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I like your articles. I do wonder about Post-Keynesian, Post-neoclassical, post-neoliberal, post-austerity? A real economics I suppose that would be beneficial in the real world of now - with impending resource scarcity especially that of fossil fuels. Post capitalist I guess as well if we could get there to atleast "near socialism" like in a positive bottom down sense of creating value from good action like with sustainable agriculture practices...

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Thank you! You hit the nail on the head because we have a lot of rage because of systems that are not working, and therefore people want to tear them down. There is not a lot of a concrete vision or plan on how to shift to a genuinely different and effective economic model.

Having worked in government, I am now incredibly sensitive to the abuse when power gets too concentrated. So that is part of it.

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Excellent!!! As far as inflation goes, the last time we had inflation from war (which disrupts markets, the way Covid did) , the reduction of inflation took about three years and without high rates

1947, annual average: CPI: 14.4% Fed funds rate: 1.0%

1948, annual average: CPI: 7.7% Fed funds rate: 1.3%

1949, annual average: CPI: -1.0% Fed funds rate: 1.5%

How did inflation turn to deflation despite HUGELY negative real rates?

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