I struggled through this morning’s media news reports from the UK, USA and elsewhere. I usually end up with more ideas as a consequence of
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An election remains on the cards
My belief that Andy Burnham is growing in confidence about his chances of electoral success has been reinforced by his comments made about the Greens
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MMT, trade and the pound
What would happen to foreign exchange, imports and exports if the UK had a government that understood modern monetary theory? Would money leave Britain because
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Funding the Future: the podcast at 900
Many podcasts disappear after only a handful of episodes. Seven episodes is a frequently cited figure, though reliable industry-wide statistics are surprisingly hard to establish.
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FAB 2027
Having already noted this morning one new event at which I will be speaking before this year is out, let me note another at which
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Monopoly is a threat, not least to essential services
As Heather Cox Richardson reported in her Letter from an American, overnight: According to Ukrainian presidential advisor Serhiy Beskrestnov, last night, without warning, Elon Musk’s
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The MMT Forum 2026
I am pleased to announce that Funding the Future is now involved in promoting another event. We are not the lead organisers on this occasion,
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The coming financial crisis: What would an MMT government do?
What would actually change if the UK had a government that understood modern monetary theory? In one sense, very little: MMT describes how our monetary
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Is AI eating neoliberalism?
As The Guardian reports this morning: Anthropic is warning that some of its artificial intelligence models could soon become “self-replicating” and find ways to infiltrate
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