bankers against Biden's fiscal plan could really do with some proper fact-checking before sending their op-ed to the FT.
We all understand 'it's ideology, stupid!', but no excuse for lazy arguments.
apparently, the Gospel according to Morgan Stanley is that we havent had enough neoliberalism for the past 4 decades
if you click on BIS link, it tells you monetary policy, not higher deficits, are associated with wealth inequality.
Incidentally, unconventional monetary policy through which central banks basically rescued banks after they nearly destroyed the global financial system in 2008
speaking of government spending, who else but Morgan Stanley got $10 billion in equity investments from US Treasury in 2008?
I cant think of a more productivity-enhancing outlay for 10bn of public funds.
the OECD 'evidence' that 'four straight decades of growing government intervention in the economy have led to slowing productivity growth' is also, excuse my language, a lot of bullshit.