Episode 33[1/2]: Mark Collins: A rigorous journey from white nationalism, rage, and ALS, to MMT.

Welcome to episode 33 of Activist #MMT. Today I talk with Mark Collins (Twitter/@amlighthouse). Mark is a fourth year MMT activist, Arkansas resident, and self-described "far-to-the-left socialist." In the late 1970s, Mark's wife's sister was diagnosed with ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease. This was a shock since no one in the family had the disease in the previous two generations.

Description continues here: https://activistmmt.libsyn.com/episode-3312-mark-collins-a-rigorous-journey-from-white-nationalism-rage-and-als-to-mmt

Welcome to episode 31 of Activist #MMT. Today is part three of a special three-part episode with Joe Firestone and Graham Elwood. In this final part, you will hear the full audio from my latest appearance on progressive video journalist and stand up comedian, Graham Elwood's YouTube show, where I apply the lessons that Joe assisted me with in parts one and two. A full introduction to this three-part episode can be found before part one. Enjoy.

Full video, plus transcript, resource links, and the full slide deck: https://citizensmedia.tv/2020/06/14/grahamfedtreasury/

Part one with Joe: https://activistmmt.libsyn.com/ep-30-13-joe-firestone-graham-elwood-and-the-truth-about-the-federal-reserve

Part two with Joe: https://activistmmt.libsyn.com/ep-31-23-joe-firestone-graham-elwood-and-the-truth-about-the-federal-reserve

*Pretty* sure this description is economically rock solid. To be used in an upcoming song ;)

A fascinating and insightful conversation on black history, music, religion, politics, economics, and more.

More here: https://citizensmedia.tv/2019/07/07/kem/

Event description: New Jersey ranks 47th among the states in Maternal Mortality, with a rate of 37.3 deaths per 100,000 live births. Women of color account for nearly 60% of all pregnancy-related maternal deaths in the State. African American women are over four times more likely to lose their lives during childbirth than their counterparts. In New Jersey, the preterm birth rate among black women is 47% higher than the rate among all other women.

This is a disparity that MUST be addressed!! Let's talk CHANGE!!

This multidisciplinary panel discussion hosted by the NAACP New Jersey State Conference and the Southern Burlington NAACP will include some of New Jersey's top experts in their respective fields, including obstetrics, maternal fetal medicine, and doula services.

Additionally, we have a "Legislative Champion," Assemblywoman Shavonda E. Sumter , as a panelist!! She has introduced assembly bills to address this issue and we appreciate her advocacy for the maternal health of black women in NJ! (Assembly bills A1662 and A4930)

Event link: https://www.facebook.com/events/2003999806573616

My nine-year-old memorized my new MMT song less than twenty-four hours after I wrote it. Original:

https://soundcloud.com/peopleconversations/verymodelmmt

An unabridged reading of the first chapter of Steven Hail's book, Economics for Sustainable Prosperity, published by the Global Institute for Sustainable Prosperity (formerly the Binzager Institute for Sustainable Prosperity).

(0min: 0sec) Title and publishers note

(2:04) Preface

(06:05) Chapter 1: Introduction

(14:48) Ch. 1: Escaping from the old ideas

(24:51) Ch. 1: Two Traditions

(34:54) Ch. 1: Soft and Hard Economics

(50:03) Ch. 1: Rescuing Macroeconomics

This audio recording: https://soundcloud.com/peopleconversations/hailefsp1

About the author: http://www.global-isp.org/steven-hail/

Purchase: https://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9783319909806

Preview chapters 1 and 2: https://books.google.com.au/books?id=X45aDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

This is the fifth recording in a larger effort to read aloud unabridged versions of various MMT-based economic papers and books (either with permission or those old enough to be no longer copyrighted) and provide them online, for free, forever. Two more readings have already been recorded and are currently in post-production.

