I have posted a new podcast this morning: It seemed to me that this was the vital first port of call for a podcast series.
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The banking system is just a charade as the failure of First Republic in the US proves
This weekend saw the second-biggest bank failure in US history. As the FT reported yesterday, US bank, First Republic was closed with the active involvement
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How government is funded
I was podcasting again last night, this time with Scotonimics at the invitation of Kairin van Sweeden and William Thomson, its co-hosts. We discussed the
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MMT, Steve Keen, and friends
I was on Steve Keen and Friends yesterday. This is the video, all two hours of it: We discussed a lot of topics, with much
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MMT – the differences
I am not sure what others have made of the discussions on modern monetary theory (MMT) that have dominated this blog during the last week
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Sorting out the spend and tax cycle in modern monetary theory
The post that follows is one of my ongoing series on thinking about what modern monetary theory (MMT) says and what I think it should
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The BBC has at least one economics correspondent who understands economics
I have noted that the BBC has been publishing an austerity agenda view of government debt on its website. Then I noted that Andy Verity,
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MMT should be about the real world and not angels on pinheads
My exchanges on MMT are ongoing. One is with NeilW, who I presume to be Neil Wilson. In that exchange, I suggested that: MMT is
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MMT: the debate is on
I noticed this tweet response from Warren Miosler this morning: I have replied as follows: The point about preparing the ground a little more is
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