#Fiscal

Chris Thomas

cthomashealth

THREAD: On new IPPR research in today's Financial Times.We show that our definition of efficiency during austerity stripped resilience out of our health and care system.We call on government to

Joshua Pugh

JPughMI

cc @DetNewsOpinion https://twitter.com/LisaRooseChurch/status/1337436481691004931 The News endorsed would-be election thief Jack Bergman, calling him "a welcome voice of reason and responsibility." Bill Huizenga wants to throw out

Claudia Sahm FULL CHECKS NOW

Claudia_Sahm

cocksure arguments on macroeconomic policy that hinge on falsified, make-believe concepts like potential output must stop. must stop. now.https://twitter.com/ojblanchard1/status/1358122339301490690 believing we (@USCBO @federalreserve @Whit

Chris Winterburn

cmwinterburn

Manchester United being in the title race is strange and their next game against Burnley will tell a lot about whether they have the teeth for it. However, there’s a

Jen Agg

TheBlackHoof

Lots of people don’t know restaurants and bars pay RETAIL in Ontario. It’s truly bonkers. We are BUYING IN BULK and not getting any bulk discount. It’s time to end

Michael Pettis

michaelxpettis

1/5This very interesting article by Ren Zeping and colleagues notes that during China’s planned economy period, while the northern provinces experienced an economic boom in heavy industry, “a blessing can

Heidi Shierholz

hshierholz

Another more than 1.0 million people applied for UI last week, including 709,000 people who applied for regular state UI and 298,000 who applied for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA). PUA

Dr. David Pate

drpatesblog

I commend and praise @lawrencewasden and the Idaho Attorney General’s office for the very wise decisions they have recently made not to join the Texas lawsuit seeking to challenge other

Rick Tyler-Still Right

rickwtyler

1/8 The focus on the stimulus portion of the spending bill Trump signed last night misses the much larger significance of Trump’s capitulation.After the now familiar bluff and bluster signifying

JohnQuiggin

JohnQuiggin

Here's a snippet which may go into my book. It is often thought that, government spending is implemented by creating money, either as printed notes or through crediting bank accounts.

Philipp Heimberger

heimbergecon

Campaign Against Italy Nonsense:I receive comments such as: Ok, I get your data, but what can we do to make this work? A thread with ideas on achieving North-South convergence

Skanda Amarnath ( Neoliberal Sellout )

IrvingSwisher

If you've finished your lunch and have an hour to spare before today's FOMC meeting, some suggestions for how the Fed should approach its forward guidance strategy:https://medium.com/@skanda_97974/the-fed-still-needs-to-do-its-part-

Stephen Williamson

1954swilliamson

1/I was looking for a clear statement of the key takeaway from MMT. Particularly in the media stories, some written by S.K. herself, the story is so vague that it

Mike Stuart

MikeStuartYEG

I didn't vote for the UCP in 2019, despite believing that I fall on the centre-right side of the political spectrum. There have been plenty of things that have made

Maria DeCotis

MariaDeCotis

It’s time to complete the Black Lives Matter action in the comments. Cuomo vs. Cuomo: President Today it is so so so important for my NYC folks to call and

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

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