Today is the launch day for my new ebook, 'Money for nothing and my Tweets for free'.
The book can be downloaded from here. There is deliberately no charge as all costs have been covered by those donating to this blog. Those donations covered, in particular, the work of designer David Mullins who produced the cover and was patient in the layout of the book - which is always a big task, in which Jacqueline Murphy also played a big role. My thanks to them both.
There are three other reasons why there is no charge. First, much of the context in the book has already been published. The book deliberately brings together Twitter threads that I posted between November 2020 and March 2021 on themes around economics, quantitative easing, modern monetary theory, the Green New Deal and tax justice.
Second, although already published separately I felt there was good reason to pull this collection together because many of the Twitter threads which underpin much of it have proved to be so popular. One has now reached more than 1.75 million people and been interacted with more than 130,000 times. To show that there was a theme and continuum to the thinking between each of the threads seemed to be of value.
Third, I want the book to reach as many people as possible. Some have said that the content is 'mind-blowing', simply because it demands that we reverse much of our order of thinking about the way the government, and its finances work. Others have seen in what I have suggested answers to issues that have long perplexed them. And I hope teachers might use this to provoke debate, whether in classrooms or in more general debate.
Comment is welcome.
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And please feel free to spread the book far and wide. That's precisely what it is for.
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Richard, many thanks for this, I have been looking forward to this ebook appearing. I shall be forwarding a copy or three to several of my acquaintances with whom I have been arguing over the matter of where our currency comes from.
That is what it is for
Thanks!
Shared on LinkedIn & Twitter. Great public service, Richard. The money detail scrambles my brain of course but I know how interlinked oppression-injustice-economics is & hence educating myself slowly. I have learned much by skimming your blogs & lingering over the bits that resonate most deeply with me, usually social justice related.
I am embarking on a Community Led Housing project. I have much to learn as a private citizen (friend pointed out that my passport says I am a subject, not citizen) to make equitable financial decisions and ask the right Qs of the panoply of experts involved.
Go well.
Thanks
[…] This is the new foreword that I have written for ‘Money for nothing and my Tweets for free’, which is published today: […]
Just downloaded your “Money for Nothing” thingy (ace title), and I can’t wait to read it. I bought your “Joy of Tax” book as I was dead curious about this MMT stuff. I still don’t fully understand it, despite reading your book three times! That says more about me than your writing as it’s very easy to read. I’m hoping your “Tweets for Free” download will answer those half-formed questions I have circulating in my head.
Just as well it’s for free, as I just found out today that my Carers Allowence (for 86 year old Dad with myriad health problems who still thinks he’s a 20 year old RM commando so a pain to look after) has increased by 35p per week… I’ll try not to spend it all at once!
However, I also claim Income Support, and because CA is deducted from the IS, I basically have no increase. But my Carers Premium has gone up by 18p per week. So I’m actually better off by 18p… Don’t think I’ll be contributing much to the economy by spending via my multiplier wotsit.
I hope this does address the issues more clearly….I was in my early days on this in the Joy of Tax
Your allowance increases are ridiculous..
Thank you for the amazing work you do, it is appreciated greatly by so many.
Thanks
“Jacqueline Murphy also played a big role”
Do you think you might give her more than 1% of the profits of the LLP then? 99% to you and 1% to her doesn’t seem an equitable split. Unless it’s being done for some tax saving reason?
Maybe we will
Maybe…but that’s for us to decide
And since she is likely to have a lower tax rate than me there can be no tax saving reason for this, and never has been at any time
Like most trolls it seems that you are dedicated to getting everything wrong and spectacularly missing the point
Well done Richard. The Foreword is worth reading alone for those that read the tweets first time round.
Onwards and upwards
Thanks
This is an excellent reference source for anyone interested in money/economics.Thank you
I have shared it with all my friends who are interested in money. I find even those not interested in money love hearing about this kind of thinking on govt monetary issues. No one has ever said it is not fascinating and always agree that it makes eminent sense.
Thanks
Is there any way of getting this ebook on Kindle? I don’t really want to read it on my laptop. (Are you STILL on that computer?)
Sorry – no. That would mean engaging with Amazon
But don’t pdfs work on Kindles?
We bought Kindles when we lived in France and wanted English books. That was before Amazon was recognised as an evil concern.
Our Kindles are 8 years old; one can download matter only from Amazon. There is a USB connector for charging but I don’t believe it can be used for data transfer.
I can download your ebook on my phone, I suppose, though the software is owned by another evil empire – Google, I believe. I shall try that, though the text will be rather small.
It can be read on the phone – I have checked!