We can use private capital for public benefit
Thursday, December 7th, 2023I was asked this question on the blog last night and, to be candid, was just too tired by the time I finished work to
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The Taxing Wealth Report 2024 and modern monetary theory
Friday, September 8th, 2023I have been sent an email that says: I have been reading the summaries of your tax proposals, but not the details. I am not
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The Green Party's policy on money, and so on the economy, is a work of economic fantasy
Friday, July 7th, 2023Having noted that the Greens were a plausible recipient of my vote yesterday on the basis of their green policies and support for proportional representation,
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Steve Keen's dead parrot
Tuesday, July 4th, 2023This is from the 104th edition of the Real World Economic Review; Steve is right, of course. The whole article is available, free of charge,
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To Minsky, or not? That it the question.
Tuesday, June 6th, 2023As I mentioned yesterday, I spent six hours with Steve Keen yesterday. He cam down to see me in Ely, and we talked economics, MMT, annoying
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Communicating MMT
Tuesday, May 16th, 2023As many readers here will be aware, I recently dedicated quite a lot of effort to thinking about a white paper on modern monetary theory
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The news agenda exists to stop us asking the important questions
Thursday, May 4th, 2023Just occasionally there are mornings when I wonder what to write. Most days several issues come straight to my attention, and I have no problem
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How government is funded
Tuesday, May 2nd, 2023I 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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A live stream?
Monday, May 1st, 2023Due entirely to an error on my part the blog post on my live Stream with Steven Keen and Friends appeared rather late on this
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