Ep. 25 Discussing MMT Through the Eyes of a Socialist
Bob shares an interview he did on C. Jay Engel’s podcast, “Austro-Libertarian,” where they discussed Doug Henwood’s critique of MMT that ran in the socialist publication, Jacobin magazine. Henwood’s article was an excellent summary of the academic roots of MMT, and thus supplements the pragmatic discussions (from the perspective of Warren Mosler) that have recently…
Ep. 24 Murphy Dissects His Discussion of MMT With Warren Mosler
By popular demand, Bob goes solo and explains some of the major disagreements he had with the views Warren Mosler expressed back in episode 18. At that time, Bob was just having a friendly discussion, not a debate, but in this episode, Bob explains where he thinks Mosler went wrong. Mentioned in the Episode and…
Ep. 18 Warren Mosler Defends the Essential Insights of Modern Monetary Theory (MMT)
Bob brings on MMT superstar Warren Mosler to explain–not to debate!–his understanding of Modern Monetary Theory. After summarizing Mosler’s interesting background, the two discuss the assumptions behind MMT and its implications for economic policy. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: Warren Mosler’s website. Warren’s definitive book, The Seven Deadly Innocent Frauds of Economic…