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Some Platinum Coin Objections from the Mainstream: Part V
This is Part V, and the conclusion, of the series providing my reply to Philip Wallach’s reply to my evaluation of his views on the platinum coin proposal and other options for settling debt ceiling conflicts. In Part I I … Continue reading
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Tagged $100 Trillion coin, Brookings Institution, Conservatism, consols, debt ceiling crisis, debt limit, fiscal myths, Mike Castle, Philip A. Wallach, Philip N. Diehl, platinum coin seigniorage, Political legitimacy, Trillion Dollar Coin, weirdness
Who Needs Balanced Trade? Who Needs Balance Budgets: A New Book on Trade and Fiscal Policy
The intensity of the conflict over the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has died down since last June, after the Administration won its victory in getting Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) through Congress. During the Intervening months, the efforts of the Special Trade … Continue reading
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Tagged A Holistic Approach to Trade and Fiscal Policy, Balanced Budget Fiscal Policy, balanced trade, Budgeting for Public Purpose Fiscal Policy, Deficit Neutrality in the Long Run Fiscal Policy, fair trade, free trade, Impact Assessment for Trade Policy, MMT, modern money theory, public purpose, TISA, TPP, Trade for Public Purpose, TTIP
On the IT Problem of Grexit: A Reply
I’d like to start by thanking Louis Proyect for commenting on at least part of my new e-book Austerity, Greece’s Debt Crisis and the Theft of Democracy namely the chapter entitled “The Information Technology Problem.” His opening paragraph begins by … Continue reading
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Declarations of Dependence: A New e-Book on the Nation-Subjugating “Trade Deals”
The trade agreements currently being negotiated by the Obama Administration are potentially enormously important in their possible impact on the United States. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is being negotiated by 12 Asian-Pacific nations, and, if agreed to by Congress could … Continue reading
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Tagged Declarations of Dependence, democracy, free trade, neoliberalism, TISA, TPA, TPP, Trade deals, trade justification, trade policy, TTIP
Fast –Track: It Looks Like It’s In Pelosi’s Lap or Maybe Not!
There are 246 Republicans and 188 Democrats in the House. Republicans, led by John Boehner and Paul Ryan, say they are confident about having enough votes to hold a successful floor vote on Friday, June 12th.. However, Politico reports that … Continue reading
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Tagged boehner, Clyburn, congress, consent of the governed, DeLauro, democracy, Democratic Leadership, Fast-track, Hoyer, investor state dispute settlement, ISDS, Matthew Doyle, Mo Brooks, Pelosi, ryan, sovereignty, the House, TPP, Trans-Pacific Partnership
The Volcker Rule Doesn’t Violate NAFTA
This one is for the Finance Minister of Canada, Joe Oliver. He erroneously claims that the Volcker rule, implemented as part of the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, violates The North American Free Trade Agreement … Continue reading
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New Labour Leaders Want to Go Back to Blair’s Policies that Blew Up the UK
By William K. Black Quito: May 13, 2015 Given the media effort and the push by the Red Tories to lionize former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair I thought it was a good idea to explain just how destructive his war … Continue reading
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Michael Meeropol on Mankiw’s Mendacity about Adam Smith
By William K. Black Quito: April 26, 2015 One of our many distinguished readers of New Economic Perspectives is the economist Michael Meeropol. Mike contacted me after reading my columns about Mankiw pushing the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) to alert me to … Continue reading
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Tagged adam smith, Greg Mankiw, Michael Meeropol, TPP
Indicting the Trans – Pacific Partnership: Even One of These Counts Is Sufficient to Vote to Kill It!
To really appreciate what a travesty the TPP is, and the scandal of the failure of our Congress to reject it, and the “Fast Track Authority“ sought for it, out of hand, I’m going to list 23 negative consequences that … Continue reading
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Mankiw Mendacity and Morality and his League of Failed Economists
By William K. Black Quito: April 24, 2015 I met N. Gregory Mankiw for the first and only time in 1993 when he was a discussant for George Akerlof and Paul Romer’s paper on “Looting: The Economic Underworld of Bankruptcy for … Continue reading