A podcast about real-world economics, including Modern Money Theory, and how life changes when you discover it. Hosted by third-year MMT activist, Jeff Epstein. This SoundCloud channel was formerly called People Conversations, by Citizens' Media TV (CMTV). All People Conversations interviews remain intact in this channel. Any MMT articles I write remain hosted on the CMTV website: https://citizensmediatv.wordpress.com/
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Full audio: John Harvey reading Contending Perspectives: Chapter 4: Marxism [EDITED]
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Full audio: John Harvey reading Contending Perspectives: Chapter 4: Marxism [EDITED]
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Full audio: John Harvey reading Contending Perspectives: Chapter 3: Neoclassical Economics [EDITED]
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Full audio: John Harvey's Contending Perspectives: Chapter 2: Economics as a scientific discipline [EDITED]
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Episode 152[2/2]: Five Torrens graduate students discuss the job guarantee
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Welcome to episode 152 of Activist #MMT. Today's part two of my conversation with five of my Torrens classmates, this time about the job guarantee, from a now-much more educated point of view, given our experience at Torrens. We are also joined by John's wife, Martha, who is highly educated on topics related to the job guarantee. (Here's a link to …
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Episode 151[1/2]: Five Torrens graduate students reminisce about the first year.
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Welcome to episode 151 of Activist #MMT. Today I talk with five of my Torrens classmates about our first year in the new graduate program – its importance, some fond memories, and a few improvements we hope to see. In part two we discuss the job guarantee from a now-much more educated point of view. (Here's a link to part 2. A list of the audio cha…
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[Mostly-not MMT] 2019 interview: Keith Errol Benson: The black experience *is* the American experience.
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THIS IS A BACKUP OF A GREAT INTERVIEW I DID IN 2019. IT TOUCHES ON MMT, BUT IS MOSTLY NON-MMT. --- A fascinating and insightful conversation on black history, music, religion, politics, economics, and more. More here: https://citizensmedia.tv/2019/07/07/kem/
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Ep150: Maren Poitras, creator and director of Finding the Money
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Welcome to episode 150 of Activist #MMT. Today I talk with Maren Poitras, the creator and director of the MMT documentary, Finding the Money. I had the pleasure of seeing this film on October 1st, 2023, in New York City, with my Torrens professor Steven Hail, Torrens administrator Gabie Bond, and Torrens classmate Susan Borden. After the film, we a…
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Episode 150 (preview): Maren Poitras: How can YOU help Finding the Money be seen by others?
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Here's a preview of my soon-to-be-released interview with Finding the Money director, Maren Poitras. It's a four-minute segment where Maren describes what YOU can do to help Finding the Money be seen by others. The big launch is less than three weeks away. This means the most important thing is to get people to buy tickets for screenings. The docum…
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Episode 148[1/2]: Steve Keen: MMT says government spending creates money. It's correct.
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Welcome to episode 148 of Activist #MMT. Today I talk with post-Keynesian economist Steve Keen about his decades-long fight against mainstream economics, what MMT convinced him of, and the couple parts of MMT he still disagrees with. This first part is a half-hour long audio interview, which will be followed next month by an hour-and-a-half-long vi…
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Full audio: John Harvey's Contending Perspectives: Chapter 1: Introduction [EDITED]
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John Harvey reads the introduction to (chapter one of) his book, Contending Perspectives. Here's the original video from where this audio came. Here's a list of links to John reading every chapter (released so far) in his 2021 book Contending Perspectives. Note the original video is unedited, but the audio has been edited to eliminate obvious mista…
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Full audio: John Harvey's Contending Perspectives: Chapter 00: Before we begin [EDITED]
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Episode 147[2/2]: Brian Romanchuk: The secondary market through the eyes of a bond analyst
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Welcome to episode 147 of Activist #MMT. Today's the second in my two-part conversation with author, mathematician, and bond analyst Brian Romanchuk (Twitter/RomanchukBrian), on the basics of the secondary market and how it relates to the primary market. Today in part two, Brian continues describing the participants in the secondary market, why the…
