What is Modern Money Theory (MMT)?
MMT describes how the economy works. Although MMT does not prescribe government policy, there are some “natural” consequences. Some MMT core points are below.
Posts from Richard Murphy at Tax Research UK
- Money creation supports the value of pound, rather than harms it
on 28 August 2026 by Richard MurphyThe strongest opposition that I received on LinkedIn, and elsewhere, to my suggestion that we need not worry about the UK’s national debt as it Read the full article...
- If you want to understand government finances don’t ask business or the City
on 28 August 2026 by Richard MurphyIf we want to understand government finances, the last people we should ask are usually businesspeople and the City of London. That might sound surprising. Read the full article...
- Capital gains tax revenues make the case for the Taxing Wealth Report
on 28 August 2026 by Richard MurphyThe naysayers about my Taxing Wealth Report have always said that some of my suggestions, such as equalising the tax rates on income and capital Read the full article...
- The nationalisation taboo
on 28 August 2026 by Richard MurphyNationalisation has become the word British politicians dare not say, and the reason they give is always the same: it is unaffordable. They claim that Read the full article...
- The national debt – and the reactionon 27 August 2026 by Richard Murphy
I have already noted one response to my video about £3 trillion of national debt, posted yesterday. That was on YouTube polls, where 4,900 people Read the full article...
Posts from Bill Mitchell – Modern Monetary Theory
- Government debt hysteria relies on acceptance of a totally unnecessary administrative practiceon 26 August 2026 by bill
As a followup on Monday’s blog post – Australian government debt approaching $A1 trillion – who cares? Everybody it seems but me (August 24, 2026) – there is an additional aspect of the hysteria around government debt levels that was implicit in that post but bears more detailed discussion. What I am writing today is…
- Australian government debt approaching $A1 trillion – who cares? Everybody it seems but meon 24 August 2026 by bill
The neoliberal era has made humanity progressively crazy when it comes to currency matters. At the moment, this trend seems to have reached new heights of absurdity. I note that the US government is now buying up its own debt with more debt as a cover for the stupidity that its President and his lackeys…
- Australian labour market – unemployment continues to rise as a deliberate policy choiceon 20 August 2026 by bill
Last month, I noted that the sharp shift towards part-time work was the first signal that a labour market contraction was coming. The latest data released today confirms that the contraction is now eating into overall employment and pushing the unemployment rate up. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released the latest labour force data…
- Real wages in Australia decline for the third consecutive quarteron 19 August 2026 by bill
Today (August 19, 2026), the Australian Bureau of Statistics released the latest – Wage Price Index, Australia – for the June-quarter 2026, which shows that the aggregate wage index rose by 3.2 per cent over the 12 months down from 3.4 per cent in the March-quarter. With the annual inflation rate for the June-quarter came…
- ECB research paper continues to deny that bond buying programmes essentially funded the Eurozone governmentson 17 August 2026 by bill
The ECB recently published in their Occasional Paper Series the following report (No. 397) – Prohibition of monetary financing: an economic perspective – which purports to justify the current practice of central banks of not directly buying the debt issued by their governments, despite many central banks at various times since this practice became the…
Other Modern Money Theory Proponents
Other MMT Discussion
- MMT For the British People (Facebook group)
- Modern Money Theory (MMT) Australia (Facebook group)
- Modern Money Theory Dank Meme Stash (Facebook group)
- Intro to MMT – Modern Monetary Theory (Facebook group)
- MMT Podcast (Christian Reilly) (Twitter)
- Activist #MMT, the podcast (Twitter)
- Money on the Left (Twitter) (Web site)
- MMT France (En français)
- Stephanie Kelton @ The Lens/Substack
- Modern Monetary Theory by Brooke Clarke