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The Debt-Deposit Duality
The Debt-Deposit Duality. How Much Is the Federal Debt? $12 Trillion? $10 Trillion? $0? by Rodger Malcolm Mitchell, www.nofica.com Quantum mechanics is counter-intuitive, partly because of the wave-particle duality, which says that something can be both a wave and a … Continue reading
Posted in Federal Reserve, US Treasury, money
Tagged Economy, Federal Reserve, inflation, Monetary Sovereignty, national debt, Rodger Malcolm Mitchell
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Government Debt and Deficits Are Not the Problem. Private Debt Is.
by Michael Hudson, New Economic Perspectives Remarks by Prof. Michael Hudson at The Atlantic’s Economy Summit, Washington DC, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. There are two quite different perspectives in the set of speeches at this conference. Many on our morning … Continue reading
Posted in Banking News, macroeconomics, money, mortgages
Tagged consumer debt, debt, Economy, GDP, michael hudson, national debt, private debt, public debt, rentier
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A Tale of Two Countries
Austerity, Deficits, and Debt: A Tale of Two Countries by Elliott R. Morss, Morss Global Finance Introduction Greece is involved in a series of austerity programs. And the US is considering austerity measures to keep it from “falling off the … Continue reading
Posted in Eurozone, macroeconomics, money
Tagged banking, Elliott Morss, Eurozone, federal deficit, Greece, money, money and banking, money sovereignty, national debt
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Voters: Get Your Heads Straight on Money ASAP … Please!
by Art Patten, Symmetry Capital Management From Bloomberg: A Bloomberg National Poll, conducted June 17-20, found voters choosing jobs over the deficit or federal spending as their top concern by 42 percent to 30 percent. Yet 74 percent of Americans … Continue reading
Posted in macroeconomics
Tagged Art Patten, debt free money, deficits, fiat money, gold, mmt, modern money, money, national debt
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Personal Transfer Payments and GDP
Personal transfer payments (more specifically increases in the payments) have influenced the course of The Great Recession and the recovery. The depth was moderated and the recovery is more advanced, as measured by GDP, than without the increases. The cost is increased national debt.
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Posted in GDP, Personal Income and Consumption
Tagged GDP, national debt, personal transfer payments, recession, recovery
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Tax Law Stimulus
The new U.S. tax law provides new economic stimulus and prevents withdrawal of 2010 stimulus. However, it increases the national debt by a larger amount than it stimulates. Continue reading
