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  • January 2019

  • Fri 25

    Social Get Together

    25th January 2019 @ 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
    Riverside Terrace Café, Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Center, Belvedere Rd, Lambeth, London, United Kingdom
  • February 2019

  • Fri 1

    First International European MMT Conference – Berlin

    1st February 2019 @ 8:00 am - 2nd February 2019 @ 6:00 pm
    EBC-Hochschule Hauptstraße 27, Berlin, Germany
  • March 2019

  • Fri 1

    Bill Mitchell to launch ‘Macroeconomics’ textbook in London

    1st March 2019 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
    Springer Nature - Stables Building Trematon Walk, Kings Cross, London, United Kingdom

    GIMMS is delighted to be co-hosting with Macmillian International Higher Education an evening with the internationally respected author Bill Mitchell to launch the publication of 'Macroeconomics'. This groundbreaking new core …

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  • Sat 2

    Social Get Together – Nottingham

    2nd March 2019 @ 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
    Canalhouse 48 -52 Canal Street, Nottingham, United Kingdom
  • May 2019

  • Wed 8

    MMT Scotland – Modern Monetary Theory and the Economics of an Independent Scotland

    8th May 2019 @ 8:00 pm - 10:30 pm
    EICC The Exchange, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
    £12.50
  • Thu 9

    MMT Scotland – Modern Monetary Theory and the Economics of an Independent Scotland

    9th May 2019 @ 8:00 pm - 10:30 pm
    The Mitchell Library North St, Glasgow, United Kingdom
    £13.69
  • Sat 11

    Bill Mitchell, Warren Mosler and Martin J Watts to speak at GIMMS Seminar – Birmingham

    11th May 2019 @ 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
    Unique Venues Birmingham Birmingham Repertory Theatre. 6 Centenary Square,, Birmingham,, United Kingdom

    The Gower Initiative for Modern Money Studies is delighted to be hosting this event at which founding proponents of Modern Monetary Theory, Professor Bill Mitchell and Warren Mosler, will be …

    £11.25
  • Sun 12

    Local Government Funding: Challenging the Status Quo

    12th May 2019 @ 4:30 pm - 7:00 pm
    The Southgate Club 17 Chase Side, London, United Kingdom

    Professor Bill Mitchell, who is on a promotional tour for his new book ‘Macroeconomics’ will address a number of key issues, including: - The myopic nature of austerity – it …

    £3.79
  • July 2019

  • Sat 13

    MMT Talk and Social – Abergavenny

    13th July 2019 @ 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
    The Melville Centre Pen Y Pound, Abergavenny, Wales, United Kingdom

    Do you ever wonder why governments have plenty of money for their pet projects or can magic it up to bail out banks or go to war but claim there …

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Front cover of "Modern Monetary Theory - Key Insights, leading thinkers
Modern Monetary Theory: Key Insights, Leading Thinkers

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SHolland @sarahollando552 ·
24 Dec

True for the US
True for the U.K.
#MMT @wbmosler
@GowerInitiative

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Tally Sticks @widespreadhaze ·
26 Dec

@grenville_1 @DanielJHannan First government does not spend by printing money.

What makes us richer are the resources that are mobilised by both government and private spending.

At the global level all financial liabilities and all financial assets offset each other, cancelling to zero. What remains are

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Tally Sticks @widespreadhaze ·
26 Dec

@DanielJHannan Good question. The answer is simply that our ancestors ran a commodity based currency system: a silver standard. However, for centuries they utilised systems to bypass the silver constraint, such as ‘tallies of pro’. The ancient Exchequer of Receipt was in effect a clearing house

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Tally Sticks @widespreadhaze ·
18 Dec

The money comes from MPs votes. It’s called ‘Money from Parliament’.

You are an MP and should know this, it is your job after all.

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Pavlina R Tcherneva @ptcherneva ·
18 Dec

We call on the Indian government to recommit to MGNREGA & its demand-driven access to employment from a human rights perspective. Join me, @JosephEStiglitz, @MazzucatoM, @Ferreras_Isa, @PikettyWIL, @srpoverty, @DarrickHamilton, @Jayati1609 and other experts by signing our letter.

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