#130 Andrés Bernal: Inflation & What Orthodox Economists Misunderstand About Money

Patricia and Christian talk to scholar, researcher, CUNY lecturer and executive director of Public Money Action, Andrés Bernal about his most recent paper “Inflationary Pressures in the Time of Covid-19: MMT as a Theory of Inflation”.

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