1/ We have got to stop apologizing for wanting public policy to be guided by humanitarian interests. We should proclaim unabashedly that whatever improves the human condition ultimately improves the economy because it increases people’s creativity and productivity.
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2/ The system’s response to that is always, “Oh silly unsophisticated one, you know nothing about economics!” They use the idea that economics is a verifiable science as a kind of magical spell to keep people from questioning assumptions that otherwise we’d know are so wrong.

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3/ For instance many of them call an economy where 1% control more wealth than the bottom 90%, tens of millions live in or near poverty & 40% of the people can’t afford a $400 unexpected expenditure a “good” economy. Good? No economy where children are hungry is a “good” economy.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
That’s a very fair point and I totally agree. They’re often just cherry-picking numbers to fit their narrative. Just like climate science.
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Have you been listening to Larry Summers again?
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There is a gap of reality that must be crossed ... I crossed that gap by listening to you ... now others need to cross it as well ... we believe the way things are is the only reality ... the only possibility ... and you and I now know ... that's not true!
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“Economists” since the 80’s have said the cost of giving every American a decent in life is too expensive. No guarantee for healthcare, educational learning, food security, and of course wage fairness. They think giving multi million dollar companies tax breaks n subsidies 1/2
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And yet the wide majority of actual economists supports progressive economic policies.. really only one school of economics disagrees, and it's the one that the right loves
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That's what operation mockingbird was for.
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Benjamin Franklin famously said " If you know how to spend one cent less than you earn you know all you need to know about economics. "
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