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Jacob Assa

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Senior Economist at @UNDPAfrica. PhD @TheNewSchool. #MMT, functional finance, development. #GreenNewDeal. Opinions are my own.

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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 @MMT101DotORG: When you have a pile of bricks and skilled bricklayers - apparently you can't build a road because the government has run….
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RT @MaxJerneck: Clean energy drove a quarter of China’s economic growth last year.
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RT @PatriciaNPino: Politicians need to understand: this isn’t the 1990’s. We don’t have the scope for private credit expansion we did back….
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RT @DEhnts: "Ugly public finances"? What is that even supposed to mean? The government is supposed to create public goods and services unde….
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RT @climatemessages: RAISE CLIMATE AMBITION. NOT SEA LEVELS. #ClimateCrisis.
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RT @DEhnts: Public deficits are private surpluses. The federal government with its fiscal deficits has increased financial stability in the….
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RT @_BirthByFire: LEARN how are federal government’s monetary system works so you stop falling for the lies!. 👇👇👇👇👇👇.
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RT @litewhisperer: "The real problem is, do we have the real goods and services to support a retired population?.The cost is not a constrai….
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RT @malcolm_reavell: I worry that the left is reliant on economic illiterate commentators and faux progressives who still believe governmen….
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RT @litewhisperer: "And the real illusion isn’t that neoliberalism succeeded it’s that most people still think the private sector stands on….
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Rising ignorance swamps economics profession.
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The utter nonsense these people spread is breathtaking. The debt has been ‘rising’ for 400 years. The rising ‘debt’ is what actually powers the growth they bleat on about. They know this of course - but pretend it’s a bad thing and blame (fill in scapegoat de jour).
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RT @99blackbaloons: The only difference between a fungus on a petri dish and human civilisation is that while the former is genuinely unawa….
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RT @malcolm_reavell: This is how neoliberalism succeeds. It captures every avenue of information to appear inevitable. It isn’t. It’s polit….
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RT @DEhnts: @MerrynSW The UK government cannot run out £, which the Bank of England issues as a monopoly supplier. Sentences like Britain "….
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RT @MikeHudema: What we must do immediately:.1) End the use of fossil fuels.2) Build massive amounts of solar & wind.3) Electrify everythin….
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RT @StevenHailAus: We have different priorities now than 50 yrs ago & different money systems. Globally, there is a thirst for economics ap….
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RT @MikeHudema: The majority of earth's scientists now believe we are headed for at least 2.5°C of warming. We're in a climate emergency.….
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