Mike Norman Economics

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Academics take on MMT wrt development economics.  This is an early sign of informed and open debate based on the MMT framework by up-and-comers. Positive development.Open DemocracyIs Modern Monetary Theory useful for developing countries? Adam Aboobaker and Esra Nur Ugurlu, Ph.D. candidates in the Economics Department at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Deflationary expectations.Zero HedgeTreasury Sells A Record $50BN in 2Y Notes At A Record Low Yield In Blockbuster AuctionTyler Durden

UNSC pokes the US (Mike Pompeo) in the eye. He will be duly enraged and reacted predictably.This could be the beginning of the end game as the US struggles to maintain position as geopolitical hegemon in a unipolar world.RTUNSC ‘not in position to take further action’ on US push for ‘snapback’ of sanctions on Iran

Why Post Keynesianism at all?Naked Keynesianism — Hemlock for economics studentsReflections after a Post Keynesian Workshop Jessica Finnamore (Guest blogger)

One is reminded of the Japanese book and movie Rashomon. The story was written by Akutagawa Ryunosuke in 1922 and the film, directed by Akira Kurosawa, followed in 1950. The tale, set in 8th Century feudal Japan, involved a rape and a murder with each of the four principal characters providing his and her own version of what had occurred. The murdered samurai speaks through a Shinto psychic, while a bandit-witness in the forest, a traveling monk, and the samurai’s wife, who was the rape...

By registering the world's first anti-coronavirus vaccine, Russia has confirmed its scientific superpower status, says Dr. Heinz Dieterich, coordinator at the World Advanced Research Project (WARP), explaining why Sputnik V is a worthy competitor to any of Big Pharma's new COVID vaccine candidates. (In case you were wondering, "sputnik" means satellite. Sputnik I (4 October 1957) was the first satellite to be launched into orbit, beginning the space race. Sputnik International From Sputnik...

Answering questions from Senator Lindsey Graham, Secretary of State Pompeo confirmed that the State Department had awarded an American company, Delta Crescent Energy, with a contract to begin extracting oil in northeast Syria. The area is nominally controlled by the Kurds, yet their military force, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), was formed under U.S. auspices and relies on an American military presence to secure its territory. That military presence will now be charged with protecting...

It's happening.I recall listening to a panel on alternative energy some time ago, maybe around fifteen years ago. One of the panelists was a VP of Exxon. He said that Exxon was "an energy company," and it was already preparing for hydrogen back then (Toyota had shown an experimental engine).He said that the obstacle is not tech but rather cost. He also said that the switchover would be expensive and people would be unlikely to pay higher prices. Therefore, without government mandating a...

Stepping back from the brink, or just pausing the hybrid war on the economic front? I suspect the latter, since DJT needs the votes of folks with an interest in dealing with China, like farmers and tech.India PunchlineUS-China decoupling is hard to doMK. Bhadrakumar | retired diplomat with the Indian Foreign Service.