Archive - Money Matters

Equilibrium is a core idea of neoclassical economics, but...

Appears to be a persistent fiction

Nov 30, 2024 •

The history of economic prosperity contains A LOT of failure

Nov 27, 2024 •

October 2024

What inflation and quantum mechanics have in common

If you think you understand them, you probably don't

Oct 27, 2024 •

Free of what? Free for who?

Oct 10, 2024 •

September 2024

Inflation is bad, deflation is worse

Worse? For who?

Sep 30, 2024 •

August 2024

How the US government "borrows" USD

It involves banking reserves and Treasury auctions

Aug 28, 2024 •

Why we incur debt matters

Debt is neither good nor bad per se, what we use it for is

Aug 26, 2024 •

Credit expansion banking creates boom and bust cycles

There is a fascinating contradiction at the core of capitalist economic systems

Aug 5, 2024 •

Credit expansion banking

What it is, how it works

Aug 3, 2024 •

July 2024

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