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 @litewhisperer: "to avoid utter tosh like this being spouted to large swathes of the population who have been too well primed to lap it….
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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 @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.
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 @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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