Jacob Assa
@jacob_assa
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Senior Economist at @UNDPAfrica. PhD @TheNewSchool. #MMT, functional finance, development. #GreenNewDeal. Opinions are my own.
Joined March 2024
I am thrilled to share that my article on the relativity of fiscal space, co-authored with @Marc_Morgan_, has been published:. #MMT @StephanieKelton @ptcherneva @FadhelKaboub @nssylla @DEhnts.
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RT @malcolm_reavell: @RichardWellings 1. It’s not taxpayer’s money. 2. It’s not squandered, it’s been used to purchase buses. 3. They don’t….
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RT @litewhisperer: "monopolization increased because policies were pursued at the behest of monopolistic corporations".
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RT @MikeHudema: "It’s as if the human race has received a terminal medical diagnosis and knows there is a cure, but has consciously decided….
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RT @99blackbaloons: “All 10 million species on this planet make significant contributions to the Central Bank of Earth except for humans, w….
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RT @DEhnts: The young generation will understand money and resources plus energy. The change will be fundamental.
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RT @litewhisperer: "misguided attempts to balance the federal budget resulted in economic disasters".
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RT @StevenHailAus: This is what some of us thought about neoclassical economics, quite a few years ago.
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RT @treemissions: "Trees exhale for us so that we can inhale them to stay alive. Can we ever forget that? Let us love trees with every brea….
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RT @GunnelsWarren: "I can’t help but believe that in the future we will see in the United States and throughout the western world an increa….
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RT @litewhisperer: "a deliberate strategy to keep power and resources flowing upward while convincing the public that there’s simply “not e….
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RT @ClimateDad77: In 2022 government fossil fuel subsides reached $7,000,000,000,000. In 2024 Earth was hotter than it has been in about 1….
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RT @MikeHudema: The world's biggest companies have caused $28 trillion in climate damage, a new study estimates: .
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RT @AssaadRazzouk: World's largest living structure, Africa’s Great Green Wall, is taking shape.>Biggest environment campaign anywhere.>Pla….
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RT @litewhisperer: "but without the political implications, money will only continue to benefit the #capitalistclass".
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RT @RichardJMurphy: This is the start of my new wealth series. We’re going back to basics — and that means asking what wealth even is. I ex….
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