Notes on the Crises
How to Pay for the Pandemic War

It's a Matter of Resources
Stanch the Bleeding From Local and State Finances With Local Currencies

Just Do It
Rounding Up the Week Plus Some News
Paid Subscriptions Are What Sustain Full Time Coronavirus Coverage
This Past Week On Notes on the Crisis plus announcements
Paid Subscriptions Are What Sustain Full Time Coverage
Listen Fed! The IMF needs Access To Dollar Swap Lines
Ending the Global Dollar Shortage with Special Drawing Rights
The Big Unanswered Questions about the Federal Reserve's Coronavirus Response

What We Simply Do Not Know
The Coronavirus Depression Requires A New Approach to Budgeting

Congress Needs to Let Go of its Illusion of Control
Should We Force Businesses To Save More For A Rainy Day?

Or a Pandemic?
The Federal Reserve's Coronavirus Crisis Actions, Explained (Part 3)

The International Aspects
The Federal Reserve's Coronavirus Crisis Actions, Explained (Part 2)

Here comes the corporate debt purchases
A Quarter of the 2 Trillion Dollar "Stimulus" Bill is Devoted to a Useless Accounting Gimmick

Earlier this week I wrote about the Trillion dollar platinum coin [https://www.crisesnotes.com/all-your-questions-about-the-trillion/]. Using the coin to fund government spending is often dismissed as an “accounting gimmick”. Yet, accounting gimmicks