I was told last night that the tickets for our event in Cambridge are sold out.
We are now seeing whether we can expand capacity a bit, maybe by adding a side room so people have more space to circulate during breaks, but at least for now, we think we are at our comfortable limit.
If anyone who has booked and knows they are not coming, please let us know. We will happily give a refund and resell the ticket.
Thanks to all who have booked. We do appreciate it.
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I like the idea of needing “space to calculate” at your conference!
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But a better than average autocorrect error.
Congratulation on on the sold-out status of your first show on this amazing inaugural tour.
As the radio DJ announced regarding a sold out USA Ozzy Osborne show in 1979: “If you do not have tickets do NOT go to the stadium!”
Congratulations again on what I hope is a the first of a pattern of “sold-out shows” for many tours to come.
Thanks
Florida is not on the tour. Sorry!
If I win the Powerball Lottery and become the sponsor of “Politics for People Live!”, Florida could be added to the tour!
Never Say Never!
I would not be allowed into the USA, I am quite sure. I struggled to get a visa the last time I applied.
That must be very pleasing Richard.
Can’t wait! An inaugural conference that could go down in economic history!! “It all started on…at…!!!
Let’s not overstate it!
If you’ve sold out already then might you not consider moving the event to a bigger venue….?
We get no refund in the venue in that case.
We may do it again.
I’m really looking forward to it, especially as it’s a full house.
There was some blather on the Today programme earlier about all the activity yesterday on the bond markets, and I think I’ll get a better idea of what to shout at the radio when it comes up after the event. (Your blog has already helped me quite a lot, but I always benefit from explanations in person rather than just reading! I’m sure some of the Q&A will also be enlightening in this regard.)
Thanks
Hi Richard.
Any update on expanding capacity? Or option for waitlisting?
Thanks!
I have spoken to the hotel.
We could squeeze more in but it will be uncomfortable and I think that will be unwise.
We have had no cancellations.
We have a waiting list…
Thanks. How does one get on the waiting list, please? Or is it already so long as to be pointless?
I have noted your interest.
Not specifically relevant to the upcoming event, but I’ve just read an interesting article about MMT on East Anglia Bylines and would be interested to see what Richard has to say about it.
The author, Vince Gomez is a member 99%, “a group campaigning to end mass impoverishment, invest in the future, and clean up capitalism”. The article concludes as follows:
“The UK already operates the way MMT describes. It has since 1971, arguably since the end of the Gold Standard in 1931. The question isn’t whether to adopt this framework but what policy conclusions follow from it.
We mustn’t conclude that because the government creates money, fiscal constraints are illusory and ‘brave leadership’ can spend freely on desirable things. The constraint shifts from monetary scarcity to inflation. That’s not the same as the constraint disappearing.
“The hard questions remain: how much inflation risk is acceptable, how do we identify productive capacity, what investments actually generate returns, and how do we manage an open economy dependent on imports? These require judgment, evidence, and humility about what we don’t know.
“These questions aren’t answered by pretending the government is a household that must earn before it spends. Both sides of this debate have been guilty of letting ideology masquerade as accounting. The accounting is clear. The politics remains contested. We should stop confusing the two.”
Those are fair comments.
How can my name be added to the waiting list? I’d love to attend.
Noted.
I’m not sure what topics you will be covering in Cambridge. However if you had the time you may want to discuss how the financial markets and the Banks will deal with an AI induced market crash. I’ve just finished reading Ed Zitron’s 1900 page critique of AI and he has some very scary and poignant predictions :- https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-enshittifinancial-crisis/#the-great-enshittification-of-the-stock-market
Thanks.
A summary:
The stock market isn’t failing because of bad luck or a cyclical downturn — it’s the logical outcome of a deeper transformation in how capitalism values companies. Zitron argues that we’re living through a fourth stage of enshittification — an extension of Cory Doctorow’s idea that platform businesses progressively degrade quality and accountability as they prioritise profit. In the original enshittification model, platforms first win users with good products, then prioritise advertisers, and finally degrade both user and business experience to maximise shareholder returns. Zitron’s insight is that this process has now crossed into the financial markets themselves.
Much to agree with there.
sorry that should be 1900 words not pages!