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Shahin Ashkiani
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Lecturer in Data Analytics, Interested in #MMT #PK #EcologicalEcon #Worker_Cooperatives. // “Opinions are mine"
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Fascinating slides by Guadalupe Moreno exploring visions of a classless society within the Global South and the complexities of the global divide.

@mpifg.bsky.social @anninak.bsky.social @shaahin-a.bsky.social @nathantankus.bsky.social @csissoko.bsky.social
May 28, 2025 at 11:56 AM

"We find a statistically significant,
economically large and robust negative effect of deregulation on the labor share.
[...] job protection deregulation may
have contributed about 15 percent to the average labor share decline in advanced economies."

IMF research
December 14, 2024 at 11:35 AM
Reposted by Shahin Ashkiani
NEW PIECE: I'm launching a new #MonetaryPolicy201 series going through the fundamentals, starting with at least 6 pieces going through how to think about the concept of "monetary finance". This first part is on the legal meaning of "open market"
www.crisesnotes.com/what-exactly...
What Exactly is an “Open Market” Operation? #MonetaryPolicy201
#MonetaryPolicy201 is a monthly series about the basics of monetary policy. It’s a “201” series because I will be grounding the basics of monetary policy on their largely forgotten legal foundations. ...
www.crisesnotes.com
December 10, 2024 at 1:15 PM
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This interesting report by CEPA which has just come out provides a detailed examination of the economic policies implemented during the first year of the Milei administration in Argentina, beyond the libertarian overhype on the internet. 🧵
December 8, 2024 at 5:25 PM
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New piece by James Galbraith has strong parallels with what @nathantankus.bsky.social wrote recently. www.thenation.com/article/econ...
Why Bidenomics Was Such a Bust
A large majority of voters gave the Biden administration a failing grade on the economy. For the sake of future policy battles, it is worthwhile to try to understand their reasons.
www.thenation.com
December 9, 2024 at 8:31 PM
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For #MMT people interested in the UK, curious what you think of the new consultation paper from the BofE today, and their move from a supply to demand driven reserve framework.

www.bankofengland.co.uk/paper/2024/d...
Transitioning to a repo-led operating framework
Discussion paper
www.bankofengland.co.uk
December 9, 2024 at 8:58 PM
In September 1931, having heard that the UK had repealed the gold standard, Von Mises predicted that:

"In one week, England will be in hyperinflation!"

Austrian Economics: 94 years of continuously incorrect hyperinflation prediction 🔥🔥🔥
December 7, 2024 at 5:24 PM
One of the few things that neoclassical economists are good at is "gatekeeping."

They have methodological gatekeeping: our method, or your research is not scientific/economics.

Some feminist economists see this phenomenon from the lens of feminism

From Tejani, 2019
December 1, 2024 at 11:33 PM