The Library of the Canadian Parliament issued a document in 2015 explaining how the Bank of Canada (that country’s central bank) created money for the
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Tackling the post-coronavirus economic myths: runaway inflation and tax increases are not around the corner
I am beginning to see an increasing number of post-coronavirus economic myths emerging on twitter and other media. These need to be tackled now. I
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Is world leading NHS care an affordable proposition?
In October 2017 the Progressive Pulse blog, which I publish but rarely appear on, posted the following blog which appeared under the above title. I
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Tax justice and modern monetary theory – a guide
There seems to be the most, and quite extraordinary, lack of understanding of modern monetary theory and its interaction with tax in the tax justice
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Modern monetary theory: a short guide for a world that now realises that it’s an explanation of what’s now happening
There is now a great deal of discussion of modern monetary theory going on, precisely because it appears that the UK government (and others around
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The government can create all the money we need: an explanation
I have argued that now is the time for the government to create all the money that might be needed to keep our economy going
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Let the deficits accumulate: they’re exactly what we need right now
When I was asked by Jeremy Vine on Radio 2 last week what my reaction to the budget was I said that I thought it
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Finding the money….
Modern Monetary Theory and the Changing Role of Tax in Society
I have a new peer-reviewed journal paper out this morning on a theme many on this blog might be interested in. Co-authored with Prof Andrew
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