Mark Gardner ‍:sdf: · @mjgardner
729 followers · 5179 posts · Server social.sdf.org

@lori @randomgeek The structural change was passing laws in the to more directly intervene in the . They were responding to increased and , exacerbated by the 1973 oil embargo.

The resulting decades of whipsawing booms and busts came with quicker cycles of hiring binges and .

#congress #keynesian #1970s #economy #inflation #unemployment #layoffs

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I choose to be anonymous cowar · @Hello57
76 followers · 1237 posts · Server noc.social

@stephenesherman

@pkrugman used to joke that the best possible thing for the economy would be an invasion by Martians as a large war is the only thing taht gets gov't to spend at the needed level
but climate change is good; billions in Gov't spending is a good thing !!

#keynes #keynesian #stimulus

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jprbarry · @jprbarry
59 followers · 920 posts · Server mastodon.cloud

@Hamishcampbell
Not bad at all.

It was easy to see who the and who the and proponent was.

If they talked a bit about where they thought bitcoin sat in amongst all this theory, it would have been perfect.

They characterised as (?). Could've gone a bit further and called him militaristic, , etc. It was the to re VietnamWar that sent packing.

Interesting re #1962!

#keynesian #deathCultist #degrowth #steadyStateEconomy #sse #nixon #uncooperative #hawkish #debts #france #goldstandard #jfk #war

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If you want a crash course in replace the word 'love' with '' and 'kiss' with '', in Palmer's 1986 song — it describes economics surprisingly well.

If anyone wants an explanation of Keynesian vs economics, feel free to ask.

#economics #growth #bailout #keynesian #austrianSchool #robertPalmer #AddictedToGrowth #AddictedToLove

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When he's not too occupied selling , we absolutely love hearing from about his proposal for booting out all the crusty from and .

His understanding of the impending issues and is undeniably precise too.

We don't share links on Fedi. If you use Tor (tell us the banner she is holding when you open Tor) and we'll supply a link to you.

#modernmonetarytheory #stevekeen #keynesian #economists #universities #thinktanks #environmental #collapse #AmazonSoundCloud #breakdown #westernCivilisation

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When he's not too occupied selling , we absolutely love hearing from about how his proposal for booting out all the crusty from and .

His understanding of the impending issues is undeniably precise too.

We don't share links on Fedi. If you use Tor, tell us the banner she is holding (when you open Tor) and we'll supply a link to you.

#modernmonetarytheory #stevekeen #keynesian #economists #universities #thinktanks #environmental #collapse #AmazonSoundCloud #breakdown #westernCivilisation

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@Ahuka
Nice to see someone else talking about . :)
@dredmorbius

#keynesian #criminality

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Pierre Huyghebaert · @crickxson
686 followers · 1771 posts · Server post.lurk.org

Yanis Varoufakis at TEDGlobal>Geneva
" will eat — unless we speak up
Have you wondered why politicians aren't what they used to be, why governments seem unable to solve real problems? Economist , the former Minister of Finance for Greece, says that it's because you can be in today but not be in power -- because real power now belongs to those who control the . He believes that the mega-rich and corporations are cannibalizing the sphere, causing financial crisis. In this talk, hear his dream for a world in which capital and labor no longer struggle against each other, "one that is simultaneously , and ."
December 2015
ted.com/talks/yanis_varoufakis

#capitalism #democracy #yanisvaroufakis #politics #economy #political #libertarian #marxist #keynesian

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