Here's another example of very clear thinking by Warren Mosler, ..... pointing out shamefully MUDDLED discourse on fiscal & monetary policy by those who know economic theory ... but NOT banking methods and practices.
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Mosler makes some killer points here. Points that every American deserves to hear made.
The upshot? As always, the difference between theory & practice is smaller in theory than in actual practice. :( Volcker is clearly talking isolated ideology.
Volcker & Mosler should have been WORKING TOGETHER, INTIMATELY, the past 20 years! Instead, Volcker has remained isolated in his exalted ivory tower, and the US Middle Class has paid the penalty for the resulting policy clumsiness, and missed outcomes.
Sadly, the ruling theorists never catch on.
Even sadder, WE keep electing overly isolated theorists to policy responsibility positions, OVER involved practitioners.
WHY do we do that?
That's our $100 question. We need a balance of operations/practitioner/theorist staff in all operations, just to chase changing context fast enough to matter.
Sadly, the ruling theorists never catch on.
Even sadder, WE keep electing overly isolated theorists to policy responsibility positions, OVER involved practitioners.
WHY do we do that?
That's our $100 question. We need a balance of operations/practitioner/theorist staff in all operations, just to chase changing context fast enough to matter.
EVERY system process is too important to be left to the presumed process owners. That is the very definition of a system - use of cross-process feedback to coordinate multiple processes into a whole. Why? To produce a whole that is greater than the sum of it's parts. This ain't rocket science, folks. We've always known this. For whatever reason, we're just not doing the obvious.
What idiot would ever ADMIT that keeping emerging theorists & emerging practitioners in isolation from one another is a pragmatic, adaptive idea? None? Because the missing feedback always kills those who remain uncoordinated ... if any opponents anywhere actually do get a bit more coordinated?
So why is isolation a FEATURE of our class-based approach to self-governance?
If you can suggest ways to get more Americans back to talking more frequently with more Americans .... then for heaven's sake, please start!
What idiot would ever ADMIT that keeping emerging theorists & emerging practitioners in isolation from one another is a pragmatic, adaptive idea? None? Because the missing feedback always kills those who remain uncoordinated ... if any opponents anywhere actually do get a bit more coordinated?
So why is isolation a FEATURE of our class-based approach to self-governance?
If you can suggest ways to get more Americans back to talking more frequently with more Americans .... then for heaven's sake, please start!
