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As we have been writing for over a year in this newsletter, the UK Government, as the issuer of the UK pound, can never run out of money. They can afford whatever is priced in pounds. There is never a problem finding the money. This leads to a natural and painful conclusion: Continuing austerity policies is a political choice....The National (Scotland)Modern Monetary Theory film proves finding the cash isn't the problemWilliam Thomson, Scotonomics founder
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As we have been writing for over a year in this newsletter, the UK Government, as the issuer of the UK pound, can never run out of money. They can afford whatever is priced in pounds. There is never a problem finding the money. This leads to a natural and painful conclusion: Continuing austerity policies is a political choice....The National (Scotland)Modern Monetary Theory film proves finding the cash isn't the problemWilliam Thomson, Scotonomics founder
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As we have been writing for over a year in this newsletter, the UK Government, as the issuer of the UK pound, can never run out of money. They can afford whatever is priced in pounds. There is never a problem finding the money. This leads to a natural and painful conclusion: Continuing austerity policies is a political choice....
The National (Scotland)
Modern Monetary Theory film proves finding the cash isn't the problem
William Thomson, Scotonomics founder