Susan Borden
@spborden.bsky.social
Deputy Chairman, Modern Money Lab; Vice Chairman, GMALL; principal, Darbyshire Trust; Real World Economics Graduate Student.
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There are a couple of kids in my nephews's class who weren't born in the US, and the class has decided (w/o teacher input) that if ICE shows up in they're all going to pretend not to speak English. 10yos reinventing "I am Spartacus" because they don't want their friends to get disappeared.
June 14, 2025 at 12:22 PM
There are a couple of kids in my nephews's class who weren't born in the US, and the class has decided (w/o teacher input) that if ICE shows up in they're all going to pretend not to speak English. 10yos reinventing "I am Spartacus" because they don't want their friends to get disappeared.
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One month till our Rethinking Capitalism weekend in London!
All welcome, no prior knowledge of economics is required. If cost is a barrier, please send us a message. Supported places are available.
For more details, program outline and bookings go to modernmoneylab.org.uk/events/rethi...
All welcome, no prior knowledge of economics is required. If cost is a barrier, please send us a message. Supported places are available.
For more details, program outline and bookings go to modernmoneylab.org.uk/events/rethi...
May 22, 2025 at 11:14 AM
One month till our Rethinking Capitalism weekend in London!
All welcome, no prior knowledge of economics is required. If cost is a barrier, please send us a message. Supported places are available.
For more details, program outline and bookings go to modernmoneylab.org.uk/events/rethi...
All welcome, no prior knowledge of economics is required. If cost is a barrier, please send us a message. Supported places are available.
For more details, program outline and bookings go to modernmoneylab.org.uk/events/rethi...
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"House Republicans worked through the night to advance a massive piece of legislation that might, if enacted, carry out the largest upward transfer of wealth in American history," writes Jonathan Chait:
The Largest Upward Transfer of Wealth in American History
House Republicans voted to advance a bill that would offer lavish tax cuts for the rich while slashing benefits for the poor.
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May 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
"House Republicans worked through the night to advance a massive piece of legislation that might, if enacted, carry out the largest upward transfer of wealth in American history," writes Jonathan Chait:
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when i was a child, my family took CHIP and food stamps. this shaped my entire orientation toward government programs (positive) in a way most pundits don't have access to. and also, not to brag, but i think my siblings and i are proof that the ROI on feeding children is very high
There is not a single congressional district in the U.S. where more than 15% of voters support cuts to SNAP, the federal program that provides food assistance to millions of low-income Americans.
May 22, 2025 at 4:58 PM
when i was a child, my family took CHIP and food stamps. this shaped my entire orientation toward government programs (positive) in a way most pundits don't have access to. and also, not to brag, but i think my siblings and i are proof that the ROI on feeding children is very high
Your confidence in the possibility of an equitable, productive, and sustainable economy will be restored. I promise.
• June 21-22: Rethinking Capitalism
• June 28-29: Money, Government, and the Public Interest
See modernmoneylab.org.uk/events/ for schedule & booking details.
• June 21-22: Rethinking Capitalism
• June 28-29: Money, Government, and the Public Interest
See modernmoneylab.org.uk/events/ for schedule & booking details.
Events
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May 22, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Your confidence in the possibility of an equitable, productive, and sustainable economy will be restored. I promise.
• June 21-22: Rethinking Capitalism
• June 28-29: Money, Government, and the Public Interest
See modernmoneylab.org.uk/events/ for schedule & booking details.
• June 21-22: Rethinking Capitalism
• June 28-29: Money, Government, and the Public Interest
See modernmoneylab.org.uk/events/ for schedule & booking details.
Worried about the inability of governments to address inequality and climate catastrophe? Housing and healthcare? Schools and jobs? In June, Modern Money Lab’s Steven Hail is bringing two excellent interactive weekend seminars to London (UK).
May 22, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Worried about the inability of governments to address inequality and climate catastrophe? Housing and healthcare? Schools and jobs? In June, Modern Money Lab’s Steven Hail is bringing two excellent interactive weekend seminars to London (UK).
www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/.... Patient explainer.
Moody's US Downgrade Not a Surprise: Stony Brook's Kelton
Stephanie Kelton, Stony Brook University professor of public policy and economics, discusses the Moody's downgrade of the US sovereign credit rating on "Bloomberg The Close." (Source: Bloomberg)
www.bloomberg.com
May 20, 2025 at 10:51 AM
www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/.... Patient explainer.
This is how transformational medicine often works -- overlapping capacities imaginatively mobilized to solve an individual problem. This is exactly what the DOGE-Kennedy efforts are destroying.
May 15, 2025 at 6:27 PM
This is how transformational medicine often works -- overlapping capacities imaginatively mobilized to solve an individual problem. This is exactly what the DOGE-Kennedy efforts are destroying.
Baby Is Healed With World’s First Personalized Gene-Editing Treatment www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/h...
Baby Is Healed With World’s First Personalized Gene-Editing Treatment
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May 15, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Baby Is Healed With World’s First Personalized Gene-Editing Treatment www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/h...
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A book with just the right ambition to provide a vision for a different future that yet misses the moment.
My review of Abundance for Foreign Policy.
My review of Abundance for Foreign Policy.
May 9, 2025 at 11:51 PM
A book with just the right ambition to provide a vision for a different future that yet misses the moment.
My review of Abundance for Foreign Policy.
