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Wake Up Progressives: the Trillion Dollar Coin Can Be Game-Changing!

Well, not really. But if you view the Trillion Dollar Coin (TDC) meme, as I do, as a short-hand for the more general idea of using Platinum Coin Seigniorage (PCS), then yes, it can change the whole political game for progressives if President Obama dares to use it. more »

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Wake Up Progressives: Bad Guys Are Trying To Steal the $Trillion Coin

Wake Up Progressives: The Bad Guys Are Trying To Steal the Trillion Dollar Coin to Save the Financial Status Quo!

Among the many posts on the Trillion Dollar Coin (TDC) and more »

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Paul Goes Platinum!

Another platinum coin surge in the Second Wave rippled through the mainstream media yesterday and this time hit the Congressional Progressive Caucus. Domenico Mantanaro of MSNBC kicked things off on one of the morning shows by mentioning the Trillion Dollar Coin (TDC) as a possible solution to the debt ceiling problem. more »

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Beyond the MSM: the New Wave of Brief Blog Posts on the Platinum Coin

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Richard Eskow Asks: Which Side Are You On?

Richard Eskow of the Center for the American Future, posted a very good one a couple of days ago. He used the old union meme “which side are you on” to beat up the President and Congress about Social Security being placed on the negotiating table. I thought his writing on it was striking. more »

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Platinum Coins, Issuing Debt, Keystroking Deficit Spending, and Inflation

The most frequent objections to proposals that we use Platinum Coin Seigniorage (PCS) to create reserves for debt repayment and deficit spending, frequently come back to inflation. more »

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New MSM Trillion Dollar Coin Wave: Here's The Big Story

The one thing that jumps out at you when reading the mainstream posts of the past week-and-a-half bringing Platinum Coin Seigniorage (PCS) into the forefront of attention again, for the first time since last year's debt ceiling crisis, is that every mainstr more »

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New MSM Trillion Dollar Coin Wave Misses the Big Story: Bradford and Plumer

In my last three posts, I've critiqued the new wave of mainstream posts and commentary on Platinum Coin Seigniorage (PCS) on my way to making the case that the MSM are missing "the big story" about PCS. more »

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New MSM Trillion Dollar Coin Wave Misses the Big Story: Drum and Yglesias

In my last two posts I've been reviewing the new wave of mainstream posts and commentary on Platinum Coin Seigniorage (PCS) by way of providing background for making the case that the MSM are missing “the big story” about PCS. more »

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New MSM Trillion Dollar Coin Wave Misses the Big Story: Hayes and Carney

Did the MSM's new wave of commentaries on platinum coin seigniorage (PCS) miss the really big story about it? more »

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