Steve Keen and Michael Hudson have both been arguing for a debt jubilee for some time. Now, as COVID-19 hits the poorest hardest, and leaves those with money better off than before, is this the right time to write off debt? Can the economy recover without it? After all, its stagnated since the 2008 global financial crisis. If you were to have a debt jubilee, how would you do it. Steve and Michael have different ideas about how it should be implemented. They explain their thinking to Phil Dobbie on this week’s free edition of the Debunking Economics podcast.
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Michigan Democrats speak on why they're volunteering for the @Listen2michigan to vote to show that they're uncommitted to President Biden and his funding of Israel's war in Gaza. pic.twitter.com/4cKLpdUR5K — Waleed Shahid 🪬 (@_waleedshahid) February […]
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