@StevenHailAus “The purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to economic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by economists.” - Joan Robinson
Landlords are sick of being cast as the "bad guys", while a new generation of TikTok influencer landlords would prefer you call them "property investors".
But do landlords deserve a rebrand?
@milenadambelli went to find out.
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What happens when you can’t afford the Tesco value beans, the rubber cheese or the stale discounted bread even though you work full time? What do they suggest you eat then?
A growing number of parents in the UK are resorting to stealing baby formula for their children due to rising costs.
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There should never be a shortage of affordable housing. This is not something unpredictable. It is something which can and once would have been planned for. Build enough public housing in the roughly the right places with associated infrastructure and a crisis would never arise.
It turns out you have a much better handle on inflation if you have taken a realistic approach to pricing - one of the things covered by Erik Dean here:
https://t.co/jB07hEdQwd
As I revise my macro textbook, I am eager to get input on the following: In an environment of large remunerated bank reserves, and generous liquidity provision by central banks, how should one think about the money multiplier? That it has become irrelevant, or not quite?
Do you always hear about the so called bipartisan budget surpluses of the 1990’s? Turns out they were not a good thing and actually premised on private sector debt and a stock market bubble. Listen to @StephanieKelton break it down on @PodFunnyMoney! Shout out to @DeanBaker13!
The wrong way to frame the issue. Dealing with an aging society is not done by having the gov "save" USDs (something it can't do and his meaningless) but rather by investing today in preparing the economy to meet the needs of such society.