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@johnweeks41

Progressive Economy Forum Coordinator, prof emeritus SOAS, Univ London, author of Economics of the 1% (Anthem) & The Debt Delusion (Polity November 2019)

London UK انضم Temmuz 2014
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John ‘John’ Morrison
John ‘John’ Morrison@J_MoAGoGo·
Deficit of this size won't coincide with high interest rates because the deficit is supporting collapsed demand & counteracting mass unemployment. Inflation won't surge while these deficits are necessary. People need to remember interest rate is set in response to inflation.
Jon Sindreu@jonsindreu

The problem with reports like the OBR's is this insistence that "borrowing costs are low now but careful because that could change!". I mean, the Bank of England sets government borrowing costs wherever it likes.

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john weeks@johnweeks41·
Read my SE article on the white supremist context of the Hamiltonian moment
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Phil 🆓🌍🧩🎲@Phil_Free_·
“The Energy Charter Treaty, with 53 signatories, allows energy companies to sue states that make their business unprofitable.” The Obscure Treaty That Could Kill a Global Green Recovery newrepublic.com/article/158397…
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john weeks@johnweeks41·
Absurd. Worst than invasion of Suez? Trident that UK does not control? AntiBrexit gone off the rails
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Stephany Griffith-Jones
Stephany Griffith-Jones@stephanygj·
Business and politicians wary of UK plan for low-tax trade zones | Financial Times ft.com/content/122cdc… Good article quoting Peter Holmes
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Excellent paper by Toporowski showing how govt bonds can be used to regulate financial markets. Bond sales to BoE miss that opportunity
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So called market failures are the normal working of capitalism. Economics is study of efficiency requires assumption of full employment
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IFS unreliable on its claimed expertise as I showed in Opendemocracy several months ago. It consistently repeats balanced budget dogmas .@geofftily @PEF_online
geoff tily@geofftily

I'd like to discuss how we might break the @TheIFS stranglehold on public debate. I think it seriously dangerous, and do not want to be complicit. While I do make efforts to refute their wrong macroeconomics & bad advice, I haven't made enough effort to counter their dominance.

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