MMT is economics for the twenty first century where all money is just a government promise, backed by tax
Sunday, January 7th, 2018I think I have shared this before, but I will again: When will politicians learn what Stephanie Kelton points out? Modern monetary theory is simply
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An MMT interlude
Monday, December 4th, 2017
What should the BBC ask instead of "where will the money come from?"
Wednesday, June 28th, 2017A person named Jo asked yesterday what the BBC should say in response to the DUP being offered £1 billion more for Northern Ireland if
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The political difficulties of Corbynomics and how to resolve them
Thursday, September 3rd, 2015Andrew Baker is a political economist at Queen’s University, Belfast. I should mention straightaway that he and I have co-authored on the subject of corporation
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Modern Monetary Theory in London 27 August
Saturday, August 15th, 2015This event was announced yesterday and is taking place at the offices of Unite the Union in London on 27 August. It was only announced
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Modern Monetary Theory means we need never tolerate unemployment
Wednesday, March 13th, 2013It took me a little while to realise I am what is now called a Modern Money Theorist. There’s a good summary of this thinking here of which, perhaps,
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