One question that continually comes up when I do interviews is this: If governments are not financially constrained in their spending why do they issue debt?
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Bill Mitchell: Why do currency-issuing governments issue debt? – Part 1
EU politics
El Nacional Cat – Ponsatí: “The streets will end up forcing the institutions”
The political situation in Catalonia has reached an impasse, which has more to do with the political leadership than the Catalans themselves. This is the danger when independnce is the goal, not a better society […]
Corruption
The Cradle: Zelensky ‘systematically sabotaged’ Ukraine anti-corruption efforts
Close associates of Zelensky recently fled to Israel amid allegations of a $100 million corruption scheme Read Article HERE Photo licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license
Deregulation
Richard Matoušek – In Lisbon, Residents Seek a Vote on Banning Airbnb
‘In Lisbon, soaring tourism has turned tens of thousands of apartments into Airbnbs, pushing out ordinary renters. A referendum on banning short-term rentals in residential buildings could change that.’ In Jacobin. Read the article HERE.
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