Mx JAM
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· Nov 20
The economics part of my MPH in health econ left me wanting. Orthodox (neoclassical) assumptions were disconnected from real-world evidence. I had read about modern monetary theory #MMT and discovered heterodox schools of thought like ecological, feminist, and post-Keynesian economics.
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According to the Bureau of Statistics, electricity prices fell 17.9% in the year to December 2024 and 21.5% annual fall to November.
So where did The Thug get his figure from?
So where did The Thug get his figure from?
February 2, 2025 at 8:42 AM
According to the Bureau of Statistics, electricity prices fell 17.9% in the year to December 2024 and 21.5% annual fall to November.
So where did The Thug get his figure from?
So where did The Thug get his figure from?
Not a single mention of white nationalists in relation to anti-Semitic attacks on Sydney school, not a single mention of Trump or Musk - Frydenberg and Dutton blame Palestine and supporters as cause. Not Dutton’s “one national cultural identity united under one flag.” Media silent. #auspol
February 2, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Not a single mention of white nationalists in relation to anti-Semitic attacks on Sydney school, not a single mention of Trump or Musk - Frydenberg and Dutton blame Palestine and supporters as cause. Not Dutton’s “one national cultural identity united under one flag.” Media silent. #auspol
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If you're a state public servant or similarly knowledgeable about negotiations for Foundational Supports outside the NDIS (or related matters) I'm very keen to run a few things by you, confidentially. rickjamesmorton@protonmail.com
January 19, 2025 at 11:48 PM
If you're a state public servant or similarly knowledgeable about negotiations for Foundational Supports outside the NDIS (or related matters) I'm very keen to run a few things by you, confidentially. rickjamesmorton@protonmail.com
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‘Nuclear power stations require 20-25% *more* cooling water than coal-fired stations, a critical issue given the stressed Latrobe River catchment,’ writes Philip Hopkin’s in LV Express
#Water, Mr Littleproud!! #Nucler is no good for farmers !! #auspol latrobevalleyexpress.com.au/news/2024/12...
#Water, Mr Littleproud!! #Nucler is no good for farmers !! #auspol latrobevalleyexpress.com.au/news/2024/12...
Too expensive and too slow
By PHILIP HOPKINS ENVIRONMENTALISTS in Gippsland maintain that nuclear energy is not a viable option for the region because [...]
latrobevalleyexpress.com.au
December 7, 2024 at 4:59 AM
‘Nuclear power stations require 20-25% *more* cooling water than coal-fired stations, a critical issue given the stressed Latrobe River catchment,’ writes Philip Hopkin’s in LV Express
#Water, Mr Littleproud!! #Nucler is no good for farmers !! #auspol latrobevalleyexpress.com.au/news/2024/12...
#Water, Mr Littleproud!! #Nucler is no good for farmers !! #auspol latrobevalleyexpress.com.au/news/2024/12...
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We need a better system. NOW.
December 7, 2024 at 7:17 AM
We need a better system. NOW.
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This simple fact is worth repeating.
All the climate breakdown?
All those bushfires, floods, droughts, heatwaves, cyclones, and hurricanes?
All the car crashes?
All the microplastics?
It's all so that 100 companies responsible for 70% of the world's fossil fuel pollution can continue profiting.
All the climate breakdown?
All those bushfires, floods, droughts, heatwaves, cyclones, and hurricanes?
All the car crashes?
All the microplastics?
It's all so that 100 companies responsible for 70% of the world's fossil fuel pollution can continue profiting.
Just 20 toxic fossil fuel companies are responsible for *half* the world's toxic single-use plastics.
They're a subset of the 100 toxic fossil fuel companies that have been the source of more than 70% of the world’s greenhouse gas air pollution since 1988.
They're a subset of the 100 toxic fossil fuel companies that have been the source of more than 70% of the world’s greenhouse gas air pollution since 1988.
December 6, 2024 at 11:28 AM
This simple fact is worth repeating.
All the climate breakdown?
All those bushfires, floods, droughts, heatwaves, cyclones, and hurricanes?
All the car crashes?
All the microplastics?
It's all so that 100 companies responsible for 70% of the world's fossil fuel pollution can continue profiting.
All the climate breakdown?
All those bushfires, floods, droughts, heatwaves, cyclones, and hurricanes?
All the car crashes?
All the microplastics?
It's all so that 100 companies responsible for 70% of the world's fossil fuel pollution can continue profiting.
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“It is time to dump the Rolls Royce off the cliff and make a fine-looking Tuk Tuk from the spare parts. Since Capitalism will “off itself” either way, shouldn’t we be helping it?”
tsakraklides.com/2024/12/04/t...
tsakraklides.com/2024/12/04/t...
The Argument for Assisted Collapse
As ancient as it is, and however many centuries it may have lasted, this unsustainable economic system was always destined to destroy itself. The narratives of our Civilisational Lie may have…
tsakraklides.com
December 7, 2024 at 7:39 AM
“It is time to dump the Rolls Royce off the cliff and make a fine-looking Tuk Tuk from the spare parts. Since Capitalism will “off itself” either way, shouldn’t we be helping it?”
tsakraklides.com/2024/12/04/t...
tsakraklides.com/2024/12/04/t...