My review of Abundance for Foreign Policy.
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Interested in learning about how we could run our economy as if people and planet actually mattered? Come join us in London in June for some outstanding courses on ecological economics and money with @modernmoneylab.org.uk - all details at modernmoneylab.org.uk
April 8, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Interested in learning about how we could run our economy as if people and planet actually mattered? Come join us in London in June for some outstanding courses on ecological economics and money with @modernmoneylab.org.uk - all details at modernmoneylab.org.uk
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My first dance on the national stage was predicting the giant Blue Wave of 2018 using negative partisanship.
I was able to say, months and months before Election Day that 1. Ds would flip the House 2. End up with about 40 seats.
They might outdo that in 2026.
I was able to say, months and months before Election Day that 1. Ds would flip the House 2. End up with about 40 seats.
They might outdo that in 2026.
April 22, 2025 at 5:59 PM
My first dance on the national stage was predicting the giant Blue Wave of 2018 using negative partisanship.
I was able to say, months and months before Election Day that 1. Ds would flip the House 2. End up with about 40 seats.
They might outdo that in 2026.
I was able to say, months and months before Election Day that 1. Ds would flip the House 2. End up with about 40 seats.
They might outdo that in 2026.
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@joshtpm.bsky.social has been right about this all along. Plus, when only one side is pushing, the reasonable takeaway: the other side is weak, especially for the vast majority of observers who are at most peripherally aware of what's happening.
It’s elementary. If only one side is pushing it will get a lot of its way. The only workable remedial action is to make clear to all relevant parties that there are two sides pushing. And act accordingly.
Key Democrats sent scathing letters to 5 top law firms demanding details on the lucrative deals they cut with Trump to avoid being punished by him.
“Your agreement makes you complicit in efforts to undermine the rule of law." www.huffpost.com/entry/democr...
“Your agreement makes you complicit in efforts to undermine the rule of law." www.huffpost.com/entry/democr...
April 22, 2025 at 11:17 PM
@joshtpm.bsky.social has been right about this all along. Plus, when only one side is pushing, the reasonable takeaway: the other side is weak, especially for the vast majority of observers who are at most peripherally aware of what's happening.
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The DOJ-in-Exile Takes Shape talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-d...
The DOJ-in-Exile Takes Shape
Things are moving apace with the DOJ-in-Exile. A home in waiting for...
talkingpointsmemo.com
April 23, 2025 at 12:28 AM
The DOJ-in-Exile Takes Shape talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-d...
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The Werner piece involves a study done with a regional German bank where $200,000 was fictitiously deposited by the researchers w: the bank for purposes of tracking whether bank lending expanded in a manner consistent with loanable funds or fractional reserve banking & MMT's stance was confirmed.
April 17, 2025 at 10:24 PM
The Werner piece involves a study done with a regional German bank where $200,000 was fictitiously deposited by the researchers w: the bank for purposes of tracking whether bank lending expanded in a manner consistent with loanable funds or fractional reserve banking & MMT's stance was confirmed.
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"Reagan proved deficits don't matter." - Dick Cheney
Every major central bank has published a white paper in the last 20 years explicitly for the purpose of validating MMT's view on money creation.
Every major central bank has published a white paper in the last 20 years explicitly for the purpose of validating MMT's view on money creation.
April 17, 2025 at 10:05 PM
"Reagan proved deficits don't matter." - Dick Cheney
Every major central bank has published a white paper in the last 20 years explicitly for the purpose of validating MMT's view on money creation.
Every major central bank has published a white paper in the last 20 years explicitly for the purpose of validating MMT's view on money creation.
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Embedded in @stephaniekelton.bsky.social‘s dissection of nonsensical budget proposals and chaotic tariff policies is Larry Summers’s trenchant explanation of how trade with China really works and benefits the U.S. You’ll be smarter for reading/listening to both.
open.substack.com/pub/stephani...
open.substack.com/pub/stephani...
Talking Tariffs, Turmoil, and Tax Cuts
On Wednesday night, I joined Chris Hayes for a conversation about—what else?—tariffs and their impact on financial markets and the broader economy.
open.substack.com
April 13, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Embedded in @stephaniekelton.bsky.social‘s dissection of nonsensical budget proposals and chaotic tariff policies is Larry Summers’s trenchant explanation of how trade with China really works and benefits the U.S. You’ll be smarter for reading/listening to both.
open.substack.com/pub/stephani...
open.substack.com/pub/stephani...
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I gotta say this Abundance shit is so fucking tone deaf.
Like do these dudes not realize the entire constitutional order is collapsing???
Like do these dudes not realize the entire constitutional order is collapsing???
April 3, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I gotta say this Abundance shit is so fucking tone deaf.
Like do these dudes not realize the entire constitutional order is collapsing???
Like do these dudes not realize the entire constitutional order is collapsing???
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Had a great visit to Bucknell Univ a couple of weeks ago and was delighted to talk with Prof Vernango on his new podcast.
The first podcast (second to be recorded) of the Bucknell Institute for Public Policy with @stephaniekelton.bsky.social is now uploaded here youtu.be/9YocbNWVJME?...
Policy Parlor with Stephanie Kelton
YouTube video by Bucknell Institute for Public Policy
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March 21, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Had a great visit to Bucknell Univ a couple of weeks ago and was delighted to talk with Prof Vernango on his new podcast.