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Episode 146[1/2]: Brian Romanchuk: The secondary market through the eyes of a bond analyst
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Welcome to episode 146 of Activist #MMT. Today I talk with author, mathematician, and bond analyst Brian Romanchuk, on the basics of the secondary market and how it relates to the primary market. Brian starts with a brief tutorial of how bonds are priced, which is seen very differently from the points of view of the primary and secondary markets. F…
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Episode 145 [3/3]: Emily Ruhl: Religiously-defensible, divinely-supported genocide
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Welcome to episode 142 of Activist #MMT. Today's the final part of my three-part conversation with Emily Ruhl, on his 2008 paper, Religiously-defensible, divinely-supported genocide. Today we discuss principles seven to ten. My full and detailed question and summary list can be found in the show notes to part one. Also, be sure to see the list "aud…
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Episode 144 [2/3]: Emily Ruhl: Religiously-defensible, divinely-supported genocide
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Welcome to episode 144 of Activist #MMT. Today's part two of a three-part conversation with historian, author, and Harvard master's graduate, Emily Ruhl, on her new paper and master's thesis, In League with the Devine: How Religion Influenced Nazi Perpetrators of the Holocaust. You will find my detailed question list at the bottom of the show notes…
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Episode 143 [1/3]: Emily Ruhl: Religiously-defensible, divinely-supported genocide
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Welcome to episode 143 of Activist #MMT. Today I talk with historian, author, and Harvard master's graduate, Emily Ruhl, on her new paper and master's thesis, In League with the Devine: How Religion Influenced Nazi Perpetrators of the Holocaust. This is the first of a three-part episode. You will find my full and detailed question list at the botto…
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Modern Money Doughnuts: Torrens Student Susan Borden (season 3, episode 3, audio only)
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Welcome to to the audio of season 3, episode 3 of Modern Money Doughnuts (MMD), hosted by Steven Hail and Gabrielle Bond. In series 3 of Modern Money Doughnuts, we meet some of the students from the Modern Money Lab and Torrens University Australia Masters Degree in the Economics of Sustainability. Today we talk to Susan Borden, one of our amazing …
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Ep142 [3/3]: Scott Fullwiler: Modern Central Bank Operations: The General Principles [principles 7-10 of 10]
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Welcome to episode 142 of Activist #MMT. Today's the final part of my three-part conversation with Scott Fullwiler, on his 2008 paper, Modern Central Bank Operations: The General Principles. Today we discuss principles seven to ten. My full and detailed question and summary list can be found in the show notes to part one. Also, be sure to check out…
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Modern Money Doughnuts: Torrens Student Nathan McMillan (season 3, episode 2, audio only)
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Welcome to the audio of season 2, episode 2 of Modern Money Doughnuts (MMD), hosted by Steven Hail and Gabrielle Bond. In series 3 of Modern Money Doughnuts, we meet some of the students from the Modern Money Lab and Torrens University Australia Masters Degree in the Economics of Sustainability. Today we talk to Nathan McMillan, one of our amazing …
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Ep141 [2/3]: Scott Fullwiler: Modern Central Bank Operations: The General Principles [principles 3-6 of 10]
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Welcome to episode 141 of Activist #MMT. Today's part two of my three-part conversation with Scott Fullwiler, on his 2008 paper, Modern Central Bank Operations: The General Principles. Last time in part one, we discussed some generic but related topics, and then principles one and two. Today in part two, we discuss principles three to six. Next tim…
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Modern Money Doughnuts: Torrens Student Jeff Epstein (season 3, episode 1, audio only)
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Welcome to season 3, episode 1 of Modern Money Doughnuts (MMD), hosted by Steven Hail and Gabrielle Bond. In series 3 of Modern Money Doughnuts, we meet some of the students from the Modern Money Lab and Torrens University Australia Masters Degree in the Economics of Sustainability. Today we talk to Activist #MMT Jeff Epstein, one of our amazing st…
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Ep140 [1/3]: Scott Fullwiler: Modern Central Bank Operations: The General Principles [principles 1-2 of 10]
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Welcome to episode 140 of Activist #MMT. Today I talk with Scott Fullwiler on his 2008 paper, Modern Central Bank Operations: The General Principles. Today's part one of a three-part conversation. Today in part one we discuss some generic but related topics, and then principles one and two. Next time in part two we cover principles three to six, an…
