Category Archives: Capital controls

The Left propaganda that the state is powerless – continues

Posted on Tuesday, April 10, 2018 by bill

When we published our latest book – Reclaiming the State: A Progressive Vision of Sovereignty for a Post-Neoliberal World – last September, Thomas Fazi and I approached the UK Guardian to see if they would publish an Op Ed by … Read the rest of this entry »

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My response to a German critic of MMT – Part 1

Posted on Monday, March 26, 2018 by bill

Makroskop is a relatively new media publication in Germany edited by Heiner Flassbeck and Paul Steinhardt. It brings some of the ideas from Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) and other analysis to German-language readers. It is not entirely sympathetic to MMT, … Read the rest of this entry »

Posted in Capital controls, Debriefing 101 | 54 Comments

Prime Minister Corbyn should have no fears from global capital markets

Posted on Tuesday, October 10, 2017 by bill

It is clear that the British Tories are looking like the tawdry lot they are as the infighting over the leadership goes on, more often rising to the surface these days as wannabees circle the failing leader Therese May. Her … Read the rest of this entry »

Posted in Britain, Capital controls, IMF, UK Economy | 31 Comments