The MMT Podcast with Patricia Pino & Christian Reilly
The MMT Podcast offers economic analysis on current issues from a Modern Monetary Theory perspective. Aimed at anyone who has ever felt lost in the jargon used by mainstream economics commentators. We believe economics is for everyone.
You can help sustain this podcast via Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MMTpodcast
- Update frequency
- every 12 days
- Average duration
- 70 minutes
- Episodes
- 209
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
#201 Anything we can actually do, we can afford: The Anti-austerity Conference with Phil Armstrong (part 2)
(Part 2) Patricia and Christian continue their conversation with Dr Phil Armstrong about recent events in the world of government budgeting, and the upcoming Anti-Austerity Conference on September 12…
#200 Anything we can actually do, we can afford: The Anti-austerity Conference with Phil Armstrong (part 1)
Patricia and Christian talk to Dr Phil Armstrong about recent events in the world of government budgeting, and the upcoming Anti-Austerity Conference on September 12th-13th.
Full conversation here:…
#199 The Money Myths Fuelling Right-Wing Populism with Jakob Feinig
Christian talks to Professor Jakob Feinig about how right-wing politics is bolstered by the myth that humans are part of a mechanism they can neither understand nor change - The Market - and the effo…
#198 How Captured Economics Stole Our Future & What To Do About It with Katy Shields
Patricia and Christian talk with recovering mainstream economist Katy Shields about the ways in which economists and their backers have warped global politics to the point where we and our life-susta…
#197 The Problem With Wealth Taxes with Steven Hail (part 2)
Part 2: Patricia and Christian continue their conversation with economist, author, and founder of Modern Money Lab Professor Professor Steven Hail about the well-intentioned (taxing the rich is good!…
#196 The Problem With Wealth Taxes with Steven Hail (part 1)
Part 1: Patricia and Christian talk with economist, author, and founder of Modern Money Lab Professor Steven Hail about the well-intentioned but counter-productive call for a wealth tax to “fund” vit…
#195 Capitalists Hate Capitalism with Cory Doctorow
Patricia and Christian talk with author and activist Cory Doctorow about capitalism, culture and… [checks notes] marshmallows!
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#194 The Appallingly Bad Economics Of Elon Musk with Dr Dirk Ehnts
Patricia and Christian talk with economist and author Dr Dirk Ehnts about Elon Musk’s nonsensical ideas about how the money system works.
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#193 The Fauxbel Prize: Top Lies In Economics 2024 with Dr Phil Armstrong (part 2)
Part 2: Patricia and Christian continue their conversation with economist and author Dr Phil Armstrong about the least useful pieces of economic coverage from 2024.
This episode:
7) “Markets are …
#192 The Fauxbel Prize: Top Lies In Economics 2024 with Dr Phil Armstrong (part 1)
Patricia and Christian talk with economist and author Dr Phil Armstrong about the least useful pieces of economic coverage from 2024.
This episode:
- “The fiscal black hole!”
- “Taxpayer money!”
- “Gover…
#191 Steven Hail: What is Rachel Reeves thinking?
Patricia and Christian talk to economist and author Professor Steven Hail about how Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ views on government spending have changed since 2010.
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#190 Sam Levey: Monetary operations Q&A (part 2)
Part 2: Dr Sam Levey answers listener questions about the mechanics of the monetary system.
Full conversation available here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-only-sam-105296626
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#189 Sam Levey: Monetary operations Q&A (part 1)
Part 1: Dr Sam Levey answers listener questions about the mechanics of the monetary system.
Full conversation available here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-only-sam-105296626
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#188 Election special with Dirk Ehnts
What every voter needs to know: Patricia and Christian talk to economist and author of “MMT: A Simple Guide to the Monetary System”, Dr Dirk Ehnts about the upcoming UK election and what’s missing fr…
#187 Phil Armstrong: MMT & Austrian Economics (part 2)
Part 2: Christian talks to Dr Phil Armstrong about his recent paper: “History and origin of money in MMT and Austrian Economics: The difference methodology makes?”
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#186 Phil Armstrong: MMT & Austrian Economics (part 1)
Part 1: Christian talks to Dr Phil Armstrong about his recent paper: “History and origin of money in MMT and Austrian Economics: The difference methodology makes?”
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#185 Dirk Ehnts: The public debt is what we own, not what we owe
Patricia and Christian talk to Dr Dirk Ehnts about the origins and nature of money, and what it means for tackling our various planetary emergencies.
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#184 Steven Hail: What if people aren’t utility-maximising omniscient supercomputers?
STOP PRESS! FOR OUR AUSTRALIAN PALS - THE “FINDING THE MONEY” FILM TOUR STARTS THIS WEEK - AS IN 27TH OF FEBRUARY! MORE DETAILS HERE: https://modernmoneylab.org.au/events/film-tour/
Patricia and Chri…
#183 Mark Diesendorf: The Path To An Ecologically Just Civilisation
Christian talks to Mark Diesendorf, a physicist and professor in the Environment & Society Group at the University of New South Wales, about the economics underpinning his latest book, “The Path To A…
#182 Warren Mosler & Cory Doctorow In Conversation
Christian talks to author Cory Doctorow and MMT founder Warren Mosler about Cory’s latest book “The Lost Cause” (set in a post-Green New Deal future), framing the MMT Job Guarantee, and more.
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