Although I'm learning a lot, creating these recordings is labor intensive. In total, it takes approximately one hour of effort per page. Please consider supporting this effort by contributing, and especially consider becoming a monthly patron:

https://citizensmedia.tv/contribute/

A conversation with me, a year-long student of Modern Monetary Theory (MMT), and Dan Sullivan, an experienced monetary reformer, on how Monetary reform (MR) compares to MMT. MR is the idea that private commercial banks have more influence over our economy than does our government, and that the only way to solve this problem is by fully reforming the banking system. There is much agreement between MR and MMT, but there's one disagreement that is critical & irreconcilable.

Dan spoke at 13th Annual AMI Monetary Reform Conference, hosted by the American Monetary Institute. AMI is the American organization advocating for monetary reform.

This conversation was part of my research in writing two soon-to-be-released articles related to MR and MMT.

Here is Dan's full bio from the conference (http://archive.is/PPzZG):

"Dan Sullivan is the president of the Council of Georgist Organizations and the director of Saving Communities. He has been instrumental in winning shifts from property taxes and wage taxes to land value tax in some of the Pennsylvania cities that levy that tax. His leadership is primarily responsible for three quarters of a billion dollars in tax shifts.

Dan’s presentation on Land and Money Monopolies examines the parallels and differences of the land question and the money question and makes the case that these two issues are the most fundamental issues before us today. Dan will also discuss The Limits of Local Currency examines the strength and weaknesses of how local currencies have been designed, shows how well designed local currencies can benefit the localities where they are issued, and shows how they fail to address the underlying problems of debt currency."

PREVIEW: An unabridged reading of Abba Lerner's December, 1943 paper: "Functional Finance and the Federal Debt", published online on Eastern Economic Journal. This paper is fourteen pages long.

*** This is a PREVIEW (The entire reading has been recorded and is ready to release, but until I get official permission to do so, I am only releasing the first half. Please consider contributing or becoming a monthly patron in order to make this process easier, and to encourage the recording of more #MMTaudioBooks: https://citizensmedia.tv/contribute/) ***

Read the paper:

- Well cropped, no OCR (15mb): https://www.dropbox.com/s/synz5so2nclv7dm/Abba%20Lerner%20-%20Functional%20Finance%20and%20the%20Federal%20Debt.pdf?dl=0

- Well cropped, with OCR (34mb): https://www.dropbox.com/s/t4l2gaiya737pq6/Abba%20Lerner%20-%20Functional%20Finance%20and%20the%20Federal%20Debt%20-%20OCR.pdf?dl=0

- Original (436kb): https://modernmoneynetwork.org/content/functional-finance-and-federal-debt

This audio recording: https://soundcloud.com/peopleconversations/abbalernerff

This is the fourth recording in a larger effort to read aloud unabridged versions of various MMT-based economic papers and books (either with permission or those old enough to be no longer copyrighted) and provide them online, for free, forever. Two more readings have already been recorded and are currently in post-production.

Although I'm learning a lot, creating these recordings is a very labor intensive process. In total, it takes at least one hour of effort per page (rehearsal, reading, proofing, post production, publication). Please consider supporting this effort by contributing, and especially consider becoming a monthly patron:

https://citizensmedia.tv/contribute/

PREVIEW: An unabridged reading of Mathew Forstater's December, 2018 paper: "Working for a better world: Cataloging arguments for the right to employment", published in Philosophy and Social Criticism in 2014. This paper is seven pages long.

The paper: http://cas2.umkc.edu/econ/economics/faculty/Forstater/papers/Forstater2014/Sen-symposium.pdf

*** This is a PREVIEW (The entire reading has been recorded and is ready to release, but until I get official permission to do so, I am only releasing half. Please consider contributing or becoming a monthly patron in order to make this process easier, and to encourage the recording of more #MMTaudioBooks. Link to contribute is at the bottom.) ***

This audio recording: https://soundcloud.com/peopleconversations/forstaterjgargumentspreview

This is the third recording in a larger effort to read aloud unabridged versions of various MMT-based economic papers and books (either with permission, or those old enough to be no longer copyrighted) and to provide them online, for free, forever. Four more readings have already been recorded and are currently in post-production.

Although I'm learning a lot, creating these recordings is a very labor intensive process. In total, it takes more than an hour of effort per page. Please consider supporting this effort by contributing, and especially consider becoming a monthly patron: https://citizensmedia.tv/contribute/