness of the national and global economies as subsystems in the world system. Since the world system is complex adaptive system, it's complicated. Now they are lost in a maze of their own construction.Thomas Fazi is the co-author with Bill Mitchell of Reclaiming the State: A Progressive Vision of Sovereignty for a...
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GOP has goaded the Dems to sacrifice the current benefit to their political party in a defense of the Platonist theory of Monetarism… "74% of Americans say that the economy is in a bad state right now — and not only that, you have independents thinking Republicans would do a better job handling the economy," says ABC's Rachel Scott."That all points to an extraordinary set of challenges for Democrats." pic.twitter.com/3fZnAti2sj— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) September 25, 2022
Read More »Tax reform in Australia is needed but not because the government needs more of its own currency to spend — Bill Mitchell
The public debate is conditioned by who gets a platform in the mainstream media. Even those publications that purport to be informed and appeal to a more reasoned type of reader are highly selective in who they give a voice to. I see this as a huge constraint in advancing alternative ideas that challenge the mainstream narrative and the vested interests that support it. The problem is that on economic matters these vested interests have not only captured what we might call the conservative...
Read More »Can “It” (1976) Happen Again? — Stephanie Kelton
This morning, I went (back) down the rabbit hole on the sterling crisis that supposedly drove the British government into the arms of the IMF in 1976. I’m not a historian of British economic history, but other MMT economists (and some non-economist MMT scholars) have written at length about the period. And I mean at length.…The LensCan “It” (1976) Happen Again?Stephanie Kelton | Professor of Public Policy and Economics at Stony Brook University, formerly Democrats' chief economist on the...
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This might be it:[embedded content]Stallone greatly underrated..
Read More »The Infinite Money Glitch — Mike Hassaballa
Positive assessment of MMT, but misinformed on several key points.DastaDrivenInvestorThe Infinite Money GlitchMike Hassaballa
Read More »U.K. announces historical fiscal stimulus. Market gets crushed.
Interest rate hysteria has reached record levels. Trade and invest using the concepts of MMT. Get a 30-day free trial to MMT Trader. https://www.pitbulleconomics.com/ Mike Norman Twitter https://twitter.com/mikenorman Mike Norman Economics: https://mikenormaneconomics.blogspot.com/
Read More »October 6 turn looking less likely.
Yesterday was the first positive flow day in 6 days, but it was tiny. Taxes are still adding heavy fiscal drag. Trade and invest using the concepts of MMT. Get a 30-day free trial to MMT Trader. https://www.pitbulleconomics.com/ Mike Norman Twitter https://twitter.com/mikenorman Mike Norman Economics: https://mikenormaneconomics.blogspot.com/
Read More »June market lows come into focus.
Hawkish comments by Powell trigger monetarist zombie selling. What else is new? Trade and invest using the concepts of MMT. Get a 30-day free trial to MMT Trader. https://www.pitbulleconomics.com/ Mike Norman Twitter https://twitter.com/mikenorman Mike Norman Economics: https://mikenormaneconomics.blogspot.com/
Read More »One-Variable Guy — Scott Adams
Copyrighted cartoon at link.DilbertOne-Variable GuyScott Adams
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