Here’s the full interview, from which some of the comments on public banking were culled. My answers in English with Spanish subtitles.EKO – Público TV. Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=949JLYr2L90&feature=youtu.be&a
While in Spain for the launch of my Modern Money Primer in Spanish, I gave a long interview for Public Television. Parts of that interview are interspersed in this segment on Public Banking: http://especiales.publico.es/publico-tv/eko/496632/eko-la-banca-publica My interview is in English (with Spanish subtitles) while the rest is in Spanish. Other portions of my interview will be … Read more
Germany is a short train ride away for 300 million EU citizens. Borders are open. Occupy in the name of the 99%. Stop austerity NOW. Go in peace. Obey all laws. Support the German Labor Unions. Do not leave until the Neoliberals are thrown out. Big blockupy protest against ECB on the occasion of the … Read more
Here is a link to a video for one of my presentations in Spain. Streamed live on Mar 7, 2015 La Asociación de Economía Crítica, ATTAC, Econonuestra y FUHEM Ecosocial le invitan a la sesión “Teoría monetaria moderna: ¿Austeridad presupuestaria frente a déficits públicos?” FUHEM: The title slide of the powerpoint to accompany the talk is … Read more
Yesterday I participated in a press conference and gave the first of a series of lectures in Madrid on MMT and the Job Guarantee. At the press conference, Alberto Garzón announced his party’s plan to create a million jobs in a targeted JG: IU plantea un plan de 9.600 millones para crear un millón de … Read more
Another event has been added. Hope to meet Spanish followers of MMT in Madrid this week. Here are some details: Press Release: “Una idea no se realiza por ser lógicamente coherente ni con la verdad pura, ni con una humanidad pura que no existe más que como programa y finalidad ética general de los hombres, … Read more
Recently, I wrote a newsletter about my views of the art market. Specifically, I addressed why, in my view, art had finally come into it’s own as a true asset class. (I compiled a list of a dozen reasons why I believe that is so: If you are interested in reading that piece, you can … Read more
In an earlier post, (2013) we discussed the long term decline in the share of manufacturing in the US economy. In this post, we will analyze the relationship between long-term structural changes and transitory shocks that have taken place in the US economy since World War II. Total GDP has increased by a factor of … Read more
Sorry, I’ve been very busy in recent weeks, finishing up a book on Minsky and revising my Modern Money Primer for a second edition (more on both of those projects later). Meanwhile, Lola Books is gearing up to release the Primer in Spanish next week. I’ll be in Madrid for the launch and for a … Read more
There’s an interesting question about “analysis” which confronts anyone who seriously wants to engage in it: do you organize your focus around what you want to happen (practical policy emphasis) or do you concentrate your efforts in detailing and outlining what you think will happen? Naturally the closer you are to having an ideological discourse … Read more