#Austerity

Melissa Paints

MVandiver_Art

I know New Orleans is about to hit a budgetary crisis, and I don't want to see layoffs, but taking the money from the libraries to go to "economic development"

#SafeReturnOrNoReturn

CTUSpecialEd

Everytime I hear @janicejackson promise schools are safe, I remember hearing very similar assurances back in 2016. One particular meeting, a number of us CTU sped teachers, clinicians, & support

Paul Krugman

paulkrugman

McConnell totally misunderstands the problem; thinks this is about stimulus, not support as the virus rages. So no deal on unemployment benefits any time soon, with extra benefits going away

Pandemic Pogey

StandingTheGaff

There's a reason non-profit home care in Ontario can be just as bad as the for-profits. From 1996-2004 and 2007-8, public home care (HC) contracts were awarded to lowest bidder.

Patricia

PatriciaNPino

An MMT critique from the man who bailed out the banks. Others have already shares strong words about this. Some comments from me:https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-ideological-bankruptcy-of-modern-monetary-theory?fbclid=IwAR2G23XaaIcKt

Arash Kolahi

ArashKolahi

The analogy of a country’s budget being like a household's budget is often used as an argument for austerity measures (suspiciously, only used against social programs, not programs that benefit

Tom Williams

shirleymush

I wonder if austerity- as well as contributing in practical terms to the UK state’s pitiful attempts to deal with Covid- might also have contributed to the ‘oh dear’ism of

Sarah Hughes FMHC

_Sarah_Hughes_

It was good to give evidence to the Women and Equality Select Committee today, I was trying to convey the importance of psychologically informed messaging from government, not just focused

English Collective of Prostitutes ♀️ ⚧️

ProstitutesColl

Women in the ECP network who have worked in the Leeds zone are glad that an independent review has decided that it should continue as it means at the very

Eric Tymoigne

tymoignee

Here is summary of my most recent paper published last june:1- monetary sovereignty: government issues an inconvertible currency, sets monetary laws, imposes dues to be paid with the national currency,

Ace the Architect in "Lockdown 2: A Cold Brew"

TheUrbanAce

I'm here, I apologize, emergency came up. Let's get into this meeting! We're still in public commentary and essentially every comment is in support and solidarity with defunding SPD. We're

𝔹𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝔻𝕒𝕧𝕚𝕤

BDavisBriz

Looking forward to an interesting discussion about the economic recovery from the #Coronavirus pandemic in #Bristol & #WestOfEngland @FestivalofIdeas #EconomicsFest https://twitter.com/econromesh/status/1328965161735102465 Up first, @Ri

Alex Deam

someotheralex

People really need to stop saying Trump didn't start any wars. Just because all Presidents since 2001 have claimed the whole globe as a battlefield, doesn't mean we should agree

The Times

thetimes

Turning his party around during a pandemic is proving tricky, but Labour leader Keir Starmer says he’s here for the long haul.In the midst of a dip in the polls,

Slough for Europe 🇪🇺🎪

SloughForEU

Historically and economically illiterate.Let's take a look at what the 1920s was like in the UK - as it seems that many of the issues aren't entirely unrelated to the

Natasha Doff

natashadoff

1/5 Russia has money to stimulate the economy, but Putin wants to keep it in reserve in case it faces new sanctions https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-06/covid-pandemic-putin-reluctant-with-stimulus-despite-russia-s-reserves?sr

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