RadioMMT

Socialist revolution or evolution? Anne & Kev speak with Prof Bill Mitchell about how an understanding of Modern Monetary Theory is essential for realistic change. Shownotes Theme Music Pleading Ignorance, by Ed...

We return to our conversation with labour market political sociologist, Dr. Victor Quirk.This is a conversation about the "Political Aspects of Full Employment" as inspired by a paper written by economist Michael...

Poverty, vilification, and social isolation. Unemployment causes untold damage to individuals, families and communities. You might think we would want to minimise these harms by minimising unemployment.Since at least...

Why is it when ordinary workers are awarded a small pay increase in line with cost of living increases that business cries, "Inflation!", while at the same time demanding that their perks and ever increasing profit...

We review the Australian Federal Government's 2026 annual budget, and focussed on:The Good: the reversal of neoliberal tax policies that have been driving up property prices since 1999.The Bad: the austerity shown...

Bonds! So very confusing and so misleading. An instrument deliberately used by orthodox, conservative economists to lead us down a very unnecessary garden path. We pull back the misinformation to explain why they...

If we understand the federal government does not tax us in order to get its spending money, then why does it tax us at all? Anne and Kev tackle this question with the help of presentations given by Professors John...

Standing in line for hours to get your government-issued potato? Or enjoying a fantastic work-life balance on a 3-day work week? Student of ecological economics, Harry Rosson, joins Anne for a conversation about...

Kevin & Katy re-examine banking and credit. What happens when we remove banking from our economic system? Can our economy survive without bank credit? They discuss the lunacy that is monetary policy. The...

We have an economy that uses a monetary system to co-ordinate how we make and acquire stuff. And if you have a monetary system, you need banks. Kev and Kent talk about this role banks have, and how their potential to...

We wrap up Kevin's interview with Prof Bill Mitchell, who surmises that capitalism's profit driven agenda is incapable of solving the problems it has created. Capitalism, and its "market-based solutions"...

We continue our conversation with Professor Bill Mitchell, and explore where money comes from, and the fiscal capacity (ability to spend) of a currency issuing government.Unusual circumstances often require ideology be...

Despite the hysteria of mainstream economists, Japan's economy seems to be doing okay. So why does Professor Bill Mitchell (co-founder of Modern Monetary Theory) want to shock the Japanese economy? Bill talks about...

We all use money. We have some sort of understanding of how to use it and how to lose it. It defines so much of what we can and can't do. But what is it and where does it come from? It turns out that we actually...

MMT is simply an analysis of how our economy actually operates. So how come some people, including so-called economic experts and authorities, don't get it? Katy and Kevin explore the conflict that economic...