Eric Maugendre<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@DrALJONES" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>DrALJONES</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@AndiiB" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>AndiiB</span></a></span> <br>I agree that our language should be plain.</p><p>• Nation-states do not reimburse debt. (They restructure it.)<br>• Nation-states can obtain funding by issuing they own money (or credit).<br>• Nation-states invest or spend as much as they want by issuing they own money (or credit).</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/slogans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slogans</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/debt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>debt</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/deficit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deficit</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/sovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sovereignty</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>money</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/centralBanks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>centralBanks</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/currency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>currency</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/MMT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MMT</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>power</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wealth</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/settlements" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>settlements</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/transactions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transactions</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>policy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/policies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>policies</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/climatePolicies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climatePolicies</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economics</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a></p>