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David Roth memorably described the job of neoliberal economists as finding "new ways to say 'actually, your boss is right.'" Not just bosses: economists are a bulwark against obvious answers to our worst agonies: wages, education, health and shelter:
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How can we solve the student debt crisis? Well, we could cancel student debt and regulate the price of education, either directly or through free state college.
How can we solve America's heath-debt crisis? We could cancel health debt and create #MedicareForAll.
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How can we solve America's heath-debt crisis? We could cancel health debt and create #MedicareForAll.
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Here's the #inflation story you're expected to believe (advance warning: this story is entirely false): America gave the poors too much money during the lockdown and now the #economy is awash in #FreeMoney, which made those poors so rich that now they're refusing to work. 1/
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That means the economy isn't making anything anymore. With all that extra money and all those missing workers, prices are skyrocketing.
To hear ghouls like @LHSummers tell it, there is only one answer to this. 3/
To hear ghouls like @LHSummers tell it, there is only one answer to this. 3/
Recent article in an online publication made some comments on Crude #oilimports from Russia & raised questions about the benefits of recent decisions of the Govt. It is essential to bring #clarity to the issue through this thread (1/9) @PMOIndia @HardeepSPuri @Rameswar_Teli
Claim of Indian refiners reselling Russian crude back to Europe is based on a link which no longer exists. Extrapolation of unvalidated 30 day data (May 2022) to the whole year lacks the necessary economic rigour (2/9)
#OilPolicy @PMOIndia @HardeepSPuri @Rameswar_Teli
#OilPolicy @PMOIndia @HardeepSPuri @Rameswar_Teli
India and Russia have been all-weather friends and trade partners who have significant bilateral trade. The composition of the #tradebasket between the countries, varies from time to time, purely on #economicfactors (3/9) @PMOIndia @MEAIndia @DrSJaishankar @HardeepSPuri
