"Austerity has scarred the UK for the last 14 years. If it wants to finally break free, then it’s time for a radical new approach. And that starts with rethinking how government finances work"

Excellent in the New Statesman re Green Party leader, Zack Polanski's use of Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) in a recent interview.

#MMT #Economics #GreenParty #UKPolitics

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The economics behind Zack Polanski’s claims

In these pages last week (25 November), Green Party leader Zack Polanski told George Eaton that “The fiscal rule we need to have is to make sure that inflation doesn’t go higher than the skills and re

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Meh. The #DismalScience becomes marginally less dismal. 🤷🏻‍♂️ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_dism…

#LarrySummers #Harvard #Economics #Misogyny

derogatory alternative name for economics

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