There was an article in The Times on Saturday in which its economics editor, Philip Aldrick, said in his opening para: Modern monetary theory, received
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The Governor of the Bank of England really does need to tell the truth about QE, even if that means he must find out what it is
I watched some of the Treasury Committee hearing this afternoon. A Bank of England team were being questioned on many issues, including MMT. Steve Baker
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Tackling the idea that there is only taxpayers’ money – because that is completely untrue
A regular commentator, usually simply using the name Andrew, posted this on the blog overnight: It would be good to find a convenient way to
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The history and significance of QE in the UK
The post that follows was written as a Twitter thread. As a result no paragraph is more than 280 characters long. But it grew, and
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The book I most want to read, right now
Martin Wolf’s list of economics books for 2020 includes not a single title I have read, and rather bizarrely omits the best seller – Stephanie
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It is the government’s job to deliver full employment. And it’s failing
Every now and again the Guardian slips through a Modern Monetary Theory editorial. Today is one of those days. It begins: A great deal of
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The Joy of Tax – an endorsement
I don’t get emails like this every day, I admit: “The Joy of Tax” is absolutely brilliant! I’m only on Chapter 3, and I’ve already
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Why is the left so hung up about modern monetary theory?
I had this article in the most recent edition of The Chartist (no, I had not heard of it either). They commissioned in response to
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The national debt: an ongoing saga
Regular readers will recall that in August I raised concern when the UK Office for National Statistics claimed that simultaneously UK national debt had exceeded
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