#Fiscal

I finally read Palley’s “What's wrong with Modern Money Theory”It’s pretty much a summary of almost all the non-stupid critiques of MMT. It has no new information, rather it should
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Two years ago today, Malaysians woke up to a new government.It was the first time I voted in an election and never have I ever imagined we'd be able to
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Well-argued and thought-provoking as usual by @dsmitheconomics but for once I disagree with the conclusion (1/8 or so)https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-rules-of-a-true-depression-are-being-rewritten-like-everything-else-bq9z965gd I think this is
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The USPS is required by the constitution and other myths that need dispelling, a thread. 1/23 This thread is neither and argument for or against the postal service. What this
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"All households with at least one Singaporean member will receive a one-off $100 sum to cover their utility bills, Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat announced.[...]It is a way of
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The more I think about coronavirus, the more I think there are three key questions that need to be resolved:1. What's the objective?2. Should we manage risk or promote virtue?3.
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Okay so Puerto Rico statehood has come up a few times in the past month and then I made the terrible decision to suffer through Fox News talking about it
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This week's spending review is going to leave the Tories with a hugely significant strategic decision for the next decade. It can be the low tax party, or the party
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What are the effects of a negative AS shock & how should the central bank respond?THREAD, partly based on a just-published paper of mine (AEJ Macro April 2020)https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/mac.20180207(1/7) In macro
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FNN/Sankei regular opinion poll conducted over the weekend: 65.3% approve of state of emergency declaration, 29% do not approve. However, 82.9% say it was too slow, vs 12.4% saying it
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1. I’m not sure what kind of game Steven Mnuchin is playing, but it’s pretty clear that it’s a game. Gross domestic product fell by nearly 10 percent in the
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PTI / Prime Minister Imran Khan's Achievements • with links ⦿ Sehat Sahulat Cardhttps://www.dawn.com/news/1634058 ⦿ Ehsaas Programhttps://gulfnews.com/world/asia/pakistan/pakistan-world-bank-lists-ehsaas-emergency-cash-progra
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Siéntase libre de disputar todo esto con evidencia ...-Sí, Trump conocía a Epstein. Él mismo lo admitió.-Las fotos de ellos juntos son de antes de 2003.-En 2004, Trump no solo
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We're in Covid crisis mode again - and this is just the start. Why? Because Johnson is trapped between libertarian herd-immunity crowd, and a faction that wants to use the
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[THREAD] : S'expatrier à Dubaï (EAU) Lambo, bimbo et 0% d’impôt C’est ce que beaucoup retiennent de Dubaï. Heureusement, la ville ne se résume pas qu’à ces stéréotypes. Alors pourquoi
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If Joe Biden wins in November, don't expect a dramatic improvement in U.S.-China tiesHere's the story of how China lost Biden - and AmericaLatest from me and @dantenkate for @BWhttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-23/a-biden-presid
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