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My all-time favourite rock bands from Canada:1. PROPAGANDHI2. the smalls3. The Tragically Hip4. Fucked Up5. The Weakerthans

My all-time favourite rock bands from Canada:

1. PROPAGANDHI
2. the smalls
3. The Tragically Hip
4. Fucked Up
5. The Weakerthans

Is there a #crypto use case that I’m missing? It’s all just speculation on top of speculation, no?

Is there a #crypto use case that I’m missing? It’s all just speculation on top of speculation, no?

#Stagflation is the norm. https://economicsfromthetopdown.com/2023/01/17/is-stagflation-the-norm/

#Stagflation is the norm. https://economicsfromthetopdown.com/2023/01/17/is-stagflation-the-norm/

Explaining a #price with #SupplyAndDemand” is like explaining a death with “died”.

Explaining a #price with #SupplyAndDemand” is like explaining a death with “died”.

The image of the North Pole in The Polar Express is incredibly dystopian and frightening.

The image of the North Pole in The Polar Express is incredibly dystopian and frightening.

There is no scale of production that is inherently superior. Some goods should be produced and distributed locally, other globally. “The...

There is no scale of production that is inherently superior.

Some goods should be produced and distributed locally, other globally.

“The Market” will not properly determine what is global and what is local.

Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau rejected a #WindfallProfitTax as “too simplistic”.But somehow jacking up #InterestRates is not?This is...

Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau rejected a #WindfallProfitTax as “too simplistic”.

But somehow jacking up #InterestRates is not?

This is pure corporate talking point.

I really hope we get a reinvigorated version of Weird Left #Finance Twitter here on Mastodon....

I really hope we get a reinvigorated version of Weird Left #Finance Twitter here on Mastodon.

https://www.businessinsider.com/wall-street-investors-political-left-agree-inflation-debt-mmt-economy-2020-11

Thiel’s method for killing a website was a lot cheaper.

Thiel’s method for killing a website was a lot cheaper.

Octopus Bookstore was instrumental in my political development. I cannot tell you what this follow means to me.

Octopus Bookstore was instrumental in my political development.

I cannot tell you what this follow means to me.

Is there a way to export #bookmarks from #twitter?

Is there a way to export #bookmarks from #twitter?

Don’t confuse #slogans with #policies. Don’t confuse policies with #principles. #MovementBuilding

Don’t confuse #slogans with #policies.

Don’t confuse policies with #principles.

#MovementBuilding

#EconomicTheory must account for #power.

#EconomicTheory must account for #power.

Canada’s reserve-less #MonetarySystem offers a more simple introduction to understanding #ModernMoney / #CreditMoney

Canada’s reserve-less #MonetarySystem offers a more simple introduction to understanding #ModernMoney / #CreditMoney

Deirdre McCloskey opens her book Economical Writing with a claim that #economics professors are experts on economic #policy. This would be...

Deirdre McCloskey opens her book Economical Writing with a claim that #economics professors are experts on economic #policy.

This would be laugh-out-loud funny if highly-trained economists weren’t responsible for so much destructive policy.

Those who want chaotic social media can find/create it on Mastodon. The difference is that a for-profit company’s algorithm won’t force...

Those who want chaotic social media can find/create it on Mastodon.

The difference is that a for-profit company’s algorithm won’t force it on you to increase engagement and ad revenue.

#Inflation will not be solved by #CentralBank rate increases plus #EfficientMarkets. It will be solved by #planning. That planning can be...

#Inflation will not be solved by #CentralBank rate increases plus #EfficientMarkets. It will be solved by #planning.

That planning can be #CorporatePlanning or #PublicPlanning.

#Inflation is #redistribution. #CapitalAsPower

#Inflation is #redistribution.

#CapitalAsPower

I’m encountering way more #art on Mastodon than I did on the bird site. I love it!

I’m encountering way more #art on Mastodon than I did on the bird site. I love it!

Utopian markets are supposed to eliminate the need for #planning. But utopian market theory has provided cover for #CorporatePlanning, which...

Utopian markets are supposed to eliminate the need for #planning.

But utopian market theory has provided cover for #CorporatePlanning, which is accountable to elite owners not the #public

We need #DemocraticPlanning.