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Former Australian PM John Howard on ‘climate atheism’…
Sorry, there’s no ‘Australian clause’ when of comes to atmospheric physics and chemistry…
Sorry, there’s no ‘Australian clause’ when of comes to atmospheric physics and chemistry…
December 7, 2024 at 12:32 AM
Former Australian PM John Howard on ‘climate atheism’…
Sorry, there’s no ‘Australian clause’ when of comes to atmospheric physics and chemistry…
Sorry, there’s no ‘Australian clause’ when of comes to atmospheric physics and chemistry…
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"I want people to die in poverty while working as slaves for me"
December 6, 2024 at 1:04 AM
"I want people to die in poverty while working as slaves for me"
1, 3 & 5 are all Philip Glass compositions so that’s over 10,000 hours of Glass 🤓
December 5, 2024 at 10:57 PM
1, 3 & 5 are all Philip Glass compositions so that’s over 10,000 hours of Glass 🤓
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How the Chicago
anti-anti trust revolution created the food desert www.theatlantic.com/...
anti-anti trust revolution created the food desert www.theatlantic.com/...
The Hidden Cause of Food Deserts - The Atlantic
How a federal policy change in the 1980s created the modern food desert
www.theatlantic.com
December 5, 2024 at 6:34 AM
How the Chicago
anti-anti trust revolution created the food desert www.theatlantic.com/...
anti-anti trust revolution created the food desert www.theatlantic.com/...
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Pretty niche, but this long(!) article by @timinclimate.bsky.social explores the technical reasons why Chevron's flagship Gorgon Carbon Capture & Storage facility never lived up to its promise or obligations.
Sadly, CCS often falls far short of its promise.
timinclimate.medium.com/gorgon-carbo...
Sadly, CCS often falls far short of its promise.
timinclimate.medium.com/gorgon-carbo...
Gorgon carbon capture and storage project: The failure of the world’s largest CCS facility
After decades of abject failure, these days even the most enthusiastic proponent of carbon capture and storage can at best mount a muted…
timinclimate.medium.com
December 1, 2024 at 12:35 PM
Pretty niche, but this long(!) article by @timinclimate.bsky.social explores the technical reasons why Chevron's flagship Gorgon Carbon Capture & Storage facility never lived up to its promise or obligations.
Sadly, CCS often falls far short of its promise.
timinclimate.medium.com/gorgon-carbo...
Sadly, CCS often falls far short of its promise.
timinclimate.medium.com/gorgon-carbo...
Let’s talk about the Non-Accelerating Inflationary Rate of Unemployment (NAIRU) from a heterodox perspective.
A 16 part 🧵.
A 16 part 🧵.
November 29, 2024 at 9:13 PM
Let’s talk about the Non-Accelerating Inflationary Rate of Unemployment (NAIRU) from a heterodox perspective.
A 16 part 🧵.
A 16 part 🧵.
1. That’s not how govt spending works - currency issuing government do not fund spending through taxation - the money wouldn’t exist if governments taxed first, spent second.
2. Austerity would likely cause a recession because government surplus means private debt (households and companies).
2. Austerity would likely cause a recession because government surplus means private debt (households and companies).
November 27, 2024 at 7:33 PM
1. That’s not how govt spending works - currency issuing government do not fund spending through taxation - the money wouldn’t exist if governments taxed first, spent second.
2. Austerity would likely cause a recession because government surplus means private debt (households and companies).
2. Austerity would likely cause a recession because government surplus means private debt (households and companies).
Stephanie Kelton speaking in Melbourne earlier this year about Modern Monetary Theory and her book The Deficit Myth (2020) John Murray (Publishers), Great Britain.
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
The Deficit Myth with Stephanie Kelton — what to ask when governments can't afford to fix things. - ABC listen
When governments say they can't afford to fix climate change or lift kids out of poverty are they speaking the truth? American economist Stephanie Kelton challenges economic orthodoxy in her book The ...
www.abc.net.au
November 27, 2024 at 9:36 AM
Stephanie Kelton speaking in Melbourne earlier this year about Modern Monetary Theory and her book The Deficit Myth (2020) John Murray (Publishers), Great Britain.
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
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For @crikeynews.bsky.social, I wrote about Elon Musk’s dangerous libertarianism + its ironic contrast with his dictatorial mgmt of X.
“Libertarians emphasise exit as freedom (“don’t like it? Leave”). There is a delicious irony in users now saying, ‘OK, bye’. #Xodus
www.crikey.com.au/2024/11/25/e...
“Libertarians emphasise exit as freedom (“don’t like it? Leave”). There is a delicious irony in users now saying, ‘OK, bye’. #Xodus
www.crikey.com.au/2024/11/25/e...
If you care about democracy (and hate Elon Musk), join Bluesky
The more we can make Musk seem like a loser, the less chance his austerity package has of decimating what’s left of the American welfare state.
www.crikey.com.au
November 25, 2024 at 8:12 AM
For @crikeynews.bsky.social, I wrote about Elon Musk’s dangerous libertarianism + its ironic contrast with his dictatorial mgmt of X.
