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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

  • Tht didn’t last long
    on 21 June 2026 by Richard Murphy

    I was not surprised by a report from the New York Times last night, which noted that: Iranian Forces Say They Closed Strait of Hormuz Read the full article...

  • Europe still needs a Green New Deal
    on 21 June 2026 by Richard Murphy

    The Economist’s Charlemagne newsletter this weekend carried an intriguing message. Faced with soaring temperatures across western Europe, it suggested that people should stop feeling guilty Read the full article...

  • Fifty two questions for Andy Burnham
    on 21 June 2026 by Richard Murphy

    If Andy Burnham is serious about becoming prime minister, then there are a series of questions he needs to answer before anyone can sensibly judge Read the full article...

  • Debate Ammunition: What is truth?
    on 21 June 2026 by Richard Murphy

    The Richard J Murphy YouTube Channel Debate Ammunition What is Truth? Funding the Future | June 2026 Today’s topic What Is Truth? The video which Read the full article...

  • What is truth?
    on 21 June 2026 by Richard Murphy

    Most of us think we know what is true. We hold opinions, beliefs and convictions that feel self-evident. But what if many of the things Read the full article...

Posts from Bill Mitchell – Modern Monetary Theory

  • Towards a progressive rebuttal of the far Right narratives
    on 18 June 2026 by bill

    I saw a clip from John Stewart’s Daily Show yesterday where he showed some Fox News commentators (I think) talking about how they hate ‘woke’ and how they now have to put up with public events featuring “half naked men” (their slight against the gay community). Stewart then showed the next clip – the cage…

  • Can capitalism survive? Not if we want to solve the climate and poverty crisis
    on 15 June 2026 by bill

    The opening line of Part II of Joseph Schumpeter’s 1942 book – Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy – was “Can capitalism survive? No, I do not think it can”. His thesis was not that capitalism would perform badly, quite the opposite. Rather the considered that “its very success undermines the social institutions which protect it, and…

  • Apparently the UK government is about to do the impossible – run out of sterling
    on 11 June 2026 by bill

    Go back to the headlines in 2010 – – “Countries with debt over 90 percent of GDP enter a danger zone”. The 90 per cent threshold entered the media coverage as a result of a paper released by Harvard economists Ken Rogoff and Carmen Reinhart – Growth in a Time of Debt. That paper talked…

  • My blog is on holiday today
    on 8 June 2026 by bill

    Today is a public holiday in the parts of Australia that I live and I have travel commitments. So I’ll be back on Thursday. What is this holiday about? Yes, it is deeply embarrassing but today is the King’s Birthday holiday in Australia that is meant to celebrate our glorious head of state, given that…

  • Australia’s lowest paid workers enjoy a modest real wage gain courtesy Fair Work Commission
    on 4 June 2026 by bill

    On May 19, 2026, Oxfam Australia’s media release – Australian billionaires’ wealth grows by $50,000 per minute – informed us of the growing inequality in Australia, a country that promotes a ‘legend’ that egalitarianism is at its core. I will discuss their research in detail at another time but the results are stunning. In a…

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