But I read just yesterday that Milei is a courageous visionary and things are going great over there.

C'mon The Associated Press. This is not about limiting fraudulent claims. This is about crippling the most popular--across party lines--federal program in America. I suspect DOGE and their enablers will rue the day.

"UK government bonds weakened in morning trading on Friday...pushing the 10-year yield up 0.03 percentage points [from 4.65] to 4.68 per cent...Friday’s rise in gilt yields suggests investors 'are worried'... 🤡ft.com/content/5a8a72…

Just crazy to me that people think this is remotely comparable to today’s conditions. But one thing is true. The UK wasn’t bankrupt then and it’s not bankrupt now.

Starmer's Labour - 22% Corbyn's Labour - 40% "Any other leader would be 20% ahead" - James O'Brien

All the empathy for me none for thee.

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The finance sector is far too big in the UK and far too powerful. When did the sector grow more - A) Under the Conservative's Thatcher and Lawson. B) Under Labour's Blair and Brown? Once again, this is an MCQ where if in doubt you should guess B. You would be correct.

''Coming up with the money is the easy part. The real challenge lies in managing your available resources—labor, equipment, technology, natural resources, and so on—so that inflation does not accelerate.'' -Stephanie Kelton

🎙️ Out today! 🎙️ Ep 196 - The Problem With Wealth Taxes Patricia and Christian talk to Professor Steven Hail about the well-intentioned but counter-productive call for a wealth tax to “fund” vital services for vulnerable people: tinyurl.com/wtr9fkmx

German yields are back down now, which means that this has proven to be the correct assessment:

🎙️ Out today! 🎙️ Episode 197 - The Problem With Wealth Taxes (part 2) with Steven Hail Taxing the wealthy is good! Needlessly waiting for the wealthy to cough up while people suffer and die is bad! Plus: those beautiful tariffs. tinyurl.com/4pzcv2wc

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This analysis is spot on - and the "tough decisions" that Reeves, Streeting and Starmer keep saying are necessary are anything but. If you're in reach of London, come to our accessible economics classes in June and learn how to make our economy work for everyone.

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As this inadequate spending review comes out, come and learn how we can stop tinkering around the edges and build an economic system that works for everyone, not just the rich. Join Modern Money Lab UK in London on 21/22 and 28/29 June for our weekend courses (more details in next tweets)