Modern Monetary Theory

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Australian poet, Covid19 crisis, limerick, Limerick poem, Limerick poetry, Modern Monetary Theory, poem, poetry, Public sector debt

𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐲

Rejoice! — don’t surrender to sorrow!
Go spend as if there’s no tomorrow!
Now debt is all fiat!
You can’t even see it!
So borrow, and borrow, and borrow.

— D.N. O’Brien

The Viral Solution

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Australian poet, bats, Covid19 crisis, limerick, Limerick poem, Limerick poetry, poem, poetry, Viruses, WuFlu crisis

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

They are basically aerial rats,
And they plaster the world with their scats.
They are full of disease,
And they do as they please.
I suggest we exterminate bats.

— D.N. O’Brien

The Waiting War

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Australian poet, Covid19 crisis, limerick, Limerick poem, Limerick poetry, poem, poetry, WuFlu, WuFlu lock-down

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐚𝐫

Getting paid not to fight! This is sweet!
In our trenches the war drums we beat.
We will never attack.
Let him pillage and sack!
We will wait till the foe sounds retreat.

— D.N. O’Brien