Mathew Forstater

@GISP_Tweets and @umkcecon are united in their commitment to #decolonisation of economics, the world system and, as @FadhelKaboub and @NgugiWaThiongo_ have put it, “decolonization of the mind.” Also, as Fadhel teaches, “decolonize to decarbonize.” Follow Fadhel: @FadhelKaboub

@BrankoMilan During Apartheid the U.S. called their policy “constructive engagement.” The singer Paul Simon broke the boycott and went to South Africa, recorded and performed there while Nelson Mandela was in prison on Robben Island.

I am 100% against Israel's current policies but the recent events have convinced me more strongly than ever to go to a conference in Jerusalem in May (unless all flights are cancelled). Because the only way to maintain contact is to have a conversation. And boycotts, such as the academic boycott of Israel, produce the opposite effect. People who agree with you--or might agree with you--are excluded and left alone, and people who disagree with you feel empowered because they can brand all opponents with a broad brush of "enemies" (or whatever else is a convenient term).

Together with 18 countries, Norway condemns in the strongest terms a series of recent Israeli decisions that introduce sweeping extensions to unlawful Israeli control over the West Bank. regjeringen.no/en/whats-new/j…

@zapradon @wbmosler @gkittygkitty Not only youth, everyone, seniors.

@zapradon @wbmosler @gkittygkitty Does that even have to happen? Certainly a central authority can issue a liability & demand the liability be settled in such-and-such. They can also pay unemployed youth such-and-such to do ‘green jobs’ (that don’t pollute & dont use natural resources: library, planting trees).

Be nice to have leadership that could put an end to this endless fear mongering :( ‘Some form of crisis is almost inevitable’: The $38 trillion national debt will soon be growing faster than the US economy itself, watchdog warns

@zapradon @wbmosler @gkittygkitty Any local government could easily do it, regional, city council, etc.

@GrkStav No one is surprised. Sorry. Bad economist, bad person.

@mattybram None of those embarrassing, bigoted comments were 'materially' harmful to those ultimately in control of the appointment decisions in question, I suspect.

*Poor Samuelson & Arrow* Gail (my lovely partner of 40+ years): “Larry Summers is in the Einstein files.” Me: “For eating too many bagels or trying to defy the laws of gravity?” Gail: “Why does that name sound familiar?” Me: (deeeep inhale) 1/n

@GrkStav @wbmosler Summers accused @CornelWest of easy grading, and perhaps driving him from Harvard to Princeton? He said women were not as good at math and science as men?

@GrkStav Here’s the anecdote from @wbmosler 7 Innocent Frauds speakers for itself

@GrkStav @wbmosler *speaks*

@weeklybecky76 @RTRSPodcast That Harvard is way overrated? 😂 I guess it depends on your field. But yes it’s really not that crazy. You should probably be proud of both, but a lot more people have been Harvard fellows than have written for RTRS. 😂

@RTRSPodcast What does it say about me that I am prouder of finally being approved to write something for you guys than I am of receiving a Harvard fellowship ?

On Fly The Process weekend, @weeklybecky76 wrote a piece for us with her friend the Pelicans fan about Joel and Zion rightstorickysanchez.com/p/the-best-abi…

How he kept getting appointed to important academic, government & other positions, like President of Harvard, Assistant Treasury Secretary, Secretary of the Treasury, & boards of top tech companies even after many other additional embarrassing, bigoted comments, is astounding.

Anyway, I cited Larry Summers in my 1996 doctoral dissertation, Political Economics and Instrumental Analysis, his infamous World Bank Memo on environmental policy. eml.berkeley.edu/~webfac/harris…

My great good friend, also a Philly transplant to KC, Jim Simmons, passed away peacefully today after a courageous battle with cancer. His tremendous, powerful VOICE, whether chanting, singing, sharing a story, laughing, or encouraging a stranger will never—ever—be forgotten!

Charlotte Phillips - Goalkeeper for the Palestinian national team. Listen to her words after their game at Dalymount. Both her grandparents were expelled from their lands and their homes stolen.

According to legend my father was born on a Philadelphia trolley in 1928.