Mike Norman Economics

What is happening in Syria, following yet another Russia-brokered deal, is a massive geopolitical game-changer. I’ve tried to summarize it in a single paragraph this way:“It’s a quadruple win. The U.S. performs a face saving withdrawal, which Trump can sell as avoiding a conflict with NATO ally Turkey. Turkey has the guarantee – by the Russians – that the Syrian Army will be in control of the Turkish-Syrian border. Russia prevents a war escalation and keeps the Russia-Iran-Turkey peace...

You can't lose to win. You have to just win.

You gotta manage yourself and your positions

Trump saves millions of human lives from the war-mongers!!!! This is a great day for civilization. I am proud of the United States for sticking by me in following a necessary, but somewhat unconventional, path. People have been trying to make this “Deal” for many years. Millions of lives will be saved. Congratulations to ALL! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 17, 2019 Can.... I.... maybe.... get.... aaaaaa.........  DOUBLE TRIGGER!!!!!!!!! Yes... I can!!! (and EVERYBODY KNOWS...

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One thing that is clear: the modern national debt does not function just like a household debt, which is how it was sold as a campaign issue by the deficit hawks who pretended to care about deficit spending before Trump was elected. More national debt is not “bad” under any and all conditions, and less is not “good” under any and all conditions. It really depends on what you’re doing with the money.... Not all economists agree on when the next recession will hit. They almost all do agree,...

Can it get any better?  Can it?  I don't see how...I am with President Trump 100%...not our fight, let Turkey and Syria figure it out. #Trump2020 Donald Trump: Let Syria and Turkey Play with Sand in the Middle East https://t.co/MJQSymP3Oo via @BreitbartNews— Katie Davis (@wytchh) October 16, 2019

In this part, I’ll resume with comments on the critical contributions to the special issue of rwer. We finished Part 2 with a discussion of the shocking lack of citations to MMT literature in the critiques—especially the dearth of citations to the more academic contributions (as opposed to the summaries of MMT written for undergrads and the general public). Let me return to the oversight of contributions made by scholars such as Fullwiler and Tymoigne—who have mostly written academic...

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