The Nihilism Trap: Why 'You Can't Vote Your Way Out' Is the New 'Degrowth' We don’t get to choose which part of the machine we operate. We have to fly the whole damn plane.The Nihilism Trap: Why ‘You Can’t V... https://darrenquinn.substack.com/p/the-nihilism-trap

Not a direct answer to something I was asked, but this is my generalised view

The Canberra Bubble keeps treating this "cost-of-living crisis" like an unpredictable weather event. It’s a Ceremonial Lie. This is a structurally generated Stagflation Trap. And we caught it on the Godley Terminal 47 days before the banks priced it in. 1/10 🧵👇

"..and has the will and the vision to use the power of government to benefit everybody." is the key part.

Great work by a Modern Money Lab student who has already outgrown the Masters course he is on, although the label M.Econ. will be useful to him in times to come. SPECIAL EDITION — The Trap Was Already Closed: A Dated Structural Finding and What Happened Next open.substack.com/pub/darrenqu...

The MMT Digest — 23 March 2026 - MMT and the job guarantee - New glossary entry: the job guarantee - The Iron Law of the Surplus Trap #MMT #ModernMonetaryTheory

@spborden.bsky.social look at this

If I was granted one wish, it would be for the world to wake up and stop singling out the already marginalized people. Stand with the marginalized people, make the world understand that what they do, is not your business! Just because you don't understand doesn't make it wrong, it makes you ignorant

Somehow the Reserve Bank thinks ships will sail through the Strait of Hormuz more quickly if they hike Australian interest rates. All they are doing is adding to the pain for low income earners of the higher petrol prices and ensuring unemployment rises (more paid). Their decision defies reason.

RBA Boss says they are trying to "bring the excess demand down" - which excess demand? Unemployment is already rising and consumer spending is weak. The current inflation is supply-driven. The RBA is repeating mistakes it made in 2022 when supply fell. Now they are hiking because ships cannot sail.

How do you mobilize productive capacity without triggering inflation? It's a logical process, not a political slogan. Fadhel Kaboub explains Modern Monetary Theory in a way that's easy to understand even if you've never heard of it before. #LearnMMT #inflation #economics #imperialism

@noexitlovenow.bsky.social Thursday's blog post (12/03) is now posted (16:58 EAST) - Interest rate hikes will not get ships moving through the Strait of Hormuz more quickly - billmitchell.org/blog/?p=63096

Hey, so uhh @bsky.app @safety.bsky.app @support.bsky.team… do you want to get on this, maybe?

🚨 Available Now In Paperback: The Elgar Companion to Modern Money Theory Edited by Yeva Nersisyan and L. Randall Wray Learn More: www.e-elgar.com/shop/isbn/97... Sample Chapter: doi.org/10.4337/9781... This Companion is a comprehensive introduction to Modern Money Theory.

The Bond-Selling Bluff - How Debt Stories Keep Us Small: buff.ly/TctFoyp Why the Bond Market is Nothing at all like a Credit Card Bill #MMT and more special goodies for those who head over and read the post in full. IYKYK

Because it is Worth Repeating: It's essential to understand that #MMT analyses international trade through multiple integrated levels of analysis: 1️⃣ Real resource movements - The physical transfer of goods and services between nations

I wrote this for anyone who wants to understand the broad conceptual underpinnings of Modern Monetary Theory, or MMT, a paradigm of monetary thinking that conservatives (and, for that matter, that many left-wingers) love to hate Enjoy! www.asomo.co/p/modern-mon...

The Gig Survival Trap substack.com/@darrenquinn...

In war, civilians suffer, while the rich line their pockets. Oil profits are up. Weapons companies are booming. Meanwhile, schools and hospitals get bombed, and thousands die. War makes billionaires and their corporations even richer. It’s just another business model for them.

SIR #006: The Frankenstein Economy & The March 17 Trap open.substack.com/pub/darrenqu... Welcome to the Frankenstein Economy #econsky #auspol

This is of great interest - www.worldmonitor.app and github.com/koala73/worl...

Evening Update: The 34-Day Deadline & The Bullock Threat substack.com/profile/2117... STATUS: ⚫ BLACK [ACTIVE LIQUIDATION] METRIC: Layer 1 (Fuel Reserves) vs Layer 3 (RBA Cash Rate)

The Supply Suicide and Capital Flight substack.com/profile/2117... Prepare for tomorrow's Q4 GDP....

