This is the third in my audio series on money. It explains how government spending is funded – and how this always involves the creation
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Why discussion of tax increases at this moment is so utterly unnecessary
There is something very strange going on in UK political discussion at present. As The Observer noted at the weekend, right-wing think tanks have all
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Thoughts on money
I admit to feeling tired this morning. But the dog woke me wanting to go out quite early, and so I have been up and
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Money for nothing (and no, not the Dire Straits version)
Peter May has added this video to the Tax Research wiki page on money. As he says, this is: Probably the best’ half hour video
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Is there just a chink of light in the SNP opposition to fiscal independence for the country?
There is interesting commentary on BBC Scotland this morning for those who follow Scittosh monetary affairs. They note: Andrew Wilson, an economist and former SNP
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Understanding money: resources from the web. A new Tax Research wiki page
Peter May has been assembling a page on the Tax Research wiki on resources on understanding money based on resources from the web: The page
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How is electronic money made? An explanation
Yesterday I explored what money is. I said it was a promise to pay that is backed up by the government, which is in turn
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What is money? An explanation
As a follow up to the debates this week on how to disseminate ideas I wrote and recorded this yesterday: This is the transcript, near
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Question of to the day: what to call an economics that embraces MMT?
Jo Wilson made this comment this comment on the blog this morning when discussing how to communicate economic ideas: Find a way to communicate what MMT actually
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