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Down with Ryancare!

Because as pointed out here, this will be branded Trumpcare and may ruin Trump’s presidency:[embedded content]What is more, I wouldn’t be surprised if – perhaps privately even now – Trump may be a supporter of universal health care:[embedded content]I hope this will not be the epitaph for the Trump presidency: that he was a man with good instincts ruined by free marketeers and GOP Cuckservative advisors.Realist LeftRealist Left on Twitter @realistleftRealist Left on...

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Bill Mitchell on the Eurozone Dystopia

In the video below, Bill Mitchell gives a talk at the University in Maastricht on 6 March 2017 on the disaster that is the Eurozone:[embedded content]Realist LeftRealist Left on Twitter @realistleftRealist Left on RedditRealist Left BlogRealist Left on YouTubeLord Keynes on FacebookSocial Democracy for the 21st Century: A Realist Alternative to the Modern LeftAlt Left on the Internet:Alternative Left on FacebookAlt-Left on Google+Alt-Left Closed Facebook GroupPrince...

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The Issues of Culture and Demographics won’t Go Away

But finally people are starting to talk about it, even in the mainstream media:[embedded content]Steve King is correct that multiculturalism and diversity are not strengths, as anyone can see from the evidence here.As for the ethnic issue, even on this subject, conservative Republicans can’t even state the obvious: would it be acceptable for native Africans to be demographically replaced by white Europeans assimilated into African cultures and speaking native African languages?Would it be...

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Zack Beauchamp on Why the Modern Left is Collapsing

See Zack Beauchamp’s analysis here:Zack Beauchamp, “No Easy Answers: Why Left-Wing Economics is not the Answer to Right-wing Populism,” Vox.com, 13 March, 2017.This is surprisingly astute, even if certain parts are unpleasant.The issues that drive modern politics now are endless Third World mass immigration, open borders, and all the insanity spawned by the Cultural Left.As I said here, it isn’t enough for the modern Left to simply support left heterodox economics while they continue to...

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Steve Keen on the Myth of the Money Multiplier

Steve Keen debunks the money multiplier myth:[embedded content]Realist LeftRealist Left on Twitter @realistleftRealist Left on RedditRealist Left BlogRealist Left on YouTubeLord Keynes on FacebookSocial Democracy for the 21st Century: A Realist Alternative to the Modern LeftAlt Left on the Internet:Alternative Left on FacebookAlt-Left on Google+Alt-Left Closed Facebook GroupPrince of Queens YouTube Channel Prince of Queens on TwitterSamizdat: For the Freedom Loving...

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Steve Keen on the Myth of Banks and Loanable Funds

A short explanation with Steve Keen’s Minsky program:[embedded content]Realist LeftRealist Left on Twitter @realistleftRealist Left on RedditRealist Left BlogRealist Left on YouTubeLord Keynes on FacebookSocial Democracy for the 21st Century: A Realist Alternative to the Modern LeftAlt Left on the Internet:Alternative Left on FacebookAlt-Left on Google+Alt-Left Closed Facebook GroupPrince of Queens YouTube Channel Prince of Queens on TwitterSamizdat: For the Freedom...

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Steve Keen on the Next Financial Crisis

Steve Keen gives a talk below on the likelihood of another financial crisis, arranged by New City Agenda (http://www.newcityagenda.co.uk/keen) and held in a committee room of the UK House of Commons:[embedded content]Realist LeftRealist Left on Twitter @realistleftRealist Left on RedditRealist Left BlogRealist Left on YouTubeLord Keynes on FacebookSocial Democracy for the 21st Century: A Realist Alternative to the Modern LeftAlt Left on the Internet:Alternative Left...

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Tucker Carlson’s Speech on Trump and the Republican Party

Here:[embedded content]This is surprisingly astute. So are the comments by Carlson on how Trumponomics – at least in the rhetoric of the campaign – has rejected the free market theology of the Republicans on both free trade and immigration.The Alt Right has an amusing term for the free market, pro-open borders conservatives: the “Cuckservatives” (from Cuckold + Conservative).Cuckservative Republicanism is a death sentence for the GOP. Their only hope is to steal some major parts of the...

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