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minus-squareim_fine_sandy@nord.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·9 days agoActually the bond market is showing signs that the US really cant afford to bail out much of anything.
minus-squareresipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 days agoNot how fiat currency works.
minus-squareim_fine_sandy@nord.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·9 days agoOh yeah, because currency is just numbers on a computer right? Why bother with these pesky bonds and yield rates at all. Just fire anyone who says you can’t spend your way out of bad headlines.
minus-squareresipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·9 days agoHaha, yes, unironically. https://jacobin.com/2026/09/bond-markets-securities-interest-treasury-fed
minus-squareim_fine_sandy@nord.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·9 days agoSpare me the tech-bro finance. Yes the fed does set yield rates but there are grave consequences to unreasonable manipulations - it’s the antithesis of the role of the central bank.
minus-squareresipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 days ago“Tech-bro finance”?! Stephanie Kelton, a leading economist who teaches MMT, couldn’t be any further from tech bros. You just don’t understand money. 😄
minus-squareim_fine_sandy@nord.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·9 days agoThat’s contrary to the consensus.
minus-squareresipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 days agoDo you still believe in the loanable funds theory? And the tooth fairy? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_the_theory_of_relativity#A_Hundred_Authors_Against_Einstein
minus-squareim_fine_sandy@nord.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·9 days agoI believe in the consensus opinion of experts.
Actually the bond market is showing signs that the US really cant afford to bail out much of anything.
Not how fiat currency works.
Oh yeah, because currency is just numbers on a computer right? Why bother with these pesky bonds and yield rates at all. Just fire anyone who says you can’t spend your way out of bad headlines.
Haha, yes, unironically.
https://jacobin.com/2026/09/bond-markets-securities-interest-treasury-fed
Spare me the tech-bro finance.
Yes the fed does set yield rates but there are grave consequences to unreasonable manipulations - it’s the antithesis of the role of the central bank.
“Tech-bro finance”?!
Stephanie Kelton, a leading economist who teaches MMT, couldn’t be any further from tech bros.
You just don’t understand money. 😄
That’s contrary to the consensus.
Do you still believe in the loanable funds theory? And the tooth fairy?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_the_theory_of_relativity#A_Hundred_Authors_Against_Einstein
I believe in the consensus opinion of experts.