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The Essential Economist.

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Austerity; Poverty; High Taxes. Why? There is plenty of money. Banks create it on a keyboard. This fact illustrates why monetary system change is now crucial.

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The Essential Economist.@TheEssentialEc1·
@DerbyChrisW Unlimited debt free public money? Yes. How? Fiscal collaboration, cisl.cam.ac.uk/resources/cisl… Double entry book-keeping. Public servants become valuable tangible assets. Money created; plus good dividend for creators. Watch what happens? Sustainable economic development.
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@cando2so @premnsikka A tangible asset. A balance sheet. A credible source of finance? Money is created. A collaborative monetary system that adopts this formula would end most; if not all of our economic problems. Respect the laws of economics? Economics will give us all that we ask from it.
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Prem Sikka
Prem Sikka@premnsikka·
Story of how private equity turned UK care homes for vulnerable elderly people into cash machines. Govt privatised care service. PE hiked prices, councils forced to pay. PE loaded companies with debt, cut wages/staffing, asset-stripping, poor service theguardian.com/society/2026/m…
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Ian Hughes
Ian Hughes@IanHugh07940666·
@TheEssentialEc1 @CarolineLucas Hydrogen is not a fuel, just an energy store, but not a very good one - 1kWh in, 0.6kWh back - and the longer you store it, the less you get back out, as it leaks away...
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Caroline Lucas
Caroline Lucas@CarolineLucas·
Hundreds of licences granted for new North Sea oil & gas projects under the Tories have so far produced just 36 days’ worth of gas. Yet more evidence that a crisis caused by fossil fuel dependence can’t be solved by drilling for more fossil fuels in N Sea theguardian.com/business/2026/…
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We Own It
We Own It@We_OwnIt·
Privatisation is robbery! Pass it on. Thank you @labourlewis for standing up for public services that work for us, not private shareholders.
We Own It tweet media
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Roger Hallam
Roger Hallam@RogerHallamCS21·
If supposed realists suggest "the best we can hope for" is a lower chance of mass death rather than a higher chance, isn't it time to give up on hope and become revolutionaries instead - if only for the existential "fuck you" joy of it? It's imagination not hope that saves us from the tyranny of the "real". It's the demanding of the impossible that makes it possible. And only the impossible will save us now theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
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@premnsikka Why do so many have to be poor so that others can be wealthy? The competitive system demands low or no wages in the the name of unfair competition. Money? No problem banks create it on keyboard. It's time for a monetary system to make this process sustainable and debt free.
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Prem Sikka
Prem Sikka@premnsikka·
13.4m Britons, including 4m children, live in poverty. Median wage of employee, £31k Poorest 20% pay higher proportion of income in taxes than the richest 20% 1% has more wealth than 70% of the population combined Need equitable distribution of wealth. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
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Narinder Kaur
Narinder Kaur@narindertweets·
Next time your child or granny need emergency care at 2am in the morning- remember that will be a Resident Dr taking care of them and all they're asking for is full pay restoration as promised by @UKLabour - who are happy to pay American companies billions for NHS contracts @wesstreeting
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The Essential Economist.@TheEssentialEc1·
@premnsikka It's time to abolish those fees. How? Students are assets to society. It's time to transform them into tangible assets. How? Fiscal collaboration. cisl.cam.ac.uk/resources/cisl… Double entry book keeping Funds created plus good dividend for creators. Watch what happens? NO MORE FEES
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Prem Sikka
Prem Sikka@premnsikka·
Why no political empathy for young people in England? Govt can abolish university tuition fees. It can abolish prescription charges. Provide free bus pass to young adults under the age of 22. The above happens in Scotland. Must happen in England too. leftfootforward.org/2026/03/is-the…
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@TheGreenParty @CarolineLucas The North Sea is very full of a clean fuel that could solve all our energy problems. What is it? Sea water. Believe me; Hydrogen is a highly volatile and explosive fuel. That could power just about everything. B t w Hydrogen is a suppressed technology. Can't think Why? 🤣😂🤣
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The Green Party
The Green Party@TheGreenParty·
"Investing in renewables is better for people's bills and it's better in terms of security." @CarolineLucas exposes the myths being pushed by those with vested interests in the fossil fuel industry.
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@KemiBadenoch @Conservatives What have 14 years of Tory rule done for Britain? Living standards have fallen. We can't move on without facing up to the damage that has been caused. You have a plan? 🤣 😂 🤣. It's not funny.
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Kemi Badenoch
Kemi Badenoch@KemiBadenoch·
Last year it was the Budget for Benefits Street. Now it’s the Bailout for Benefits Street. Labour are taxing working people to hand out more welfare. Only the @Conservatives have a plan to bring down energy bills for everyone.
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@ProfHall1955 Isn't it time for real change? A monetary system that rewards working people and protects the environment? How? Fiscal collaboration. cisl.cam.ac.uk/resources/cisl… Double entry book-keeping. Current liabilities transformed into tangible assets. Unlimited debt-free funding.
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Steve Hall
Steve Hall@ProfHall1955·
Apologies for swearing. Wrong side of bed this morning and I've had it with the Thatcherites who respond to discussions on nationalisation with 'return to the 70s', 'inefficiency' etc. Instant block. These numbskulls are responsible for the decline of this nation's economy and its social consequences, which include some locales becoming virtually derelict. Return to the 70s is neither the intention nor is it possible. There's a lot of reading on the transition to a functional mixed economy - this is a good start. worldofbooks.com/en-gb/products…
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The Essential Economist.@TheEssentialEc1·
@BGatesIsaPyscho "Two things are infinite; the Universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe" Albert Einstein 🤣 🤣 🤣 It's not funny.
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Concerned Citizen@BGatesIsaPyscho·
Nobody has absolutely any idea of the long term impacts created by these 5G Towers. At the start of Covid EVERY Government erected millions of Masts in every corner of their Country - they did it rapidly, stealthily and without public consultation. Question is why?
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The Essential Economist.@TheEssentialEc1·
@premnsikka Neoliberalism? A political approach that favours free market capitalism; deregulation and reduction in government spending. Not forgetting acute corruption; and serious degradation of the environment. 🤣😂🤣It's not funny. System change? The only rational solution.
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Prem Sikka
Prem Sikka@premnsikka·
Environment Agency is too weak to tackle an “out-of-control plague” of waste dumping. Lacks resources. Fees to visit official dumps encourages fly- tipping. Water companies are major offenders. Execs face no penalties. EA in cahoots with companies. theguardian.com/environment/20…
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@implausibleblog There is enough clean fuel in the North Sea to resolve all of our energy problems for a long time to come. Where? Believe me; water is a very explosive and efficient fuel. Hydrogen is a clean fuel that can power just about everything. Hydrogen is also a suppressed technology
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Farrukh
Farrukh@implausibleblog·
Caroline Lucas, "There isn't enough oil and gas in the North Sea to bring prices down. If extracted, it's sold to highest bigger. So prices don't drop" When we know what the problem is, when we have actual technological green solutions, and still there isn't the drive and energy to take the better path How many fossil fuel crises do we need before our government superchargers a green energy revolution?
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@JujuliaGrace Debt free funding for health centres. How? Real change. Fiscal collaboration. cisl.cam.ac.uk/resources/cisl… Double entry book keeping. Health workers transformed into tangible assets. Funds created plus dividend for creators. Watch what happens? Good wages for our heath workers.
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Dr Julia Grace Patterson💙
Dr Julia Grace Patterson💙@JujuliaGrace·
80% of Keir Starmer’s 250 new NHS neighbourhood health centres will involve private partnerships. Why are none of the newspapers talking about this? 🚨
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