“Libertarians emphasise exit as freedom (“don’t like it? Leave”). There is a delicious irony in users now saying, ‘OK, bye’. #Xodus
www.crikey.com.au/2024/11/25/e...
“Libertarians emphasise exit as freedom (“don’t like it? Leave”). There is a delicious irony in users now saying, ‘OK, bye’. #Xodus
www.crikey.com.au/2024/11/25/e...
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www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
Some interesting logic on the Future Fund hysteria from ABC's Gareth Hutchens
Some interesting logic on the Future Fund hysteria from ABC's Gareth Hutchens
The Future Fund's investments are already politicised. Why pretend otherwise?
The federal government has been accused of politicising the Future Fund by changing its mandate, but its investments have always been tangled up in politics.
www.abc.net.au
November 23, 2024 at 10:04 PM
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
Some interesting logic on the Future Fund hysteria from ABC's Gareth Hutchens
Some interesting logic on the Future Fund hysteria from ABC's Gareth Hutchens
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The Capitol Theatre in Melbourne turns 100 this month.
The dazzling Art Deco geometric ceiling, shimmering with 4,000 colored lights, set a kaleidoscopic stage for theatre-goers, who arrived in cloche hats, tailored suits, & boundless anticipation.
#SpringSt #artdeco
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The dazzling Art Deco geometric ceiling, shimmering with 4,000 colored lights, set a kaleidoscopic stage for theatre-goers, who arrived in cloche hats, tailored suits, & boundless anticipation.
#SpringSt #artdeco
1earthmedia.com/a-century-of...
A Century of Capitol Dreams: Melbourne’s Art Deco Icon
Capitol Theatre first opened its doors in 1924. The dazzling geometric ceiling with 4,000 colored lights, set a kaleidoscopic stage for Melbourne’s theatre-goers
1earthmedia.com
November 23, 2024 at 4:34 AM
The Capitol Theatre in Melbourne turns 100 this month.
The dazzling Art Deco geometric ceiling, shimmering with 4,000 colored lights, set a kaleidoscopic stage for theatre-goers, who arrived in cloche hats, tailored suits, & boundless anticipation.
#SpringSt #artdeco
1earthmedia.com/a-century-of...
The dazzling Art Deco geometric ceiling, shimmering with 4,000 colored lights, set a kaleidoscopic stage for theatre-goers, who arrived in cloche hats, tailored suits, & boundless anticipation.
#SpringSt #artdeco
1earthmedia.com/a-century-of...
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The ICC has issued warrants for the arrest of Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant
They are doing this because of all the war crimes and genocide we have witnessed with our own eyes
If you are silent about Israel's slaughter, or you support it, fuck you
www.icc-cpi.int/news/situati...
They are doing this because of all the war crimes and genocide we have witnessed with our own eyes
If you are silent about Israel's slaughter, or you support it, fuck you
www.icc-cpi.int/news/situati...
Situation in the State of Palestine: ICC Pre-Trial Chamber I rejects the State of Israel’s challenges to jurisdiction and issues warrants of arrest for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant
Today, on 21 November 2024, Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (‘Court’), in its composition for the Situation in the State of Palestine, unanimously issued two decisions rejectin...
www.icc-cpi.int
November 21, 2024 at 12:26 PM
The ICC has issued warrants for the arrest of Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant
They are doing this because of all the war crimes and genocide we have witnessed with our own eyes
If you are silent about Israel's slaughter, or you support it, fuck you
www.icc-cpi.int/news/situati...
They are doing this because of all the war crimes and genocide we have witnessed with our own eyes
If you are silent about Israel's slaughter, or you support it, fuck you
www.icc-cpi.int/news/situati...
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Transphobia isn’t a distraction. It’s an attack on one of the most vulnerable populations and a reinforcement of biological essentialism, a pillar of patriarchal control that trans identity rightfully threatens
November 21, 2024 at 2:31 PM
Transphobia isn’t a distraction. It’s an attack on one of the most vulnerable populations and a reinforcement of biological essentialism, a pillar of patriarchal control that trans identity rightfully threatens
Looking forward to starting T1 2025.
The subject line-up on the global online Masters program.
We are taking fresh applications for the (mainly) part-time Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma and Masters in the Economics of Sustainability, for February start.
Steven would love to see you in the digital classroom.
We are taking fresh applications for the (mainly) part-time Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma and Masters in the Economics of Sustainability, for February start.
Steven would love to see you in the digital classroom.
November 21, 2024 at 2:58 AM
Looking forward to starting T1 2025.
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We all need to become eco-populists. That means championing policies that significantly lower daily costs while lowering emissions. Heat Pumps for All, alongside much more robust tenant rights; free and better public transit; price caps on green energy; make polluters pay for the transition.
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November 19, 2024 at 5:34 PM
We all need to become eco-populists. That means championing policies that significantly lower daily costs while lowering emissions. Heat Pumps for All, alongside much more robust tenant rights; free and better public transit; price caps on green energy; make polluters pay for the transition.
(4/8)
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