#Austerity

Naomi O'Leary

NaomiOhReally

The Hansa group is over. And several European capitals truly fear the Dutch may take down the euro.My piece for @IrishTimes https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/this-time-the-future-of-the-euro-really-is-at-stake-1.4224394 A few myths need bu

alex birnel🌹

alexbirnel

There’s a long and ugly history of driving the disabled into shadows, into isolation and out of public life. Today I was able to say a few words about how

Diletante

Rebeldiletante

Jacob Assa (@jacob_assa): Laissez-Faire, Laissez Mourir.https://developingeconomics.org/2020/03/31/laissez-faire-laissez-mourir/ Jacob Assa (@jacob_assa): The spread of the coronavirus epidemic around the world in the past few weeks has exposed not o

dasPost-CV

dasvee

1/ Inspired by the tweet referenced....An economic history of the UK in my lifetime: The Tory party continually drives our economy in to walls at high speed.https://twitter.com/jrhopkin/status/1283693474592763904 2/ Tory party

Sue Marsh

suey2y

I was not truly Labour shocked until this day. My Mum, 55 years a member, through leaders left & right, fan of Blair, a rare, rare councillor in Tory Herts

MMT Podcast (Christian Reilly)

MMTpodcast

This from @Ben_Wray1989 needs to be a thread, so here it is:“Narratively, the Tories have dominated the politics of public finance ever since the 2008 crash, consistently forcing Labour to

Alex C. Lange

itsAlexCL

Notes from today's @ASHEoffice webinar on "Resisting Disaster Academic Capitalism and White Supremacy" w/ @lesliedgonzales, @garyrhoades, @gblancoedd, @doctorkag, @trans_killjoy, & @HeatherShotton #ASHE2020 (a thread ) Dis

Roadside Mum

RoadsideMum

I'm walking away from social media today and I am going to be very honest with why that is. Take the piss and you will be on instant block, I

Jim Stanford

JimboStanford

It is infuriating how the false narrative that Canada faced a "debt crisis" in the 1990s has been repeated so often by fiscal conservatives, it is now reported as fact--even

Lwam Ghebrehariat

LwamG

Here are some of my proposed new diagnostic categories:Institutional Adjustment Disorder (IAD): a failure of institutions to respond to the needs of humanity and the planet. 1/ Obsessive Capitalist Disorder

Nithya Raman

nithyavraman

Here's some good news that's flying under the radar: the Federal Reserve is offering low-interest loans to major US cities, including LA.The program doesn’t go far enough yet, but right

Rory Steel

RorySteel94

Over 50 young @theSNP members have opposed plans for a National Service style scheme to create an unpaid, volunteer workforce to staff public services, like our NHS, during a time

Tim Pitt

TimPitt11

Parts of the left seem desperate to turn the debate about the appropriate economic response to Covid into a rerun of the debate from the last decade over public spending.

Frank_vL

Frank_vanlerven

My most important threadSuper excited to announce the launch of @NEF new programme of work #ChangeFiscalRules.Also recently learn that @ojblanchard1 kind of shares our @alfie_stirling position! Sharing thoughts on problems

Andy Summers

Summers_AD

Capital gains are *very* concentrated. Ranking people by their taxable gains (2017-18), the top 5,000 people received over half (54%) of all gains. For comparison, top 5,000 ranked by income

Chiara Putaturo

ChiaraPutaturo

Tomorrow the #Eurogroup will discuss additional macro-economic measures in response to the #COVID19. 3 main topics are in the agenda: European Stability Mechanism vs CoronabondsEuropean Commission unemployment reinsurance scheme European