{"id":89129,"date":"2026-01-13T07:28:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T07:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=89129"},"modified":"2026-01-13T07:28:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T07:28:13","slug":"the-mmt-guide-your-opinion-is-sought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2026\/01\/13\/the-mmt-guide-your-opinion-is-sought\/","title":{"rendered":"The MMT Guide: your opinion is sought"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I mentioned before Christmas, I have been working on a summary of modern monetary theory to be published in our PDF shop<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I initially assumed that this summary could be based on blog posts that had been published here over time, plus transcripts of videos on this subject and some material from the Taxing Wealth report.<\/p>\n

However, after involving three people in appraising all the material in question, more than 70 posts appeared worthy of inclusion. Without any additional explanatory or linking material, those posts come to more than 93,000 words, and the text is more than 300 pages long.<\/p>\n

I will be honest and say that this does not feel like a summary, and I am not sure it will be particularly helpful. That feeling is heightened because there is some duplication in that content and, on occasion, a lack of structure in the resulting document despite our best efforts to create a flow through the material.<\/p>\n

The result is that I am now wondering where to go next, and would appreciate your opinion.<\/p>\n

Do we put out all this material?<\/p>\n

Or do we start again, using it as the basis for a shorter, 30,000-word (or thereabouts) summary?<\/p>\n

Alternatively, might we do both, with the blog post summary available alongside the shorter publication for those seeking a more detailed explanation?<\/p>\n

There is a poll below:<\/p>\n

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How should we publish our guide to MMT?<\/strong><\/p>