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Ep137: Steve Kelsey: Trans-jurisdictional caring
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Welcome to episode 137 of activist #MMT. Today I talk with Steve Kelsey, about what money and money issuance, and our entire money system, should and could be, if we could start over and design it from scratch. You'll find two of his papers linked below (in the Resources section). Before that, we discuss Steve's Twitter thread, which is one of the …
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The Reality of Inflation with Fadhel Kaboub
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Dennison University economics professor Fadhel Kaboub discusses the reality of inflation. Dr. Kaboub has recently been appointed as Under-Secretary-General for Financing for Development of the OEC. See: https://oec-oce.org/en/secretary-general-appoints-fadhel-kaboub-under-secretary-general-for-financing-for-development/ Here's the video of this sni…
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Full audio: John Harvey's Contending Perspectives: Chapter 1: Introduction [EDITED]
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Ep136 [2/2]: Gabie Bond: Climate change, Torrens, and the job guarantee
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Welcome to episode 136 of Activist #MMT. Today's part two of my two-part conversation with Gabie Bond. Last month, in part one, we talked not about economics, but all about music. Gabie's a classically trained violist and I'm a classically trained singer. Today in part two, we talk about MMT, Torrens University, climate change, and the job guarante…
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Ep135 [1/2]: Gabie Bond: Talking all about music [NOT MMT]
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Welcome to episode 135 of Activist #MMT. Today I talk with Gabie Bond. In part two, we talk about MMT, Torrens University, climate change, and the job guarantee. In hour one, however, we talk all about music. (To be clear, this first hour has little to do with economics.) As you heard before the opening music, Gabie is a classically trained violist…
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Full audio: Cowboy Economist #23: Is we is or is we ain't in a recession? (John Harvey)
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Ep134 [2/2]: Charles Hayden: Inflation and Warren's monopoly price setter
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Welcome to episode 134 of Activist #MMT. Today's part two of my two-part conversation with Charles Hayden. In part one, Charles described how he created at least three important milestones in MMT history, and how Warren Mosler played a integral role his journey to understanding and accepting MMT. Today in part two, we discuss some of the many varie…
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Modern Money Doughnuts, seas2-ep12: Fadhel Kaboub: climate justice and monetary sovereignty (audio podcast)
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Welcome to season 2, episode 12 of Modern Money Doughnuts (MMD), hosted by Steven Hail and Gabrielle Bond. MMD is an international show about modern monetary theory and ecological economics. This week, Steven and Gabie talk to Fadhel Kaboub, the President of the Global Institute for Sustainable Prosperity and consultant to Modern Money Lab , is one…
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Ep133 [1/2]: Charles Hayden: His role in early MMT milestones (and Warren Mosler)
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Welcome to episode 133 of Activist #MMT. Today I talk with Charles Hayden about his role in creating at least three important milestones in MMT history, and how Warren Mosler played a integral role his journey to understanding and accepting MMT. The first milestone, as hinted at in the cool quote (what you heard at the very beginning), is the 2013 …
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Ep132[3/3,6/6] John Harvey on exchange rates and neoclassicism [guest host: Johnathan Wilson]
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Welcome to episode 132 of Activist #MMT. Today's the final part of a six-part series with Texas Christian University (TCU) economics professor and Cowboy Economist John Harvey. Parts four through six are also the first main interview of Activist #MMT hosted by someone other than me. Today's guest host is my own former guest, MMT researcher, Texas l…
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Ep131[2/3,5/6] John Harvey on exchange rates and neoclassicism [guest host: Johnathan Wilson]
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Welcome to episode 131 of Activist #MMT. Today's part five of a six-part series with Texas Christian University (TCU) economics professor and Cowboy Economist John Harvey. Parts four through six are also the first main interview of Activist #MMT hosted by someone other than me. Today's guest host is my own former guest, MMT researcher, Texas lawyer…
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Modern Money Doughnuts, seas2-ep11: Matthew Rimmer (audio podcast)
