#Monetary

Scott Fullwiler

stf18

Your all-too infrequent reminder that #MMT has never argued for "printing money" the way you've all read about it in textbooks. Past experience suggests only those who already understand this

Conor Sen

conorsen

I’m personally not convinced that long-term investments deserve preferential tax treatment relative to any other form of income. In my 15-20 year career I don’t see what problem they’ve solved.

Blair McDougall

blairmcdougall

I know it's not fashionable to care what experts say about complex issues but here's a thread. I'll leave the numbering open because expect many more to join this chorus.

Thomas Fazi

battleforeurope

[thread] I’m sorry to disagree with my good friend Dirk Ehnts (@DEhnts) but this analysis is just wrong. Here’s why https://twitter.com/BRAVENEWEUROPE1/status/1246844644203335680 MMT makes a crucial distinction between countries that have

Jim Cooper

repjimcooper

1/4: It is unacceptable that American patients and doctors have to use Google to find answers about coronavirus and test kits. 2/4: I asked @CDCgov Director Dr. Redfield if the

Isabel Schnabel

Isabel_Schnabel

Today I gave a speech on the @ecb’s negative interest rate policy (NIRP) at the @EEANews Annual Congress in a panel with @helene_rey, Tobias #Adrian & Rafael #Repullo. In the

Arash Kolahi

ArashKolahi

One of the most propagandized, weaponized & misunderstood concepts in economics is inflation.It’s also one of the most important.In this thread, we will cut through the lies about inflation &

Paul Holland

Paul_Hol1000

Question to FOA The rest of the world could have just "eaten" their loss, just as creditors always do when a debtor goes bankrupt, and accepted no more US dollars

posting hog @ 10k

olivesagan

leftists @ Uber: wow this is disgusting worker exploitationleftists @ Uber for your pussy: okay this is an epic win for humanity a pyramid scheme that grooms children into posting

koala girl

snack_queen

@Lexual__ is a personal hero of mine for a multitude of reasons.One of the biggest ones will always be how hard she’s worked to expose the oppressive systems that keep

Paul Lidicul

PaulLidicul

1. So now we have arrived at an inevitable crossroads, now that Biden is the nominee. And it'll start happening around September, when women (solicited by Trump's henchmen) will be

Chuck Zodda

ZoddaZone

Couple thoughts as we kick off a new week:1. Couple days of improvement data-wise in the number of infections and deaths. Hard to tell if this is “weekend effect” we’ve

J.

PresentWitness_

FedCoin will replace USD which will be backed by a basket of CorporateCoins, but until then we will print money into assets to meet the embedded growth obligation, use UBI

Macro Maniac 🌐

Macro_Maniac_

THREAD1/4Fed's "Communication Problem" is essentially the "Inflation problem." Years of lower inflation is making them push towards Flexible Average Inflation Targetting (FAIT).https://twitter.com/RomanchukBrian/stat

Nevin Vigneault

nevin_vigneault

I finished reading The Deficit Myth by @StephanieKelton last night.I considered writing a really laudatory tweet hunting for an RT, but decided to go with nuance.My thoughts are below: The

John Ferry

JohnFerry18

This was interesting. One takeaway was the reveal - more a confirmation - from @AndrewWilson that a key leverage point for an SNP gov't in any future separation negotiation would