A weapons grade idiot. She was so dumb that she actually believed in neo-liberal economics, rather than using it as a smoke screen to enrich the already wealthly. Now she blames the "deep state" for the failure of her govt that lasted less that 50 days and nearly crashed the UK's already faltering economy.

#liztruss #idiots #ukpolitics #NeoliberalEconomics #auspol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1g1adzhmcCY

Business Stuff doesn't make any sense till I remember the principle (maxim? another vile maxim?) of the "Invisible Foot" explained by E.K. Hunt.
> .. The "invisible foot" ensures us that in a free-market ... economy each person pursuing only his own good will automatically, and most efficiently, do his part in maximizing the general public misery.
- https://mstdn.jp/@bsmall2/108195742682747173
- https://znetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/zbooks/www/books/3/3.htm#3.2.1
#EKHunt #InvisibleFoot #BusinessStuff #WelfareEconomics #NeoLiberalEconomics #DismalProfession

#Brexit & #NeoLiberalEconomics really working out well in the UK 👍
#ukpol #ToriesBrokeBritain
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/04/19/self-styled-robin-hoods-steal-marks-spencer-food-banks/

RT by @catherinerowett: How is Covid transmitted? Droplets or aerosols? Throughout the pandemic, the UK’s response was dominated by the droplet theory. As a result...

-- Stephen McNair reports on a @bmj_latest paper by @trishgreenhalgh

#COVID
#NeoliberalEconomics

https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/how-did-we-get-covid-so-disastrously-wrong/

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/BylinesEast/status/1721763660689715664#m

[2023-11-07 05:37 UTC]

.> In his book on globalization, The Lexus and the Olive Tree, Friedman says, and I quote, “The hidden hand of the market will never work without the hidden fist. McDonalds cannot flourish without McDonnell Douglas…and the hidden fist that keeps the world safe for Silicon Valley’s technologies to flourish is called the U.S. Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps.” Perhaps this was written in a moment of vulnerability, but it’s certainly the most succinct, accurate description of the project of corporate globalization that I have read.

Well, if the last 8 interest rate rises have done basically nothing to address inflation... then I'm sure the next one will totally work! 🙃🙃🙃

#NeoliberalEconomics