The MMT Podcast with Patricia Pino & Christian Reilly

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

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June 19, 2025 62 mins

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 efforts to further its mystification, known as “monetary silencing”.

 

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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-sustaining planet have become secondary concerns to the primary goal of “growth”.

 

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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!) but counter-productive call for a wealth tax to “fund” life-saving support for vulnerable people (needlessly waiting for the rich to cough up while people suffer and die is bad!) and, of course - those beautiful tariffs.

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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” vital support for vulnerable people.

 

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Patricia and Christian talk with author and activist Cory Doctorow about capitalism, culture and… [checks notes] marshmallows!

 

 

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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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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 natural!”

8) “Banks create all the money!”

9) Labour’s Fiscal rule

10) “The government is helpless!”

 

Patricia and Christian talk with economist and author Dr Phil Armstrong about the least useful pieces of economic coverage from 2024.

This episode:

  1. “The fiscal black hole!”
  2. “Taxpayer money!” 
  3. “Government ‘borrowing!’”
  4. “Bond vigilantes!”

More to follow in part 2.

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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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Part 2: Dr Sam Levey answers listener questions about the mechanics of the monetary system.

 

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Part 1: Dr Sam Levey answers listener questions about the mechanics of the monetary system.

 

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June 25, 2024 81 mins

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 from media coverage.

 

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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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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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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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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 Christian talk to Professor Steven Hail about behavioural economics as a vital corrective to the unreal assumptions in mainstream models. Just as MMT models the monetary system as it actu...

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 An Ecologically Just Civilisation”.

 

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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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Patricia and Christian talk to economist, author and Modern Money Lab instructor Dr Erik Dean about the history of Keynesianism, BS jobs, and Keynes’ “Economic Possibilities For Our Grandchildren”.

 

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To commemorate the anniversary of Trussonomic Mini-budgeting, Christian talks to Professor John T. Harvey about what determines currency prices and more.

 

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