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Why is understanding #MMT so crucial in addressing real-world issues i.e. #Gaza, #climatechange, #healthcare, etc.? Join us tonight @ 8 pm ET for Macro n Chill to listen to & discuss our latest Macro N Cheese ep. MMT 101 w/ @MMT101DotORG. Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…
What is #deliberativepolling and how can it cut through #misinformation by providing us a clearer lens on #publicopinion? Political scientist James Fishkin explains in this ep. which drops Sat. 7/26 @ 8 am ET! Find all our ep. here: realprogressives.org/macro-n-cheese/
"We need est. on things like spending & saving propensities across sectors, & then we need those things to be stable across a cycle. I'm extremely skeptical that they're stable. I do believe multipliers are reasonably big on direct govt. employ. programs." realprogressives.org/mmp-blog-5-res…
"In the aftermath of the Great Recession of 2007, the US fed. gov. budget moved sharply to large deficits. While many attributed this to various fiscal stimulus packages . . . the largest portion of the increase in the deficit came from auto-stabilizers." realprogressives.org/mmp-blog-5-gov…
Donald Trump’s ascent represents a predictable and deeply entrenched political outcome, that is, the logical, albeit unsettling, culmination of a bipartisan reorganization of US capitalism. Yours truly, @utahvanguard utahvanguard.medium.com/a-bipartisan-n…
The Overdose Economy: Who Really Profits From The Opioid Crisis? ft. Charles LeBaron. Join us for the YouTube premiere tonight at 7 pm ET! #OpioidCrisis #BigPharma #WarOnDrugs youtu.be/yOUfa_Y966k?si…
"The only way the private sector could continue to run deficits against the government would be to surrender assets (not government IOUs) in payment. You’d have to turn over your car, house, bank account, and children to the government to pay taxes!!" realprogressives.org/mmp-blog-4-res…
How has the mishandling of the #opioidcrisis by the #CDC lead to a higher # of #overdose deaths & black markets for drugs like #fentanyl? Join us tonight @ 8 ET to listen to & discuss our latest @CheeseMacro ep. ft. Dr. Charles LeBaron! Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…
How can #deliberation enhance #democracy in our society? Join @sdgrumbine & James Fishkin in our upcoming ep. which drops Sat. 7/26 @ 8 am ET! #Sortition Find all our ep. here: realprogressives.org/macro-n-cheese/
Do those who are loudly calling for the Fed to get completely out of the rate-setting business so that "market forces" can establish the fed funds rate know what they'd end up with? I somehow doubt it. moslereconomics.com/wp-content/upl…
"If we divide the economy into three sectors (domestic private sector, domestic government sector, and foreign sector), then if one sector runs a deficit at least one other must run a surplus." #LearnMMT #Sectoral Balances #EachOneTeachOne realprogressives.org/mmp-blog-4-mmt…
Did you know #tobacco & #alcohol cause significantly more deaths than #opioids? Yet, our govt. doesn’t treat these substances accordingly. Explore why in our latest ep. ft. Dr. Charles LeBaron. Link here: realprogressives.org/mnc-podcast-ep…
This guy must be a government plant or a pawn of oligarchy. He says he is fighting it while simultaneously lifting up the Thatcher/Reagan lie that a currency issuing nation is broke without coupons from its citizens. What a useless empty vessel
If the government keeps losing its wealth the welfare state is over. On @LBC just now.
"Wall Street’s excesses led to too much private sector debt that crashed the economy and reduced government tax revenues. This caused a tremendous increase of federal government deficits" #LearnMMT #WallStreet #SectoralBalances realprogressives.org/mmp-blog-3-rec…
How has the mishandling of the #opioidcrisis by the #CDC lead to an increased number of #overdose deaths & black markets for drugs like #fentanyl? Join us Tues. 7/22 @ 8 pm ET to listen to & discuss our latest ep. ft. Dr. Charles LeBaron! Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…
New Macroeconomics - Chinese translation of the MMT macro textbook. Product of years of hard work and a landmark development for MMT in China!
💊🤕🚨 The opioid crisis isn’t just about addiction - it’s about failed policies. Dr. Charles LeBaron reveals how CDC restrictions backfired, fueling fentanyl deaths, while exposing the systemic neglect of vulnerable communities. #WarOnDrugs #Capitalism realprogressives.org/mnc-podcast-ep…
Mainstream economics is designed to protect concentrated economic power and make it easier to exploit the masses, that’s the whole game. That’s why the truth about how a currency-issuing government actually operates is tucked away in obscure corners of public economics or money…
This is the intergovernmental actions that some folks take super seriously when for the average activist, it is more than enough to understand that the federal government (via law/Art1sec8) creates the dollar and by that same law destroys dollars when received as a tax. Purging…
The #opioidcrisis exploded after restrictive regulations were put in place w/o investment into treatment. How have intended solutions combined w/ #profit motives escalated the problem? Full ep. drops Sat. 7/19 @ 8 am ET! #Capitalism Find all our ep. here: realprogressives.org/macro-n-cheese/
"If private saving exceeds investment, then the private sector will be running a surplus; if taxes are less than government purchases, the government is running a deficit; and if imports exceed exports the foreign sector is running a surplus." realprogressives.org/mmp-blog-2-res…
The #OpioidCrisis: how does #Capitalism exacerbate it by placing #Profit over health? Our latest ep. ft. Dr. Charles LeBaron dissects the mishandling of #PublicHealth crises by the #CDC & drops Sat. 7/19 8AM ET Find all our ep. here: realprogressives.org/macro-n-cheese/