Author Archives: Yves Smith
Nomi Prins: My Financial Road Map for 2018
Some crystal ball gazing for 2018.
Read more...Voting Matters
Musing on the vagaries of voting in the US.
Read more...Brexit: UK Still Refusing to Do Any Thinking Re Trade
The UK is going nowhere fast on Brexit, except it is trying even harder than before to blame the EU for its problems.
Read more...Answers from the MMTers
Serious Economist Jared Bernstein asked some questions about MMT. MMT thinkers Stephanie Kelton and Randy Wray.
Read more...Links 1/11/18
What Happens at a Death Café?
Americans are particularly leery of thinking about, let alone talking about, death. Some people are trying to change that.
Read more...Florida Prisoners Are Preparing to Strike Against Unpaid Labor
How prisoners are rebelling against slave labor in Florida penitentiaries.
Read more...A US Economic Boom in 2018?
Not that it comes as a surprise, but talk of the US economy being in a boom is hype.
Read more...Reminder: NYC Meeting on Friday, January 12
This Friday will be a balmy day, so we hope you’ll come out from hibernation and join NYC readers for some lively conversation at our meetup tomorrow. Michael Hudson has also said he’ll join us along with other local luminaries. So if you will be in the New York metro area, be sure drop by […]
Read more...Reclaiming the Tax: Foregrounding the Public Covenant
Rethinking the MMT rhetoric around tax….and implications for policy prescriptions.
Read more...Links 1/10/18
ECB Spawned Financial Dependency That’s Now Very Hard to Undo
The ECB is very eager to withdraw extraordinary support. But among others, a lot of weak banks are hooked on it.
Read more...International Trade and Globalization: Are Benefits Truly Mutual?
Questioning economic orthodoxies on trade.
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