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Welcome to season 2, episode 11 of Modern Money Doughnuts (MMD), hosted by Steven Hail and Gabrielle Bond. MMD is an international show about modern monetary theory and ecological economics. This week, Steven and Gabie talk to Professor Matthew Rimmer, an expert in intellectual property and innovation law at the Queensland University of Technology.…
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Ep130[1/3,4/6] John Harvey on exchange rates and neoclassicism [guest host: Johnathan Wilson]
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Welcome to episode 130 of Activist #MMT. Today's part four of a six-part series with Texas Christian University (TCU) economics professor and Cowboy Economist John Harvey. Parts four through six are also the first main interview of Activist #MMT hosted by someone other than me. Today's guest host is my own former guest, MMT researcher, Texas lawyer…
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Modern Money Doughnuts, seas2-ep10: Con Michalakis (audio podcast)
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Welcome to season 2, episode 10 of Modern Money Doughnuts (MMD), hosted by Steven Hail and Gabrielle Bond. MMD is an international show about modern monetary theory and ecological economics. This week, Steven and Gabie talk to Con Michalakis. Con is the Chief Investment Officer for Statewide Superannuation, South Australia's biggest retirement pens…
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Ep129[2/2]: Dirk Ehnts: Raising interest rates is like blowing up the garden to weed it
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Welcome to episode 129 of Activist #MMT. Today's part two of my two-part conversation with Dirk Ehnts. Last week in part one, Dirk described his journey from a PhD in mainstream economics, to discovering and accepting MMT. Today, I ask questions circling around his new co-authored piece for the Gower Initiative, called Raising interest rates is lik…
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Ep128[1/2] Dirk Ehnts: From mainstream to MMT
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Ep128[1/2] Dirk Ehnts: From mainstream to MMT https://youtu.be/m0uyelaD4uA https://make.headliner.app/project/5cca5c19-38ae-4aa6-8da8-b241d449689b Welcome to episode 128 of Activist #MMT. Today I talk with Dirk Ehnts, about his personal journey to MMT, which happened only after obtaining a PhD in mainstream economics. One of Dirk's first hints that…
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Ep127 [3/3,3/6]: John Harvey: MMT, the UK, and pound sterling
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Welcome to episode 127 of Activist #MMT. Today's part three in a six-part series with Texas Christian University (TCU) economics professor and Cowboy Economist, John Harvey. The first three parts are hosted by me, the final three by MMT researcher, Texas lawyer, and my previous guest, Johnathan Wilson. Jonathan and John talk about how MMT can apply…
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Ep126[2/3,2/6]: John Harvey: MMT, the UK, and pound sterling
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Welcome to episode 126 of Activist #MMT. Today's part two in a six-part series with Texas Christian University (TCU) economics professor and Cowboy Economist, John Harvey. The first three parts are hosted by me, the final three by MMT researcher, Texas lawyer, and my previous guest, Johnathan Wilson. Jonathan and John talk about how MMT can apply t…
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Modern Money Doughnuts, seas2-ep9: Dirk Ehnts (audio podcast)
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Welcome to season 2, episode 9 of Modern Money Doughnuts (MMD), hosted by Steven Hail and Gabrielle Bond. MMD is an international show about modern monetary theory and ecological economics. This week, Steven and Gabie talk to Dr. Dirk Ehnts, a leading European modern monetary theorist who recently published a paper titled Modern Monetary Theory: Th…
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Ep125[1/3,1/6] John Harvey: MMT, the UK, and pound sterling
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Welcome to episode 125 of Activist #MMT. Today's the first in a six-part series with Texas Christian University (TCU) economics professor and Cowboy Economist, John Harvey. The first three parts are hosted by me, the final three by MMT researcher, Texas lawyer, and my previous guest, Johnathan Wilson. Jonathan and John talk about how MMT can apply …
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Full audio: Cowboy Economist #22: Explaining Inflation (John Harvey)
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Full audio: Cowboy Economist #21: Cousin John speaks to the Northeast Tarrant County Democrats about the Job Guarantee! (John Harvey)
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Full audio: Cowboy Economist #20: The Ballad of MMT (John Harvey)
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Full audio: Cowboy Economist #19a: Review of John Harvey's Contending Perspectives in Economics. (John Harvey)
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Full audio: Cowboy Economist #19: A review of Dr. Stephanie Kelton's The Deficit Myth (John Harvey)
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Full audio: Cowboy Economist #18: Paying COVID-19 to go away. (John Harvey)
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