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I just want to live in a country where the leader can’t enrich themselves with our tax dollars, the government does what the people want, and the wealthy have to follow the laws.

You know, like a democracy.

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Yes it’s Valentine’s Day. But it’s also the chosen birthday of Frederick Douglass who was born in 1818 on a plantation in Talbot County, Maryland. He escaped from slavery & rose to become the most eloquent and forceful voice for the abolition of slavery & for Black voting rights in the U.S.

I wouldn’t say economists have trouble understanding this, but rather short-sighted businesses (which are the majority) that function from one quarterly report to the next. It’s an example of structural economic carry trade.

More layoffs are coming. Budget season is upon us at the local and state level and FY27 is looking ugly.

The question is will it accommodate (net) more manufacturing? My hunch is it won’t due to capital mobility.

It’s similar to when two people attempt a coffee pourover together at the same time. Very dangerous!

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If not, I may be able to help shed some light on this and contribute to your work in other areas. I’m on a much needed vacation this week but will be back in the office next Wednesday (Dec 17). I will be checking messages. Hope to connect as you are correct, few understand the bigger picture.

Finally had a chance to listen to the Money on the Left podcast. Insightful! We should talk. Please dm me, your account doesn’t allow it. We definitely have shared experiences and connections. I’m curious if your book addresses the challenges and dynamics of structural enrollment declines?

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The “new age of American capitalism” is apparently the government giving children money to prop up the stock market and then calling it philanthropy.

You can’t make this stuff up.

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No surprise, it’s become very political. We plan to bring the proposed regional agreement to the six towns in the spring, but there is chicken-egg structural problem of transitional funding. Specifics… 6towns.org
Feel free to dm me for more info if interested.

We are joined by David I. Backer, associate professor of education policy at Seton Hall University, to discuss his new book: As Public as Possible: Radical Finance for America’s Schools (The New Press, 2025).

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Looking forward to listening to this as I am six years into a regionalization effort to merge two regional and one municipal public school districts. Currently working on behalf of six towns with the MA governor’s office and DESE to figure out transitional funding…complicated to say the least.

Excellent conversation on the framing of neoliberal public finance vs democratic public finance.

He certainly doesn’t sound optimistic.

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He’s trying to gain some credibility before he goes all maga.
His past positions are, of course, the direction he wants the Fed to go.

Martinů's Madrigals for violin and viola are another set of beautiful pieces. I had the honor of producing and engineering a recording of them for Michael Zaretsky and Viktor Romanul in Boston. Check them out if you like the concertos.

As someone who helps run two towns in Massachusetts, I can say definitively that the Fair Share Amendment has helped our communities tremendously! If the Feds won’t tax fairly, it is incumbent on the states to do so.

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Well, I have read most of MMT. Learn how to write clear posts.

I still don’t understand your position as your posts aren’t clear. Are you in agreement with this article or not?

Old article and tired conclusion. MMT, like all economic lenses, has much to offer. Instead of generalizing and dismissing it out of hand, it would be more frutiful to give specific examples of what you disagree with.

True, it is using the positive side of the lens. It is definitely not implement normative side of MMT.

The reality is this current administration is implementing MMT but for the wealthy. They are advocating interest rate cuts at full employment. Deficits will remain through tax cuts… which is all a redistribution upwards.