@DrCameronMurray@MikeFellman Interesting podcast, but mischaracterises MMT when it comes to Argentina, whose debt is in a currency it doesn’t issue. Please get Bill Mitchell or another MMTer to discuss the actual theory.
.@davidmcw Love the podcast. I just heard John Davis is coming to Australia and wants wine industry contacts. I live near the famous Rutherglen wine region and have several contacts. He can ‘hit me up’ if he wants to connect.
Thanks to @BBCQuestionTime for having me on this evening. We discussed crucial issues facing the UK, including the proposed cuts to winter fuel payments. I argued that what looks like savings in the short term might be a cost in the long term. Cutting support to vulnerable communities is not the path to growth.
Read our recent letter in @FT where we build on this point: The UK Government has an opportunity to break the cycle of underinvestment ➡️ https://t.co/eT891lbUCp
My latest @LocusMag column is "Marshmallow Longtermism"; on conservatives' self-mythologizing as standards-bearers for deferred gratification and hard trade-offs, and their lack of these traits when it comes to climate change and inequality:
https://t.co/br1iRDzYJp
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💥We couldn't have said it any better 👏!
In this episode of the unSILOed Podcast with Greg LaBlanc, economist Ha Joon Chang says that it's crucial for everyone to grasp the basics of economics for true democracy to thrive in our capitalist world 👇
@AusMMT Hi Darren. Nice short video 👍
Is there a way you can upload so I don’t have to click out of twitter to watch it?
That would make me more likely to watch in future.
Keep up the good work.
The measures purportedly undertaken in response to the pandemic have accelerated the trend towards increasingly concentrated, oligarchical and authoritarian forms of capitalist power.
My essay in COVID-19 and the Left: The Tyranny of Fear — just out.
https://t.co/3UwSL07ztj