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
Economics
ShareCast: Blackrock doubles Russian Polymetal stake as investors flee over sanctions
Private equity giant Blackrock has taken a punt on beleaguered Russian gold miner Polymetal, doubling its stake to just over 10% even as the stock takes a battering from sanctions imposed against Moscow. Read Here
Economics
Thomas Piketty: What if economists were about to change?
Let’s celebrate. The American Economic Association (AEA), the main professional organisation for economists in the United States, has just awarded the Clark Medal to Gabriel Zucman for his work on the concentration of wealth and […]
Geopolitics
Tithi Bhattacharya – Palestine: My Letter to the Modern Language Association (MLA) Refusing the Prize for My Book
As a historian of British imperialism, I cannot close my eyes to the colonial legacies, similarities and solidarities between the Palestinians and my people. Moreover, as an educator of the next generation I find that […]
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