S&P's rating goes up there with Quixote's rating of windmills?
A year later, S&P downgrade of US looks like a dud
Prof. Brad Lewis, Union College, responds privately: "Parts of this should be considered comedy--like the commentary by Philip Swagel, the U. of Maryland economics prof quoted in the story who served in George W. Bush's Treasury Department. He cites a 'massive fiscal challenge.' It would be best if he understood MMT. But somehow I also can't help asking, 'And if you really think that, what exactly did the administration you served in do about it?' We might make big progress on that if we just got the [terms] currency issuers and currency users into consistent usage."
Black Comedy, perhaps? Or rather tragecomedy?
So, S&P is wrong for now, but the austerians are still right in the long run, and our fate will ultimately rest in the hidden hands of "the Market." What a bunch of BS.
ReplyDeleteA lot of ink spilt near the end on the necessity of "tackling our debt problem".
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"Let's fix our money supply at current levels so we can grow the economy."
Implicit in this argument is the belief that private-sector borrowing fuels growth.
Either that or a belief that money just appears when we need it, it's always there.
It doesn't look like dud, it looks downright stupid!
ReplyDeleteSo, S&P is wrong for now, but the austerians are still right in the long run, and our fate will ultimately rest in the hidden hands of "the Market."
ReplyDeleteAnd one day the sun won't rise in the east. Useless information.
I just think it is much more tragic than comic.
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