Resources and Tools

Here we aim to provide a ‘one-stop-shop’ for UK and international resources, from the straightforward to the highly complex. With a range of styles from the academic to the combative, we hope everyone will find the information provided in a way to suit them.  The blogs, videos and podcasts offer a range of presentation styles. We are sure that everyone will find a style to suit them.

The toolkit section is under development. Our toolkits will be designed for lobbying and educating decision-makers and the general public that it really is time to change the way we talk about the economy.

Books

Macroeconomics
Authors: William Mitchell, L. Randall Wray and Martin Watts

Modern Monetary Theory: Key Insights, Leading Thinkers
Edited by L. Randall Wray, Phil Armstrong, Sara Holland, Claire Jackson-Prior, Prue Plumridge and Neil Wilson

The Deficit Myth
Author: Stephanie Kelton

Reclaiming the State: A Progressive Vision of Sovereignty for a Post-Neoliberal World
Authors: William Mitchell, Thomas Fazi

Eurozone Dystopia: Groupthink and Denial on a Grand Scale
Author: William Mitchell

Seven Deadly Innocent Frauds of Economic Policy
Author: Warren Mosler

The Case for a Job Guarantee
Author: Associate Professor Pavlina Tcherneva

Economics for Sustainable Prosperity
Author: Dr Steven Hail

The Job Guarantee: Design, Jobs, and Implementation
Author: Associate Professor Pavlina Tcherneva

Debt: The First 5,000 Years
Author: David Graeber

The Millennials’ Money
Author: JD Alt

Soft Currency Economics II
Author: Warren Mosler

Why Minsky Matters
Author: L. Randall Wray

Modern Money Theory: A Primer on Macroeconomics for Sovereign Monetary Systems
Author: L. Randall Wray

The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money
Author: John Maynard Keynes

Modern Monetary Theory and Practice – an Introductory Text
Authors: William Mitchell, L Randall Wray and Martin Watts

Debunking Economics – The Naked Emperor Dethroned?
Author: Steve Keen

Can Heterodox Economics Make a Difference? Conversations With Key Thinkers
Author: Phil Armstrong

 

Websites

The Modern Money Network (MMN)

Global Institute for Sustainable Prosperity

New Wayland blog – Neil Wilson

The Basics of Modern Money

New Economics Perspectives

Matches in the Dark – Alan Hutchison

Public Matters – Public policy from an MMT perspective

Real Progressives

Activist #MMT

 

Videos

A range of videos are available on our YouTube channel but here is a small selection:

Professor Stephanie Kelton speaks on why a government budget should not be looked at in the same way as a household budget https://youtu.be/6IBEoWSiTHc

Macroeconomics with Warren Mosler, Bill Mitchell and Martin J Watts, Birmingham – 11th May 2019 https://youtu.be/sT1KoXayDNU

Professor Fadhel Kaboub explains the case for a Job Guarantee in the UK https://youtu.be/h1Ux_JbHQVE

Professor Bill Mitchell explains the role of the Job Guarantee in enabling currency-issuing governments to maintain full employment https://youtu.be/KSw0ROvM6QM

Professor L. Randall Wray explains what gives fiat money its value https://youtu.be/boHE_dR159k

Dr Steven Hail on Why Politicians Don’t Talk About MMT Publicly https://youtu.be/iEqXtZKily0

Professor Bill Mitchell and Warren Mosler on the societal costs associated with unemployment and inflation https://youtu.be/6kILjC3P9z4

Professor Stephanie Kelton explains the Limits on Government Spending https://youtu.be/ja_qHRvZNRU

Professor Bill Mitchell on why context is important when discussing deficits or surpluses https://youtu.be/h661PkRUbFI

Professor Stephanie Kelton running a little live currency creation experiment https://youtu.be/IhRzC_fERbs

Professor L Randall Wray on Sectoral Balances https://youtu.be/zxDVRISfsls

Professor Randall Wray on Quantitative Easing and QE for the People https://youtu.be/MqBLL_6l2JI

Warren Mosler on QE https://youtu.be/CO6GS13rEuE

Professor Stephanie Kelton: The National Debt is actually a government savings account https://youtu.be/9BYhoMILwR4

Professor L Randall Wray: Why do governments that issue their own currency bother to sell bonds? https://youtu.be/pex89N9Oqog

Roundtable Discussion on the Job Guarantee with Pavlina Tcherneva, Philip Harvey, Rohan Grey and Darrick Hamilton, with Moderator Daniel Sufranski https://youtu.be/ijSUfh33yO8

 

Podcasts

Academic Papers

 

A database of MMT academic papers is available on our Zotero page

If you are using a mobile device, the database is best viewed by requesting the desktop version on your browser.

The database is a growing resource; a work in progress. If you would like to suggest a paper to be added to it, please email us at email hidden; JavaScript is required.

 

Activist #MMT has a list of academic papers arranged in sections suitable for the layperson, one curated for mainstream economists as well as another of important academic papers for the more ambitious. Please see https://activistmmt.org/first-papers/

 

PDF Downloads

From our Launch event on 5th October 2018

GIMMS Launch brochure

Slides

Randeep Ramesh MMT Journalism and a post-truth world

Bill Mitchell Gower Introduction to Modern Monetary Theory

Bill Mitchell Gower Job Guarantee Workshop

From our events in May 2019
Slides

Warren Mosler talk, Birmingham, 11th May 2019

Bill Mitchell talk, Birmingham, 11th May 2019

Martin J Watts talk, Birmingham, 11th May 2019

Complete Birmingham Presentation 11th May 2019

Charith Gunawardena talk, Local Government Funding, Southgate 12th May 2019

Bill Mitchell talk, Local Government Funding, Southgate 12th May 2019

Bill Mitchell “Train the Trainers” event – 13th May 2019

Events from September 2019

MMT and the Green New Deal – Bill Mitchell

Bill Mitchell Training the MMT Trainers September 2019

Phil Armstrong MMT Leeds September 2019

From October 2019

Green Party Conference Fringe Event Phil Armstrong

From February 2020

Bill Mitchell – The paradigm shift in economics and the future of progressive politics – London and Manchester talk

Bill Mitchell MMTed Masterclass Module One London

Launch of “Modern Monetary Theory: Key Insights, Leading thinkers” – 20/4/23

Daniel Kostzer – Checklist for a Public Employment Program

Phil Armstrong – Modern Monetary Theory as post-neoliberal economics

Christian Reilly – Why Mosler Matters

Neil Wilson – The UK Financial System

 

GIMMS Leaflet

GIMMS Introductory leaflet page 1

GIMMS Introductory leaflet page 2

Fact Sheets

GIMMS Fact Sheet pdf MMT Basics

GIMMS Fact Sheet pdf Job Guarantee

GIMMS Fact Sheet pdf Origins of MMT

GIMMS Fact Sheet pdf A Brief History of Money

GIMMS Fact Sheet pdf Sectoral Balances

GIMMS Fact Sheet pdf Inflation

GIMMS Fact Sheet pdf Quantitative Easing

GIMMS Fact Sheet pdf MMT and Public Policy

GIMMS Fact Sheet pdf Macroeconomics

GIMMS Fact Sheet pdf The Bank of England

GIMMS Fact Sheet pdf Gilts and Bonds

GIMMS Fact Sheet pdf The Green New Deal

GIMMS Fact Sheet Negative Interest Rates

 

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