Patricia and Christian chat with Richard Murphy - economist and author of The Joy Of Tax - about what the UK government deficit actually is: your money! We also talk about Corbynomics, Labour's Fiscal Credibility rule and the difference between fiscal policy and monetary policy.

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Patricia and Christian chat with Dr Steven Hail, MMT economist and author of "Economics for Sustainable Prosperity" about where your money goes when you pay your taxes. Spoiler alert: nowhere! Also under discussion: the difference between price shocks and inflation, the irrational assumptions of orthodox economists and what might happen to foreign exchange rates after Brexit.

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Patricia and Christian chat with Dr Steven Hail, MMT economist & author of "Economics for Sustainable Prosperity" about where your money goes when you pay your taxes. Spoiler alert: nowhere! Also: the difference between price shocks and inflation, the irrational assumptions of orthodox economists and what might happen to foreign exchange rates after Brexit.

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Christian Reilly interviews Nathan Tankus, research scholar at the Modern Money Network (MMN) in the US to find out how currencies work and what makes them valuable - and also about exchange rates, inflation, and what's happening in Venezuela.

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Christian Reilly interviews Nathan Tankus, research scholar at the Modern Money Network (MMN) in the US to find out how currencies work and what makes them valuable - and also about exchange rates, inflation, and what’s happening in Venezuela.

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Christian Reilly and Patricia Pino interview leading US activist and president of The Modern Money Network Rohan Grey on the efforts to push through a job guarantee. How does it compare to a Universal Basic income (UBI)?

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Christian Reilly and Patricia Pino interview leading US activist Rohan Grey on the efforts to push through a job guarantee. How does it compare to a Universal Basic income (UBI)?

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Patricia Pino and Christian Reilly interview Dr Fadhel Kaboub, President of the Global Institute for Sustainable Prosperity to discuss the new policy advocated by MMT activists which is generating debate in the US after support from Senator Bernie Sanders.

What is a Job Guarantee, how does it compare to UBI and what problems, if any, would it solve?

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Patricia Pino and Christian Reilly interview Fadhel Kaboub, President of the Global Institute for Sustainable Prosperity to discuss the new policy advocated by MMT activists which is generating debate in the US after support from Senator Bernie Sanders.

What is a Job Guarantee, how does it compare to UBI and what problems, if any, would it solve?

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Patricia Pino and Christian Reilly discuss Government 'debt' and explain why politicians never ask "how are you going to pay for it?" when it comes to war.

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