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Iain Murray — Economics of Green New Deal: More Red Than Green

Summary:
"Socialism."While Iain Murray presents an ideologically biased argument agains the GND and MMT, he brings up points that need to be addressed for popular consumption, since it is likely that many people think this way. The GND is not a proposal but an idea for a proposal. A lot of things need to be spelled out that aren't yet. In fact, it is probably not possible to do so at this point, at least comprehensively, since significant pieces are lacking and need to be modeled, developed, discovered, or invented. This is a huge challenge and throwing money at it can't solve it. This impression should be avoided in arguing that affordability in not an issue for currency sovereigns. Reconfiguration of the use of real resources is required, and this also will require institutional change and

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"Socialism."

While Iain Murray presents an ideologically biased argument agains the GND and MMT, he brings up points that need to be addressed for popular consumption, since it is likely that many people think this way.


The GND is not a proposal but an idea for a proposal. A lot of things need to be spelled out that aren't yet. In fact, it is probably not possible to do so at this point, at least comprehensively, since significant pieces are lacking and need to be modeled, developed, discovered, or invented.

This is a huge challenge and throwing money at it can't solve it. This impression should be avoided in arguing that affordability in not an issue for currency sovereigns. Reconfiguration of the use of real resources is required, and this also will require institutional change and a shift in cultures globally.

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Economics of Green New Deal: More Red Than Green
Iain Murray
Mike Norman
Mike Norman is an economist and veteran trader whose career has spanned over 30 years on Wall Street. He is a former member and trader on the CME, NYMEX, COMEX and NYFE and he managed money for one of the largest hedge funds and ran a prop trading desk for Credit Suisse.

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