Prof of Economics @DenisonU; President @GISP_Tweets; Author of Global South Perspectives on substack. Views are my own.
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Using the weakest possible language of “transitioning away from fossil fuels” while most rich countries plan to spend billions of dollars building new fossil fuel infrastructure, ...
... cheap pollution permits for global north historic polluters who can pass on the cost of the permits to their customers (many of whom are in the global south), displace farmers and indigenous communities, enrich speculators and middlemen, ... 
"Fossil fuel companies and their lobbyists are engaged in a systemic campaign of distractions, obstructions, manipulations, and pure criminal activity. And I do not use the term 'criminal' lightly.
"What happens is that communities on the front line are frequently displaced. We're talking about pastoral communities... communities that have ancestral land that they no longer have access to, ....
"When countries like the #DRC invest in fossil fuel infrastructure because it is assumed to be an engine of economic development, it's as if....
... it is important to recognize that external #debt is a symptom of much deeper structural deficiencies: #food deficits, #energy deficits, and low value-added manufacturing.”
and price gouging... So a higher degree of monetary sovereignty is something a country earns via strategic investments/regulations; it's not something you announce, float the currency, and hope for a miracle. All MMTers understand this.
RSVP links:
First off, #GISPfellow Amir Khaleghi presents the latest updates from the #GreenJobs report 
You take people as they are, where they are, and you do on-the-job paid training at a living wage & benefits for anyone ready, willing, and able to work. During a #pandemic, one of the most important jobs under the #JobGuarantee system is to #StayHome.