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We’re going to face an exhausting train of outrages, but it’s impossible to overstate how obscene and dangerous this is. Trump whipped up a violent mob to assault Capitol police, and has now declared that violence on his behalf is immune from legal punishment.

If you have ever wondered what colonization was like—the violence, the dispossession, the massacres, the genocide, the displacement, the famine, the dehumanization, the racism—you are watching it in real time in Palestine. It is among the most depraved of all possible acts.

This is definitely true

I heard that Elon Musk wants people to send their Social Security checks directly to him. He says it's far more efficient than making Congress vote to reduce benefits and then cut his taxes.

Fernando Alexandre confirma que este governo não acredita em números, estudos ou estatísticas, só em achismos e percepções.

Harris’s Gaza Policy Was a Disaster on Every Level Palestine may not have swung the election one way or another. But Democrats unquestionably paid a high price for their refusal to hold Israel accountable.

Clearly, Gaza alone does not explain Trump's sweeping victory. But the evidence shows that Harris’ failure to break with Biden’s policy came with a political cost—one that was higher than many had expected.
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YouTube video by New Economic Thinking Why We Need a Federal Jobs Guarantee

So I mostly follow Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) folks & adjacent folks

MMT places a Job Guarantee at the center of its policy proposals.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=69cO...

Why is Modern Monetary Theory So Important?

A big reason Modern Monetary Theory elicits pushback is that it threatens power relations, specifically, the perceived primacy of financiers.

www.nakedcapitalism.com/2024/09/why-...

Polanyi is one of the inspirations for Modern Monetary Theory.

They both use the fact that the state creates the currency.

It’s pretty fundamental to Polanyi’s political economy:

www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

YouTube video by Novara Media Could 'Modern Monetary Theory' Save the World? | Ash Sarkar meets Stephanie Kelton

My favorite Brit divine Ash Sarkar questioning Techno Feudalism, or is it natural technological progression of humanity? Could 'Modern Monetary Theory' Save the World? | Ash Sarkar meets Stephanie Kelton youtu.be/cyXfr11g7So

FINDING THE MONEY

Must-see movie about Modern Monetary Theory

More info here: findingmoneyfilm.com/where-to-watch/

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Modern Monetary Theory places a Job Guarantee at the center of its policy recommendations.

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Also there’s no functional difference between a dollar of “debt” and just a regular dollar, except for the fact that we choose to pay interest on the “debt dollars.” We would be much better off if government embraced modern monetary theory

MMT — the key insights from Lars Syll As has become abundantly clear during the last couple of years, it is obvious that most mainstream economists seem to think that Modern Monetary Theory is something new that some wil…

“What Modern Monetary Theory basically does is what Wicksell tried to do more than 100yrs ago. The difference is that today the ‘pure credit economy’ is a reality & not just a theoretical curiosity…” #MMT
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This article helped me import my Twitter followers into Bluesky. It’s a huge timesaver.

Basically it crawls your followers list and looks for the accounts on Bluesky

www.wikihow.com/Import-Twitt...

Vai que seja tarde!

Striking: IMF discusses growth, disinflation in the context of rising rates..& worries about commodity prices rising, more inflation and "fiscal challenges". Nowhere mentions the challenges facing the indebted - both private & public...in the context of high, sustained real rates of interest.

Sky News is showing aerial pictures of Northern Gaza. Words fail. It already looks like Mosul. Or Grozny. Or Mariupol. And the IDF has only just begun.

Acerca do OE e dos desafios que o país enfrenta

White Christian Nationalism needs to be recognized for the danger that it is.

Obrigado. É bom lê-lo(a) aqui. Abraço.

Economistas neoliberais nos seus labirintos « Em termos históricos, a evidência é irrefutável: se os salários reais tivessem acompanhado a produtividade, a parcela de riqueza que rem...

Trata-se da criação de uma narrativa sem base empírica, mas que, repetida até à exaustão, obtém o objectivo desejado: legitimar políticas de salários baixos e enfraquecimento do lado do trabalho no conflito redistributivo em curso. #ManufacturedControversy

AP PHOTOS: Israel-Hamas war’s 9th day leaves survivors bloody and grief stricken The ninth day of the Israel-Hamas war was defined by the small forms of dead children wrapped in sheets, outstretched hands clamoring for bread and the hurriedly packed suitcases of evacuees.

AP PHOTOS: Israel-Hamas war’s 9th day leaves survivors bloody and grief stricken

Israeli army and settler attacks against Palestinians in West Bank increase At least 55 Palestinians have been killed since last Saturday, and more than 1,100 others wounded.

While our attention is focused on Gaza, settlers and soldiers together are murdering and attacking West Bank Palestinians.

Obrigado, grande abraço, caro Diletante!

Imagine your own fucking outlet, the one you literally died working for, passive voicing your own murder.