Episodes
Patricia and Christian talk to economist and author Professor Steven Hail about how Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ views on government spending have changed since 2010.   Please help sustain this podcast!  Patrons get early access to all episodes and patron-only episodes: https://www.patreon.com/MMTpodcast     All our episodes in chronological order: https://www.patreon.com/posts/43111643   All our patron-only episodes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/57542767     NEWSFLASH! “Finding...
Published 10/11/24
Part 2: Dr Sam Levey answers listener questions about the mechanics of the monetary system.   Full conversation available here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-only-sam-105296626   Please help sustain this podcast!  Patrons get early access to all episodes and patron-only episodes: https://www.patreon.com/MMTpodcast     All our episodes in chronological order: https://www.patreon.com/posts/43111643   All our patron-only episodes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/57542767     ...
Published 09/04/24
Part 1: Dr Sam Levey answers listener questions about the mechanics of the monetary system.   Full conversation available here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-only-sam-105296626   Please help sustain this podcast!  Patrons get early access to all episodes and patron-only episodes: https://www.patreon.com/MMTpodcast     All our episodes in chronological order: https://www.patreon.com/posts/43111643   All our patron-only episodes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/57542767     ...
Published 07/31/24
What every voter needs to know: Patricia and Christian talk to economist and author of “MMT: A Simple Guide to the Monetary System”, Dr Dirk Ehnts about the upcoming UK election and what’s missing from media coverage.   Please help sustain this podcast!  Patrons get early access to all episodes and patron-only episodes: https://www.patreon.com/MMTpodcast     All our episodes in chronological order: https://www.patreon.com/posts/43111643   All our patron-only episodes:...
Published 06/26/24
Part 2: Christian talks to Dr Phil Armstrong about his recent paper: “History and origin of money in MMT and Austrian Economics: The difference methodology makes?”   Part 1: https://www.patreon.com/posts/102761654?pr=true   Full conversation available here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/95846517?pr=true   Please help sustain this podcast! Patrons get early access to all episodes and patron-only episodes: https://www.patreon.com/MMTpodcast     All our episodes in chronological order:...
Published 05/29/24
Part 1: Christian talks to Dr Phil Armstrong about his recent paper: “History and origin of money in MMT and Austrian Economics: The difference methodology makes?”   Full conversation available here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/95846517?pr=true   Please help sustain this podcast! Patrons get early access to all episodes and patron-only episodes: https://www.patreon.com/MMTpodcast     All our episodes in chronological order: https://www.patreon.com/posts/43111643   All our...
Published 04/24/24
Patricia and Christian talk to Dr Dirk Ehnts about the origins and nature of money, and what it means for tackling our various planetary emergencies.     Please help sustain this podcast! Patrons get early access to all episodes and patron-only episodes: https://www.patreon.com/MMTpodcast     All our episodes in chronological order: https://www.patreon.com/posts/43111643   All our patron-only episodes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/57542767     LIVE EVENTS! June 17-21 Bard...
Published 03/29/24
STOP PRESS! FOR OUR AUSTRALIAN PALS - THE “FINDING THE MONEY” FILM TOUR STARTS THIS WEEK - AS IN 27TH OF FEBRUARY! MORE DETAILS HERE: https://modernmoneylab.org.au/events/film-tour/ Patricia and Christian talk to Professor Steven Hail about behavioural economics as a vital corrective to the unreal assumptions in mainstream models. Just as MMT models the monetary system as it actually is, Dr Hail talks about the importance of modelling people as they actually are.   Please help sustain this...
Published 02/26/24
Christian talks to Mark Diesendorf, a physicist and professor in the Environment & Society Group at the University of New South Wales, about the economics underpinning his latest book, “The Path To An Ecologically Just Civilisation”.   Please help sustain this podcast! Patrons get early access to all episodes and patron-only episodes: https://www.patreon.com/MMTpodcast     All our episodes in chronological order: https://www.patreon.com/posts/43111643   All our patron-only...
Published 01/10/24
Christian talks to author Cory Doctorow and MMT founder Warren Mosler about Cory’s latest book “The Lost Cause” (set in a post-Green New Deal future), framing the MMT Job Guarantee, and more.   Please help sustain this podcast! Patrons get early access to all episodes and patron-only episodes: https://www.patreon.com/MMTpodcast     All our episodes in chronological order: https://www.patreon.com/posts/43111643   All our patron-only episodes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/57542767   ...
Published 12/24/23
Patricia and Christian talk to economist, author and Modern Money Lab instructor Dr Erik Dean about the history of Keynesianism, BS jobs, and Keynes’ “Economic Possibilities For Our Grandchildren”.   Please help sustain this podcast! Patrons get early access to all episodes and patron-only episodes: https://www.patreon.com/MMTpodcast     All our episodes in chronological order: https://www.patreon.com/posts/43111643   All our patron-only episodes:...
Published 10/17/23
To commemorate the anniversary of Trussonomic Mini-budgeting, Christian talks to Professor John T. Harvey about what determines currency prices and more.   Please help sustain this podcast! Patrons get early access to all episodes and patron-only episodes: https://www.patreon.com/MMTpodcast     All our episodes in chronological order: https://www.patreon.com/posts/43111643   All our patron-only episodes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/57542767     LIVE EVENTS!   Economics Of The...
