I was trolled from the left and right on modern monetary theory and tax yesterday. The right wing turned up here. The left used Twitter.
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The government would rather people starve or be homeless than create new money
I posted this Twitter thread this morning as a reaction to the government’s desire to take ‘non-fiscal steps’ to tackle the recession that is now
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Out this morning – the paperback edition of Money for nothing and my Tweets for free
This is out this morning: My thanks to Jim Stone and David Mullins who helped in the production process. I hope that this might help
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The government is claiming that all the money it issues is asset backed, and that is complete nonsense
Peter May, who pretty much runs the Progressive Pulse website these days, even though I am its director, wrote a really important blog on Friday.
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Let us never forget this fundamental truth: there is no source of money other than the State.
On Wednesday I noted the speech that Sajid Javid had made on the future of the NHS in England. In that speech he said: As
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How do we fix the economy?
Why progressives have to understand money
Peter May, who is largely responsible for the Progressive Pulse blog (which I direct) posted this comment on this blog yesterday, and I thought it
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Reversing QE could be a recipe for economic disaster
I have just posted this rather long thread on Twitter. If you think it too long to read the summary is that reversing QE could
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The Bank is forecasting a terrible year to come. They seem to be doing their utmost to make it worse.
The Bank of England has very recently issued a press release saying that they have agreed to increase their base interest rate by one-quarter of
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