Marcas O'Marcaigh

Keeping an eye on the economic ideas that work for those who can't afford to take them at face value (image by ddpavumba @

[Marcas O'Marcaigh @o_marcaigh]

@em_macintosh Important reminder that garment production still eludes automation, and rests on often extremely precarious labour conditions!

[Sebastian Kohl @sebastianmkohl]

Homeowners are a fiscally privileged class. We map four fresh indicators of this "hidden homeownership welfare state" for 37 countries (1900-2020) to find an increase of fiscal homeownership support in recent times. Generally: Social security upside down...

[Marcas O'Marcaigh @o_marcaigh]

Faisons du bruit ! Notre banque coopérative durable en a besoin ! https://t.co/E4egzOWVT1

[Marcas O'Marcaigh @o_marcaigh]

@EllaRoseJoyner The European Natural Sausage Casing Association will surely find pride of place on your list!

[Stephanie Kelton @StephanieKelton]

What follows is a THREAD, posted on behalf of Professor James Galbraith, who is not on Twitter but who asked me to share his reaction to this.

[Philipp Heimberger @heimbergecon]

"But would not the Stability Pact lose all credibility if the debt rules were eased further?"

"You can also lose credibility by sticking to rules that have become economically nonsensical."

This is a "BOOM" answer by ESM Director Klaus Regling

https://t.co/3m47wC26ps

[Rohan Grey @rohangrey]

I refuse to believe anyone who has read this piece, for example, could read Krugman today and think what he's saying about MMT is close to accurate.

https://t.co/znyM2BPcqM

[Marcas O'Marcaigh @o_marcaigh]

@t0nyyates

[Stephanie Kelton @StephanieKelton]

Why do central bankers continue to misrepresent MMT? James Galbraith has some thoughts. https://t.co/FsYwMPACr4

[Philipp Heimberger @heimbergecon]

My text on how fiscal austerity promoted the rise of the Nazis in the early 1930s, and how misremembering Weimar history contributes to unwarranted hyperinflation fears today is now available at @BRAVENEWEUROPE1:

https://t.co/QhrecfXGIE

[Philipp Heimberger @heimbergecon]

I wrote a substack post on how fiscal austerity is linked to electoral success of the Nazis in the early 1930s, and why we must urgently avoid that the hyperinflation history of the Weimar Republic is misused to call for tightening economic policy now:

https://t.co/aqKjzD60YH

[Stephanie Kelton @StephanieKelton]

Paperback edition released March 9, with a new Introduction. Thank you to everyone who made the book a success.

[Aurore Lalucq 🇪🇺 @AuroreLalucq]

Fraude fiscale (en bleu) versus la fraude aux prestations sociales.

[Marcas O'Marcaigh @o_marcaigh]

@austin_hayden Not to forget the real anxiety of falling through society’s cracks, more pressing for some demographics than others. Inadequate identification with these has been sending many looking down pretty psychopathological political avenues.

[Harjinder Singh Kukreja @SinghLions]

Everyone should know the international sign for Help me. Let’s make this famous #HelpMe

[James Crombie @INPHOjames]

Crazy day and thank you everyone for kind messages... a few people have asked so prints/framed are available through @Inphosports at https://t.co/656xvCotbQ

[Marcas O'Marcaigh @o_marcaigh]

@tracyalloway (FWIW, Iberian Union started 1580, not 1530)

[Mark Blyth @MkBlyth]

here it is...

[Femi @Femi_sorry]

We send the EU 10,000 sex arses... Let's have them here instead?

[Andreas Busch @abusch.bsky.social 🇺🇦🇪🇺🇩🇪🇬🇧 @anbusch]

This is a thread on #vaccination, originally by @StefanLeifert, translated into English because there seems to be interest. Translated with https://t.co/nH1Rn8eDqD (free version) (plus some editing by me). /1