Ep. 130 Rohan Grey Does a Deep Dive on Legality and Theory of MMT and Trillion Dollar Platinum Coin
In a very comprehensive discussion, Bob talks with Rohan Grey, Assistant Prof. of Law at Willamette University. Rohan is an expert on the history of US fiscal and monetary legislation, as well as Modern Monetary Theory (MMT). Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: The YouTube version of this interview. Rohan Grey’s CV,…
Ep. 128 Bob Murphy Reviews Stephanie Kelton’s New Book on MMT
Bob wrote a lengthy review of Stephanie Kelton’s new book on MMT, The Deficit Myth, for the Mises Institute. In this episode he narrates his review. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: Bob’s original book review at Mises.org. Kelton’s book, The Deficit Myth. #CommissionsEarned (As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.) Bob’s older critique…
Ep. 117 Refuting Some Economics Fallacies Related to the Corona Crisis
Bob tackles some Keynesian / MMT fallacies that have resurfaced in light of the response to the coronavirus. In particular, he responds to Larry Summers who viewed the lockdown as being akin to workers staying home over the weekend, and then to Neil Irwin on Twitter, who approvingly retweeted a thread arguing that it was…
Ep. 25 Discussing MMT Through the Eyes of a Socialist
Bob shares an interview he did on C. Jay Engel’s podcast, “Austro-Libertarian,” where they discussed Doug Henwood’s critique of MMT that ran in the socialist publication, Jacobin magazine. Henwood’s article was an excellent summary of the academic roots of MMT, and thus supplements the pragmatic discussions (from the perspective of Warren Mosler) that have recently…
Ep. 24 Murphy Dissects His Discussion of MMT With Warren Mosler
By popular demand, Bob goes solo and explains some of the major disagreements he had with the views Warren Mosler expressed back in episode 18. At that time, Bob was just having a friendly discussion, not a debate, but in this episode, Bob explains where he thinks Mosler went wrong. Mentioned in the Episode and…