The Q4 Profit Mirage and the Inventory Trap ... They are falling for the ultimate Consensus Delusion. The data they are cheering is actually a massive structural red flag, especially when cross-referenced against the geopolitical shockwaves that hit over the weekend. .. substack.com/@darrenquinn...

Come, be amazed?!

Steven is happy to be 'a relentless champion' of Darren Quinn's excellent work, and also work by other Modern Money Lab students and graduates. Community Spotlight: Steven Hail & The Power of Credibility open.substack.com/pub/darrenqu...

Breaking: Former Harvard President Larry Summers will resign from his academic and faculty appointments at Harvard at the end of the academic year over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein He will also relinquish his University Professorship — Harvard's highest faculty distinction.

5/5 The full 58-page policy paper is available to read and download, covering fiscal modelling, institutional framework, and phased implementation. mmtuk.org/job-guarantee

1/5 MMTUK has published its Job Guarantee policy paper today. A permanent, voluntary programme offering paid work at a living wage to anyone willing and able to work. Up to 4 million people are expected to directly benefit. #MMT #JobGuarantee #UKjobs

To play bingo #econsky head to rba.livecrowdevents.tv/GovernorFire...

And that's how you take down an actual troll bsky.app/profile/lazy...

Can these things b done? Yes. Does any MMT economist say because the a set value cancels out any printed money, additional or otherwise? No. .

For what it I worth, the sky appears blue but is not actually blue. It appears thus by the Rayleigh effect. Understanding the Rayleigh effect is like understanding monetary operations in a monetary economy and that's what MMT does. Just as theory is not a hypothesis but an evidence-based framework.

Fireside Chat Bingo with Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Bullock tonight 7:40 PM AEDT (I presume) #econsky

They aren't afraid of inflation. They are afraid of democracy controlling the currency. The February issue of Modern Money Matters Monthly is here. We are breaking down the technocrats' panic and exposing the artificial scarcity myth. Read the full breakdown: buff.ly/1Pcn8L7 #MMT

"It's not taxpayer money." Once you see the machine, you can't unsee it. And once enough people see it, the gatekeepers can't put the lid back on. Here are the 4 foundational pieces you need to understand the Architecture of Control. The Feb Digest is live: buff.ly/1Pcn8L7 #MMT

The gatekeepers are losing control of the narrative. When that happens, they panic and call it "slop." What they really mean is: people are finally seeing through the illusion. The February Monthly Digest is out. Let's look at the blueprint they are trying to hide. 👇

Job Guarantee roles include home energy retrofits, urban tree planting, community arts projects, recycling initiatives, after-school tutoring and dementia care activities. All roles are additional to existing public and private provision. mmtuk.org/job-guarantee #MMT

open.substack.com/pub/mmtmicha... #MMT

I need to go over this granularity but eyeballing it, it looks pretty good at a glance.

He may be mistaken about MMT, but the rest of what he says is correct, imo.

The workforce is not fuelling inflation with “excess cash.” They are actively losing purchasing power. open.substack.com/pub/darrenqu...

Fyi, I started the USVI Green Party with a Facebook page and I'll be running for Governor of the USVI in November. Draft platform:

A foreign policy for the working class is one where states collaborate to discipline capital instead of working with capital to discipline our democracies. Kitchen table conversation about anti-fascist economics with the one and only @aoc.bsky.social in Berlin.

Friday Fightback: The Ghost and The Vampire, by @AusMMT open.substack.com/pub/darrenqu... #MMT

It’s quite doable. Determining what methodological choices to use when and where are the biggest barriers to realism, but are not insurmountable.

Sure, I’m not using Matlab, but sounds like I already do it. Or at least, I recently have been. My outputs are fairly public. However, it may of be use to you for >€ 575 sites.google.com/view/toolsfo...

It’s weird to be anxiously waiting the wage price index, sets of Australian unemployment figures, and perhaps the U.S. CPI, so I can run them through ‘my terminal’ to generate a Structural Integrity Report (SIR).

During the festival, we will discuss the #MMT-inspired idea that interest rates should be permanently set at zero. Inequality is a significant social harm. www.scoteconfest.org/ Join us in Edinburgh (and online) 19th-21st March 2026.

Friday Fightback: The Ghost and The Vampire, by @AusMMT open.substack.com/pub/darrenqu... #MMT