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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- Details of Modern Money Lab’s online graduate, postgraduate and standalone courses in economics are here: https://modernmoneylab.org.au/
Relevant to this episode:
- Dr Erik Dean’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@erikdean9269
- “Economic Possibilities For Our Grandchildren” by J.M. Keynes: http://www.econ.yale.edu/smith/econ116a/keynes1.pdf
- Erik recommends the 3rd and 4th issues of the Journal Of Economic Issues from 1987 as a starting point for researching the foundations of institutionalist economics. I’ve linked to those here, but a library login is required: https://www.jstor.org/stable/i389846 , https://www.jstor.org/stable/i389847?typeAccessWorkflow=login
For an intro to MMT:
- Our first three episodes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/41742417
- Episode 126 - Dirk Ehnts: How Banks Create Money: https://www.patreon.com/posts/62603318
Quick MMT reads:
- Warren’s Mosler’s MMT white paper: http://moslereconomics.com/mmt-white-paper/
- Steven Hail’s quick MMT explainer: https://theconversation.com/explainer-what-is-modern-monetary-theory-72095
- Quick explanation of government debt and deficit: “Some Numbers Are Big. Let Me Help You Get Over It”: https://christreilly.com/2020/02/17/some-numbers-are-big-let-me-help-you-get-over-it/
For a short, non-technical, free ebook explaining MMT, download Warren Mosler’s “7 Deadly Innocent Frauds Of Economic Policy” here: http://moslereconomics.com/wp-content/powerpoints/7DIF.pdf
Episodes on monetary operations:
- Episode 20 - Warren Mosler: The MMT Money Story (part 1): https://www.patreon.com/posts/28
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