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!) on Tuesday 30th May 2023, tickets here: https://www.waterstones.com/events/an-evening-with-cory-doctorow/nottingham     All our episodes in chronological order: https://www.patreon.com/posts/43111643   Patron-only episodes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/57542767   Patron-only GIMMS Book Launch Presentations [audio]: Daniel Kostzer on Argentina’s “Jefes de Hogar” Public Employment Programme: https://www.patreon.com/posts/gimms-book-on-de-82501900 Phil Armstrong On Useful Economists: https://www.patreon.com/posts/gimms-book-phil-82502071 Neil Wilson On How The Government Spends: https://www.patreon.com/posts/gimms-book-neil-82502270   Order the Gower Initiative’s “Modern Monetary Theory - Key Insights, Leading Thinkers” (2023): https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/modern-monetary-theory-9781802208085.html     Relevant to this episode: All our episodes with Cory Doctorow: https://www.patreon.com/posts/41970049 Cory’s podcast: https://craphound.com/podcast/ Cory’s upcoming live events: https://craphound.com/category/redteamblues/ We talk a little more in-depth about crypto tokens as “proof of work” and “proof of stake” in this episode: Episode 135 - Cory Doctorow: Blockchain, Bitcoin & Selling The Brooklyn Bridge: https://www.patreon.com/posts/68946334 “The Inevitability of Trusted Third Parties” by Cory Doctorow: https://onezero.medium.com/the-inevitability-of-trusted-third-parties-a51cbcffc4e2 Cory mentions previous guest Daniel Kostzer likening capitalism to a car with no steering wheel being driven at high speed down a road - that’s from this episode: https://www.patreon.com/posts/episode-169-job-82743393 Cory mentions the inspirational economist and teacher Dr Fadhel Kabuob - here are all our episodes with him: https://www.patreon.com/posts/43484621  Cory mentions our episode on tally sticks and the history of UK exchequer with Richard Tye. It’s great! Have a listen here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/episode-167-tye-81601103 “Tiktok's enshittification” by Cory Doctorow: https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/21/potemkin-ai/     For an intro to MMT: Our first three episodes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/41742417 Episode 126 - Dirk Ehnts: How Banks Create Money: https://www.patreon.com/posts/62603318   Quick MMT reads: Warren’s Mosler’s MMT white paper: http://moslereconomics.com/mmt-white-paper/ Steven Hail’s quick MMT explainer: https://theconversation.com/explainer-what-is-modern-monetary-theory-72095 Quick explanation of government debt and deficit: “Some Numbers Are Big. Let Me Help You Get Over It”: https://christreilly.com/2020/02/17/some-numbers-are-big-let-me-help-you-get-over-it/     For a short, non-technical, free ebook explaining MMT, download Warren Mosler’s “7 Deadly Innocent Frauds Of Economic Policy” here: http://moslereconomics.com/wp-content/powerpoints/7DIF.pdf       Episodes on monetary operations: Episode 20 - Warren Mosler: The MMT Money Story (part 1): https://www.patreon.com/posts/28004824 Episode 126 - Dirk Ehnts: How Banks Create Money: https://www.patreon.com/posts/62603318 Episode 13 - Steven Hail: Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Banking, But Were Afraid To Ask: https://www.patreon.com/posts/41790887 Episode 43 - Sam Levey: Understanding Endogenous Money: https://www.patreon.com/posts/35073683 Episode 84 - Andrew Berkeley, Richard Tye & Neil Wilson: An Accounting Model Of The UK Exche