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Bill Mitchell is a founder of Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) and a leading academic in the campaign for full employment. He is a co-author of Reclaiming the State: A Progressive Vision of Sovereignty for a Post-Neoliberal World and has several honours and academic positions internationally, including being the director of the Centre of Full Employment and Equity (CofFEE). If you don't already understand MMT, listen to our episode on sustainable prosperity here. Bill has visited Adelaide for the Sustainable Prosperity Conference 2020 where he revealed his Just Transition framework (which you can watch here). David and Tim caught up with Bill after his presentation to discuss further.

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Andrés Bernal is an Advisor to U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Andrés' research focuses on the political economy and policy design of the Green New Deal as well as the intersection of functional finance with democratic institution-building and the social/solidarity economy. Andrés is a well-regarded proponent of MMT in the United States of America, and a significant opponent to the neoliberal establishment. Our discussion with Andrés ranges from visiting Australia, another neoliberal state and his campaign for a Green New Deal. If you don't already understand MMT, listen to our episode on sustainable prosperity here. Andrés has visited Adelaide for the Sustainable Prosperity Conference 2020 (which you can watch here) where we caught up with him to talk further.

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Robert Costanza is an ecological economics professor and the Vice Chancellor's Chair in Public Policy at the Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University. Professor Costanza is the author or co-author of over 600 scientific papers and 27 books. Bob is incredibly concerned with the importance of natural and social capital and brings several disciplines together to assess problems and formulate macroeconomic solutions for wellbeing. If you don't already understand Ecological economics, listen to our episode on measuring genuine progress here. Bob has visited Adelaide for the Sustainable Prosperity Conference 2020 (which you can watch here) where we caught up with him to talk further.

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Labour underutilisation, or unemployment, is not an acceptable state for Martin Watts an Emeritus Professor at the University of Newcastle. Despite being retired, Martin is also a Research Associate at the Centre of Full Employment and Equity (CofFEE). Martin is a proponent of the Job Guarantee, an important part of the Just Transition or Green Transition proposed throughout the conference. Martin also has a sophisticated understanding of contemporary macroeconomic policy and has contributed to the literature surrounding MMT. If you don't already understand MMT, listen to our episode on sustainable prosperity here. Martin has visited Adelaide for the Sustainable Prosperity Conference 2020 (which you can watch here).

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Dr James Juniper is a lecturer in economics at the University of Newcastle, and an expert in the insufficiencies of neoclassical models, as demonstrated in his book The Economic Philosophy of the Internet of Things. The ecological economics approach to MMT that James brings to the sustainability conversation takes the MMT lens away from infinite growth models and toward expanded resource-based thinking. Throughout the conversation, it becomes ever-more apparent that transdisciplinary assessment of modern problems is required to gain traction. If you don't already understand MMT, listen to our episode on sustainable prosperity here. James has visited Adelaide for the Sustainable Prosperity Conference 2020 (which you can watch here) where we caught up with him to talk further.

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Cameron Murray is a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the University of Sydney and the co-author of Game of Mates. Grey Corruption and hegemonic power are incredibly influential in establishing and maintaining the neoliberal model in Australia and many other states across the globe. Cameron's broader research and Australia-specific analysis ccombine for a damning diagnosis of the Australian system, and his findings are crucial to the success of a just transition to sustainable prosperity. This podcast doesn't specifically tackle MMT, but instead, the vast opposition MMT has in being accepted. If you don't already understand MMT, listen to our episode on sustainable prosperity here. Cameron has visited Adelaide for the Sustainable Prosperity Conference 2020 (which you can watch here) where we caught up with him to talk further.

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Tyson Yunkaporta is an Indigenous Australian philosopher who has written an intriguing book, Sand Talk. As a preface to a 'yarn' or conversation about how to solve world issues, Tyson isolates a few problems with the current economic paradigm for modern societies. Tyson's presentation at the conference included some Indigenous perspectives on how a just transition might proceed in Australia. If you don't already understand MMT, listen to our episode on sustainable prosperity here. Tyson has visited Adelaide for the Sustainable Prosperity Conference 2020 (which you can watch here) we caught with him to discuss his book and ideas surrounding the conference.

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The Senior Economic Advisor to Bernie Sanders and the Professor of Public Policy and Economics at Stonybrook University NY joins David and Tim in the studio to discuss the historical precedent for dealing with the climate crisis and changing our societies to benefit everyone justly. Stephanie is a post-Keynesian economist who has significance in the world of MMT, which if you don't already understand, listen to our episode on sustainable prosperity here. Stephanie has visited Adelaide for the Sustainable Prosperity Conference 2020 (which you can watch here) and visited the University of Adelaide as the Harcourt Professor of Economics 2020.

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Youngblood, David's ashtanga teacher, joins us in the studio to discuss Amy Chua's book The Triple Package. The book describes three traits that successful groups tend to have in common that explain how some cultural groups do better than others. Despite the initial controversy regarding Amy's argument, David, Tim, and Youngblood find merit through unpacking the core traits in an unbiased lens.

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