#Inflation

PTI’s two year performance. Growth in national income decreased from 5.8% in 2018 to minus 0.4% in 2020. To make it more concrete, our per capita income has decreased from
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This proposal has kick started a vigorous debate and that’s very important. I think there’s some merit in what @Sabya_K is arguing in that fiscal and monetary policies have to
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I was in St Petersburg for this, in a tiny flat near Narvskaya metro. It was miserably cold. There was very little food. It was thrilling, exciting, terrifying, confusing, wonderful.
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Liquidity is fueling the stock market rally says everyone. What is this liquidity? How does it get created? How does it fuel stocks, commodities? (Thread)Hit the ‘re-tweet’ and help us
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Vancouver's Police Board responds to news that their budget is held to zero y/oy by arguing that "fixed cost obligations" mean it isn't zero, so hey, frontline layoffs! Literally 00s
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Reading Anneliese Dodds' speech on Labour economic policy and it's fascinating how steeped in neoclassical macro dogma it is. People should probably be aware that on fiscal and monetary policy
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Replying @dandolfa @farmerrf Thanks for your follow-up, revealing your provisional approach. Several scattered comments from me. First, you’re right that a big difficulty with monetarism is to identify what is
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When we talk about poverty, many think it's the people living in shanties...LolIf you didn't know, every single Nigerian is taking a pay cut every monthHow do you guys think
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Courageous article by Noah.This a situation where the 50 IQ and 150 IQ guy shake hands and say the obvious thing: buy Bitcoin.https://twitter.com/noahpinion/status/1352707799969533953 CPI obscures more than it reveals, because
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A thread on inflation, and how it's not what happens next. This took me a while to understand, and I only got there due to @MetreSteven and @SantiagoAuFund - (thank
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My Saturday morning hot take:Society doesn't want to see wealthy farmers. Their expectation of a farm family is an American Gothic type image with subsistence farmers scratching the ground to
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Thread: It's very important to distinguish the implications of Fed monetization of _outstanding_ Treasury debt from those of Fed monetization of net Treasury security issues.https://twitter.com/TheStalwart/status/1324446235776921600 Mon
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Yesterday’s @SAReserveBank MPC decision to drop rates by a token 0,25% displayed yet again the SARB’s callous disregard for our people, our productive businesses, our economy and our nation. In
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0/18A few months ago @stephanlivera recommended this essay to understand deflation Conclusion: Deflation is the only acceptable monetary policy for a free societyNOTES BELOW: https://mises.org/library/deflation-and-liberty-1Deflation and Li
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I finally gave this episode a listen. Great and provocative interview as always from @ErikSTownsend.Below I’ll share some general comments on MMT along with some thoughts that came to mind
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Most people on CT belive only Bitcoin follow stock-to-flow model, but I have a different theory. I do believe #Monero $XMR follows its own model, but at the same time
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