Economics starts and ends with scarcity, an inescapable reality of human existence. Antieconomics, personified today by MMT, starts with abundance and works backward.
Zombie companies, which were already a problem in 2019, have not only not been killed off but have multiplied. The zombie apocalypse could be closer than we imagine.
The economic purpose of capital markets is to provide a nexus between savers and borrowers for the financing of productive investment, writes Robert Blumen.