The Coronavirus Depression Requires A New Approach to Budgeting

Earlier this week I wrote about the Trillion dollar platinum coin [https://www.crisesnotes.com/all-your-questions-about-the-trillion/]. Using the coin to fund government spending is often dismissed as an “accounting gimmick”. Yet, accounting gimmicks are already at the center of the Stimulus Bill being debated in congress tonight. 454 billion of
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