MMT founders Warren Mosler and Bill Mitchell explain in great detail what Modern Monetary Theory would mean for an independent Scotland and the UK as a whole, and Patricia talks MMT activism at a live event chaired by Chris Cook and briefly interrupted by Christian.

Many thanks to MMT Scotland for arranging the event. Recorded 8th May 2019.

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A quick message from professor Bill Mitchell about MMT events in the UK this week featuring Bill and Warren Mosler.

We hope you can make it!

Ticket links:

EDINBURGH Wednesday 8th May 2019 @ 7pm

GLASGOW Thursday May 9th 2019 @ 7pm

BIRMINGHAM Saturday 11th May 2019 @ 2pm

A Song by Christian Reilly about MMT.

Harmony vocals by Jeff Epstein, of Citizens' Media TV who also does amazing MMT Twitter tutorials (@citizensmediatv).

Please check out Jeff's work here: https://twitter.com/citizensmediatv and here: https://www.patreon.com/CitizensMediaTV

"Spending In The World As We Know It" can be found on Soundcloud here:

https://soundcloud.com/christianreilly/spending-in-the-world-as-we-know-it

Lyrics:

That’s great it starts with a sovereign state Deciding that it needs to make  Green new jobs and high speed trains  It creates a currency When it demands taxes be Paid in a token that it creates exclusively

If you don't pay it or you fake it Then you get incarcerated what you need’s the currency  now you’re technically  unemployed, looking for, work that pays, in the state's  unit of account that only it creates

It offers you employment  When look at the alternative  You can’t decline

Spending more than they collect Is what they call the deficit And it’s just all the Dollars in the bank accounts that have been spent and not rubbed out By paying taxes thats a fact Oh oh. This means the Deficit is your asset When they spend it’s what you get  Otherwise known as the national debt Government produces it Reducing it reduces the Money supply

This is spending in the world as we know it This is spending in the world as we know it Government debt’s not what you owe it’s what you own yeah, it’s absolutely fine

So why the hell we paying taxes if the money’s manufactured By the state when it spends It’s because the government  Was voted in to do a thing To do a thing they need some things Like labour and materials But you don’t need their dollar bills  That’s why they impose a tax  In a token you don't have Now you need to work for it  They spend em out and take em back

They leave some in your pocket  You can spend them at the market Because everybody needs

Dollars for their tax bill or they’re going To get fined and sent to jail like Michael Cohen I’m sorry to make you think about Michael Cohen But I was desperate for a rhyme

The other night I heard that chick Saying to a bunch of kids How you gonna pay for it? DIANNE FEINSTEIN

Money is a tax credit  Duh you can’t run out of it Type it in the central bank The people’s wish is its command

If we got resources Money wise we can afford it Right? Right!

This is spending in the world and we know it This is spending in the world and we know it You got the power of the purse it’s time to show it Sunrise knows it’s time

This is spending in the world and we know it Planet’s burning up and we know it Time to save the world, the status quo ain’t Gonna work this time

This is spending in the world and we know it This is spending in the world and we know it This is spending in the world and we know it Someone tell Jill Stein

(MMT Reality)

This is spending in the world and we know it This is spending in the world and we know it This is spending in the world and we know it Feel the Bern this time

(MMT Reality)

This is spending in the world and we know it This is spending in the world and we know it This is spending in the world and we know it It’s absolutely fine

 

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez friend and advisor, Andrés Bernal talks to Patricia and Christian about MMT and the evolution of The Green New Deal.

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To see more on these topics, Andrés recommends visiting these sites:

The Global Institute for Sustainable Prosperity

The Modern Money Network

Andrés on Twitter: @andresintheory

Christian’s MMT song, “Spending In The World As We Know It” can be found on Soundcloud

https://soundcloud.com/christianreilly/spending-in-the-world-as-we-know-it

MMT economist Steven Hail helps Christian understand the intricacies of a modern money banking system as they discuss the interplay of government spending, private sector transactions, reserve and bond accounts at the central bank and how these things impact on interest rates, plus the effect of quantitative easing.

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Patricia and Christian chat with economics professor and president of the Global Institute For Sustainable Prosperity, Fadhel Kaboub about the meaning and importance of monetary sovereignty, MMT in relation to developing countries, Venezuela, colonialism, Scottish independence, and the MMT Job Guarantee.

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Patricia Pino and Christian Reilly talk with lead MMT academic, professor Bill Mitchell, as he answers listeners’ questions about government bond issuance, central banking, the Job Guarantee, the NAIRU, the Euro, parallel currencies, debt jubilees, zero interest rate policy, capital controls, MMT university and more...

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Patricia interviews Chiara Zoccarato, a socialist activist from Patria and Costituzione. A committed MMT advocate, Chiara explains the current stand off between Italy’s new right wing government and the European Commission, and the economic and political implications of the Eurozone spending restrictions. 

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Patricia interviews Chiara Zoccarato, a socialist activist from Patria and Costituzione. A committed MMT advocate, Chiara explains the current stand off between Italy’s new right wing government and the European Commission, and the economic and political implications of the Eurozone spending restrictions.

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In their continuing mission to demystify economics, Patricia and Christian talk about spreading Modern Monetary Theory, watching/avoiding the UK budget, automatic stabilisers and an idea for an MMT activist manifesto.

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