What is Modern Monetary Theory and will it help?
By Ken Wolff Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) is a macroeconomic theory for the current age in which governments have abandoned the gold standard and also […]
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An economy without people
By Ken Wolff Last week I suggested that modern economic theory has lost sight of people but the reality is now becoming that many segments […]
Here’s something to think about…
What does one do when one feels disempowered? What does one do when one feels one’s needs are being ignored, that one no longer has […]
Don’t count on George to get you a job
Investing Daily is an online service which, according to them, gives “Profitable advice for smart people”. A few weeks ago they published an article titled […]
Time for a new economic model
By Ken Wolff Late in the 1970s Keynesian economics was largely abandoned when it failed to explain the stagflation that had occurred during that decade. […]
The Folly of Neo-Liberals
It is utterly appalling that the deteriorating state of the Australian economy is being swept under the carpet while Malcolm Turnbull and Scott Morrison continually […]
No jobs, no growth, but lots of spin
Following on from Treasurer Scott Morrison’s underwhelming address to the National Press Club on Wednesday, the latest unemployment and underemployment figures for January bury his plans […]
Our Government: Traitors to their own people
For the twelve months or so that I have been writing articles advocating the benefits that would come if our government implemented a Modern Monetary […]
Printing Money
Adair Turner is a British Lord as well as a businessman and academic. He is, according to Wikipedia, a member of the UK’s Financial Policy […]
Make the bosses richer and the customers will come
The Liberal Party do have a plan for jobs. Whether it will work is another matter. This, according to them, is the list of their achievements […]
An Economic Blueprint for a Sustained Recovery
In response to the AIMN article, “Unemployment rises with no plans for Growth”, Andreas Bimba outlined a recovery path that provides politicians from both major […]
A Conspiracy of Convenience
Much has been written here recently about Modern Monetary Theory (MMT), the job guarantee, structural deficits, fiscal statements, fiat currency and the like. But that, […]