On Modern Monetary Theory. Doug Henwood joins us to discuss whether MMT offers a fiscal alternative for Left governments. What is monetary sovereignty and do all states have it? What are MMT's prospects for states as different as the USA, Nigeria or Brazil? Is it a suspect economic remedy, too much of a quick fix? Are MMT proponents guilty of avoiding political confrontation? 
Readings
<a href='https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/02/modern-monetary-theory-isnt-helping'>Modern Monetary Theory Isn’t Helping</a>, Doug Henwood, Jacobin
<a href='https://jacobinmag.com/2019/02/mmt-modern-monetary-theory-doug-henwood-overton-window'>MMT Is Already Helping</a>, Pavlina R. Tcherneva, Jacobin
<a href='http://www.levyinstitute.org/pubs/wp_778.pdf'>Modern Money Theory 101: A Reply to Critics</a> (pdf), Éric Tymoigne and L. Randall Wray 
<a href='http://thomaspalley.com/?p=1145'>Modern Money Theory (MMT) vs. Structural Keynesianism</a>, Thomas Palley
<a href='https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2019/02/what-is-modern-monetary-theory-and-why-is-it-so-im.html'>What Is Modern Monetary Theory and Why Is It So Important to the Green New Deal?</a>, Jacob Weindling, Paste Magazine
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/69/ Boiled Lobsters ft. Angela Nagle

The global politics podcast at the end of the End of History. Politics is back but it’s stranger than ever: join us as we chart a course beyond the age of ’bunga bunga’. Interviews, long-form discussions, docu-series.