Leveraging Modern Monetary Theory for Caribbean Sovereignty: A Path to Economic Independence, Climate Resilience, and Social Justice | ChatGPT4o

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  • Can you summarize the key take-aways messages from Episode 302 of Macro N Cheese with Jason Hickel?
  • How can the West’s response to the rise of China be explained in this framework by Hickel above?
  • Given Hickel’s explication above, is the same playbook manifesting between Taiwan’s role (as a proxy for Western imperialism) in destabilizing China, just like how South Africa was used to destabilize the African continent, like Israel was used to destabilize the Middle East, and Ukraine to destabilize Russia now?
  • From Hickel’s perspective, what is the best way forward?
  • Is the same playbook in play in the Caribbean also and who are the proxy states for imperial influence and control?
  • How can the insights from MMT facilitate a more just transition for Caribbean nations, given what we have discovered from the above?

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Why is Venezuela in Dire Straits? | Scott T. Patrick

Reproduced from: https://twitter.com/PompeiiDog/status/1091747927016513537

Scott T. Patrick

PhD in political science. Aspiring academic. Interested in Marxism, global political economy, social revolutions, and Western imperialism.

Washington, DC

I’m going to do thread on Venezuela’s economic history to try and dispel some of the myths going around that the present crisis is due to socialism. Actually, colonialism, US imperialism, and neoliberalism are far more important factors for why Venezuela is in dire straits.

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