Show threadAntonia MarreroNov 9
#BlueBonds …transform sporadic enthusiasm in2 lasting commitment,turning habits of coalition politics in2enduring instruments of public credit…it tells the story of how communities fund their own continuities” @greenbackbetter.bsky.social @marklevinenyc.bsky.social @governor.ny.gov @democracynow.org

The Paradox of Political Thrif...
The Paradox of Political Thrift

By Will BeamanDemocratic endorsement politics around Zohran Mamdani continue to bend in ways that feel at once familiar and strange. A spokesman for House Speaker Hakeem Jeffries brushed off Senato…

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Show threadAntonia MarreroNov 9
“The same public that sustains campaigns w/ recurring small dollars is well-positioned 2 sustain bond drives that keep services running when federal support is sabotaged.” @greenbackbetter.bsky.social #BlueBonds CC @sanders.senate.gov @warren.senate.gov @bradlander.bsky.social @vancebnyc.bsky.social
Show threadAntonia MarreroNov 9
#BlueBonds refers 2ordinary municipal bonds, framed politically as credit 2coordinate public life despite Trump’s attempts 2sabotage it…A progressive city comptroller could invest public pensions in BlueBonds, undoing the early neoliberal gesture that tied them2 WallStreet.” Will Beamon CC @wbai.org

The Paradox of Political Thrif...
The Paradox of Political Thrift

By Will BeamanDemocratic endorsement politics around Zohran Mamdani continue to bend in ways that feel at once familiar and strange. A spokesman for House Speaker Hakeem Jeffries brushed off Senato…

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DanneauOct 7

#MMT #BlueBonds
@chris

Finally got around to reading this Doctorow piece, a screed that touched a raw nerve and activated the mechanisms as outlined in Kelton, Keen, Vague et al on being bound up in an economic model that doesn't work.
https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/04/fiscal-antifa/#post-trump

And, harking back to Procol Harum in 1967, herewith is part of our physical transport system whose accumulation outside the kitchen door occasioned me a bit of flack and which I am titling "A Whiter Shade of Pail". I'll show myself out...

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@pluralistic
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#BlueBonds

This guy has some ideas to...

"It's time to #defundfascim"

#Trump Cut Funding to 16 Dem States. Can States Cut His?

Christopher Armitage

Oct 03, 2025

https://cmarmitage.substack.com/p/trump-cut-funding-to-16-dem-states

Show threadAntonia MarreroOct 2
Scott, 🫶 Have you read the “Case for Fiscal Insurgency” yet? ICYMI #BlueBonds HT @greenbackbetter.bsky.social @moneyontheleft.bsky.social moneyontheleft.org/2025/09/18/t...

The Case for Fiscal Insurgency
The Case for Fiscal Insurgency

by Will Beaman A common refrain keeps surfacing among prominent journalists- and commentators-in-digital-exile on BlueSky. Commenting on the emergence of yet another shadowy centrist think tank, Ne…

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Antonia MarreroJul 23, 2025
#BlueBonds “What is debt but a promise to bring about a desired outcome in the future? At this critical hour, we must relinquish our phobia of promises in the name of saving democracy.” @moneyontheleft.bsky.social HT @bdlimm.bsky.social CC @nharnie.bsky.social @wbai.org @nathantankus.bsky.social

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:qjwdvmjdkvtjffx6ju2j4fy5/post/3luo4zmptlk22
acemaxxJan 24, 2024
#BlueBonds focus on #water and the #marine #environment. The idea is to support profitable investment that aligns with water-related sustainability goals, chart @FT https://www.ft.com/content/4b4c3025-9302-4b16-b50a-6455fcfca1d4?segmentId=b0d7e653-3467-12ab-c0f0-77e4424cdb4c
Can blue bonds hold water in the sustainable debt market?

A new fund seeks to kick-start the nascent sector

GromsMay 5, 2023
https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/ecuador-has-financing-galapagos-reserve-still-open-blue-bonds-minister-says-2023-03-17/ #bluebonds
Ecuador has financing for Galapagos reserve, still open to blue bonds, minister says

Ecuador has secured $150 million in financing to manage its expanded marine reserve around the Galapagos, but remains open to blue bonds to benefit the environmentally sensitive area, Environment Minister Gustavo Manrique said Friday.

Reuters
Steven BodzinNov 7, 2022

#Belize #BlueBonds make the NYT #SovereignDebt #restructuring

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/07/world/americas/belize-coral-reef-preservation.html

How Belize Cut Its Debt by Fighting Global Warming

Developing nations are reducing their debt by pledging to protect their resources in financial deals that could give them a bigger role in the fight against climate change.