Heterodox
Positive article on MMT and Stephanie Kelton, who is in Australia now. The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)'All deficits are good for someone': Visiting economist shrugs off debt concerns Andrew Taylor, Senior Reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald
Read More »Bill Mitchell — Leopards do not change their spots
Only a short blog post today as it is Wednesday. My father, in fact, used to say that ‘leopards do not change their spots’, when referring to people who in one period behaved one way and then when sprung would pretend they were reformed. I was thinking about that when I noted that the queue to the magical reinvention door is getting longer by the day. This is the process, whereby a person, who previously advocated neoliberal macroeconomic policy interventions from the sidelines (as an...
Read More »Rosemary Bolger — A radical plan to give every Australian a job who wants one is gaining momentum
The unconventional plan would eliminate unemployment in Australia, says US economist Stephanie Kelton…. Stephanie Kelton will be one of three keynote speakers at Future to Fight For: Rethinking Our Economy in Sydney (17 November), Melbourne (20 November) and Brisbane (21 November). SBS News A radical plan to give every Australian a job who wants one is gaining momentum Rosemary Bolger
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