Published 09/23/23
Patricia & Christian conclude their conversation about Stephanie Kelton’s best-seller The Deficit Myth.   Please help sustain this podcast! Patrons get early access to all episodes and patron-only episodes: https://www.patreon.com/MMTpodcast     All our episodes in chronological order: https://www.patreon.com/posts/43111643   All our patron-only episodes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/57542767     LIVE EVENTS! “Rethinking Capitalism” weekend event with Dr Steven Hail...
Published 07/30/23
As opposition politicians lecture their constituents about not loving growth enough, and vow to keep children in poverty to achieve it, Patricia & Christian talk to award-winning economist and author of “Money For Beginners - An Illustrated Guide” Professor L. Randall Wray about how governments spend and the legacy of 40 years of ignoring it.   Please help sustain this podcast! Patrons get early access to all episodes and patron-only episodes: https://www.patreon.com/MMTpodcast     ...
Published 07/23/23
Patricia & Christian talk to economist, author and one of the organisers of the 2023 European MMT conference (September 9th & 10th, details below) Dr Dirk Ehnts about Bidenomics, Britain’s bankrupt water utilities, and how understanding the plumbing of modern money is vital to bringing about a just and green energy transition in the face of multiple crises facing the world today.   Please help sustain this podcast! Patrons get early access to all episodes and patron-only episodes:...
Published 07/12/23
Patricia & Christian talk to Kremer Endowed Chair of Economics at Willamette University, Professor Yan Liang about China’s economy, international trade, sovereign wealth funds, de-dollarisation, and more.   Please help sustain this podcast! Patrons get early access to all episodes and patron-only episodes: https://www.patreon.com/MMTpodcast     All our episodes in chronological order: https://www.patreon.com/posts/43111643   All our patron-only episodes:...
Published 07/05/23
As the Bank of England plays one-club golf with interest rates, (using the wrong end of the golf club while dressed in scuba gear) Patricia & Christian talk to economist and author of “Can Heterodox Economics Make A Difference?” Dr Phil Armstrong about changing the game.   Please help sustain this podcast! Patrons get early access to all episodes and patron-only episodes: https://www.patreon.com/MMTpodcast     All our episodes in chronological order:...
Published 06/28/23
Patricia & Christian talk to MMT founder Warren Mosler about bond markets, Beyoncéflation and degrowing the financial sector.   Please help sustain this podcast! Patrons get early access to all episodes and patron-only episodes: https://www.patreon.com/MMTpodcast     All our episodes in chronological order: https://www.patreon.com/posts/43111643   All our patron-only episodes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/57542767   Order the Gower Initiative’s “Modern Monetary Theory - Key...
Published 06/21/23
Patricia & Christian talk to economist and founder of the ground-breaking Modern Money Lab project Professor Steven Hail about the urgency of a swift and just transition to a sustainable economy and examine some of the excuses politicians selectively employ to avoid policymaking as if people and the planet matter.   Please help sustain this podcast! Patrons get early access to all episodes and patron-only episodes: https://www.patreon.com/MMTpodcast     All our episodes in...
Published 06/15/23
Patricia & Christian talk to economist and author of “The Case For A Job Guarantee” Professor Pavlina Tcherneva about her chapter in the recently-published “MMT: Key Insights, Leading Thinkers”. Three Lessons From Government Spending And The Post-Pandemic Recovery: (1) The funding is always there. (2) Unemployment is a policy choice. (3) Large government spending is not the inevitable source of inflation. Also under discussion: the US debt ceiling drama, Universal Basic Income and...
Published 06/09/23
Patricia & Christian talk to acclaimed author and activist Cory Doctorow, about his new crypto heist thriller “Red Team Blues”, and the real-world money mechanics and shady shenanigans that inform the story.   Please help sustain this podcast! Patrons get early access to all episodes and patron-only episodes: https://www.patreon.com/MMTpodcast     Order “Red Team Blues” here: https://craphound.com/shop/   LIVE EVENT! Christian will be interviewing Cory Doctorow in Nottingham (UK!)...
Published 05/17/23
Patricia & Christian talk to Daniel Kostzer, chief economist at the International Trade Union Confederation and contributor to “Modern Monetary Theory: Key Insights, Leading thinkers” about his chapter, which revisits Argentina’s 2002 Jefes de Hogar employment guarantee programme, and details considerations to be weighed in the implementation of any future Job Guarantee programme.   Please help sustain this podcast! Patrons get early access to all episodes and patron-only episodes:...
Published 05/10/23
As the UK celebrates the coronation of its most famous pensioner and its central bank tells everybody else to accept being poor, Patricia and Christian continue their conversation about Stephanie Kelton’s best-seller, The Deficit Myth and ask: can the world’s 5th richest economy afford dignity for all, or just those with their own anthem? Please help sustain this podcast!  Patrons get early access to all episodes and patron-only episodes: https://www.patreon.com/MMTpodcast   LIVE EVENT!...
Published 05/06/23
Patricia & Christian talk to Richard Tye, contributor to the recently-published “MMT: Key Insights, Leading thinkers”, about his chapter: “Credit and The Exchequer since the Restoration”. Please help sustain this podcast! Patrons get early access to all episodes and patron-only episodes: https://www.patreon.com/MMTpodcast   Order the Gower Initiative’s “Modern Monetary Theory - Key Insights, Leading Thinkers”: ...
Published 04/17/23