#Austerity

Heinz Brandenburg

HzBrandenburg

My thinking on Starmer is not that he is a centrist but that he goes full valence in contrast to Corbyn's purely positional opposition.Not a lot to play with when

George Selgin

GeorgeSelgin

I think MMTs have to make up their mind on this. Either money-financed fiscal expansion increases total spending or it doesn't. Either there's a real resource constraint that eventually becomes

Ahmed H

1ahmedh1

A friend reminded me that after the Spanish flu in 1918, which led to huge societal changes, but eventually led to the roaring 1920’s.Could we be on the cusp on

Nikos Tsafos

ntsafos

I have no idea if Europe, with the United States or alone, will stop #NordStream2. What I do know is that stopping the project will not change the basic contours

Alex Chan

alexwlchan

A little thread about resiliency and efficiency. This might become a blog post; right now I’m thinking aloud.Imagine an airline, back when plane travel was safe.Running an airline is expensive,

Jenni Dunsmore

yennimimi

As a Scot who cares about the wellbeing of other Scots, I agree. This growing support for indy is significant & shouldn't be underestimated. It's high. But if, as many

Dom White

DomWh1te

There’s been lots of handwaving about the surge in money supply data recently. Here's a short thread on what I think it means. First thing: there’s no doubting how unusual

Imran

imran_1

SHORT THREADLots yesterday and today about Keir Starmer's speech today. @POLITICOEurope helpfully provides a link for the speech expected at 1107am https://labour.org.uk/keir-starmer-speech-securing-the-economy-for-families-during-lockd

Fuzz 'Yule Be Sorry' Caminski

fuzzcaminski

The northern working classes have generationally felt ignored and talked down to, their concerns and desires only fleetingly acknowledged and never (it feels) invested in, unless it impacts the South

Laurie Adkin

LaurieAdkin

The Financial Post reported on December 7th that “at least 68 Canadian companies have continued to pay out billions in dividends to their shareholders” while receiving the Canada Emergency Wage

Alon (they/them)

alon_levy

1. Brief thread about Germany's double-humped foreign policy-ideology curve, and what this means. 2. Normally, one expects political support for each issue to rise left-to-right, rise right-to-left, or sometimes peak

Noah Smith 🐇

Noahpinion

1/OK, here's a thread of my latest Noahpinion blog post.Why macroeconomic policy discussions have become less theoretical and less pro-austerity since the Great Recession:https://noahpinion.substack.com/p/the-new-macro-give-people-money

Paul Krugman

paulkrugman

GOP flailing over what to do now that reopening has stalled sheds light on the old "Evil or stupid?" controversy. It's now clear that the answer is, both 1/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/worries-about-trump-and-a-bloo

Monstrous Jaffa

MonstrousJaffa

A couple of thoughts on #FreeSchoolMeals from a personal perspective.When my wife died I was just shy of my 45th birthday with 2 young children to look after.Because I was

Rights and Freedoms

AndFreedoms

IMO, Alberta's next election in 2023 will be a tighter race than the US election.I believe that before the elxn the #UCPMafia will unleash propaganda, lies, and trolls.So I'm asking

Vici Wreford-Sinnott

viciws

Sir John Bell, Regius Chair of Medicine at Oxford University for nearly 2 decades, has said that Coronavirus is 'here to stay' and to 'prepare for the worst' this winter.

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