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ChrisB
@chrisb2024.bsky.social
· Dec 7
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Why do so many #Marxists dismiss #ModernMonetaryTheory as capital apologia? #MMT is a lens, not an ideology! #JobGuarantee is a superior path vs #UBI to build #WorkingClass power. Ep. ft. @_awda_ drops Sat. 1/24 @ 8AM ET. Find all our ep. @ realprogressives.org/macro-n-cheese/
January 22, 2026 at 3:34 AM
Why do so many #Marxists dismiss #ModernMonetaryTheory as capital apologia? #MMT is a lens, not an ideology! #JobGuarantee is a superior path vs #UBI to build #WorkingClass power. Ep. ft. @_awda_ drops Sat. 1/24 @ 8AM ET. Find all our ep. @ realprogressives.org/macro-n-cheese/
MMT threatens vested interests in the economy and in economics, that's why we can't talk about it.
This is great from @spborden.bsky.social #MMT
open.substack.com/pub/susanbor...
This is great from @spborden.bsky.social #MMT
open.substack.com/pub/susanbor...
Not an Economic Question but a Question about Economics
Why Can’t We Discuss MMT?
open.substack.com
January 18, 2026 at 9:14 PM
MMT threatens vested interests in the economy and in economics, that's why we can't talk about it.
This is great from @spborden.bsky.social #MMT
open.substack.com/pub/susanbor...
This is great from @spborden.bsky.social #MMT
open.substack.com/pub/susanbor...
Essential reading on the Job Guarantee. The best way to support the unemployed in society. #MMT
Incomes policies such as UBI are a favourite of many.
But here I argue you can achieve most of the social goals these policies seek to meet while also providing macroeconomic stabilisation via the labour market with a Job Guarantee.
open.substack.com/pub/jgs952/p...
But here I argue you can achieve most of the social goals these policies seek to meet while also providing macroeconomic stabilisation via the labour market with a Job Guarantee.
open.substack.com/pub/jgs952/p...
January 16, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Essential reading on the Job Guarantee. The best way to support the unemployed in society. #MMT
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The "Govt as Household" & "Taxpayer Money" analogies have sat at the apex of economic narrative for 50 yrs. What can be done?
Dismantling this narrative requires a strategic, multidisciplinary counter-offensive that builds a more accurate & equally compelling story.
substack.com/@mmtmichael/...
Dismantling this narrative requires a strategic, multidisciplinary counter-offensive that builds a more accurate & equally compelling story.
substack.com/@mmtmichael/...
There is an alternative.
The “Household Budget” A Multidisciplinary Deconstruction of a Prevailing Narrative
substack.com
January 14, 2026 at 9:11 AM
The "Govt as Household" & "Taxpayer Money" analogies have sat at the apex of economic narrative for 50 yrs. What can be done?
Dismantling this narrative requires a strategic, multidisciplinary counter-offensive that builds a more accurate & equally compelling story.
substack.com/@mmtmichael/...
Dismantling this narrative requires a strategic, multidisciplinary counter-offensive that builds a more accurate & equally compelling story.
substack.com/@mmtmichael/...
Every generation inherits not just the physical infrastructure of its predecessors but a set of assumptions about what is economically possible. #MMT
Five Generations, One Betrayal
Every generation inherits not just the physical infrastructure of its predecessors but a set of assumptions about what is economically possible. In post-war Britain, those assumptions have shifted so dramatically that grandparents and grandchildren now inhabit entirely different economic universes while sharing the same national space.
chrisblanduk.com
January 10, 2026 at 11:07 AM
Every generation inherits not just the physical infrastructure of its predecessors but a set of assumptions about what is economically possible. #MMT
This is an excellent read, well worth the time to digest... #MMT
I've written here about the nature of money and why understanding money properly has far-reaching implications for modern policy making, how we all think of the economy, and what we believe is possible.
open.substack.com/pub/jgs952/p...
open.substack.com/pub/jgs952/p...
January 6, 2026 at 4:16 PM
This is an excellent read, well worth the time to digest... #MMT
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✨ New Essay! ✨
@greenbackbetter.bsky.social argues that the current turn toward the analog isn't simple nostalgia. It's a rejection of design as inevitable. From frictionless UX to balanced budgets, it's time to stop treating the politics of design as natural constraints.
Please read & share! 👩💻 🙌
@greenbackbetter.bsky.social argues that the current turn toward the analog isn't simple nostalgia. It's a rejection of design as inevitable. From frictionless UX to balanced budgets, it's time to stop treating the politics of design as natural constraints.
Please read & share! 👩💻 🙌
Touch Grass, Touchscreens, and Public Design
By Will Beaman A small design story from May 2025 has been making the rounds on my newsfeed: car manufacturers, after years of migrating controls onto touchscreens, are re-embracing physical button…
moneyontheleft.org
December 29, 2025 at 7:52 PM
✨ New Essay! ✨
@greenbackbetter.bsky.social argues that the current turn toward the analog isn't simple nostalgia. It's a rejection of design as inevitable. From frictionless UX to balanced budgets, it's time to stop treating the politics of design as natural constraints.
Please read & share! 👩💻 🙌
@greenbackbetter.bsky.social argues that the current turn toward the analog isn't simple nostalgia. It's a rejection of design as inevitable. From frictionless UX to balanced budgets, it's time to stop treating the politics of design as natural constraints.
Please read & share! 👩💻 🙌
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Delighted to hear that The Invisible Doctrine, the film by @peterhutchison.bsky.social and @lucas-sabean.bsky.social, is being offered free to view on YouTube for the holiday season. It's all yours! youtu.be/gR4eSEetKP0
The secret history of Neoliberalism | The Invisible Doctrine | Full Film
YouTube video by Journeyman Pictures
youtu.be
December 22, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Delighted to hear that The Invisible Doctrine, the film by @peterhutchison.bsky.social and @lucas-sabean.bsky.social, is being offered free to view on YouTube for the holiday season. It's all yours! youtu.be/gR4eSEetKP0
AI eliminates the value of thinking. Climate change increases the cost of surviving. Private markets can't profit from either end.
New post: what happens when these forces collide, and why governments will inherit the economy whether we plan for it or not.
New post: what happens when these forces collide, and why governments will inherit the economy whether we plan for it or not.
The End of Profit
Two forces are converging on the global economy. AI is driving the cost of cognition toward zero. Climate change is driving the cost of physical stability upward. Together, they dissolve the foundations of the market economy we inherited. In the emerging economy, what matters is access to resources and the capacity to manage risk.
chrisblanduk.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:07 PM
AI eliminates the value of thinking. Climate change increases the cost of surviving. Private markets can't profit from either end.
New post: what happens when these forces collide, and why governments will inherit the economy whether we plan for it or not.
New post: what happens when these forces collide, and why governments will inherit the economy whether we plan for it or not.
This is an incredibly powerful depiction of life in the UK under an #MMT economic lens. If only sceptics could open their minds to appreciate this view.
I wrote about the feasibility and implications of changing our macroeconomic management to a ZIRP+JG+Banking Reforms approach, using the insights of the MMT framework lens.
open.substack.com/pub/jgs952/p...
open.substack.com/pub/jgs952/p...
Zero-Interest Rates, Job Guarantee, and MMT in the UK
Feasibility and Implications
open.substack.com
December 13, 2025 at 6:13 AM
This is an incredibly powerful depiction of life in the UK under an #MMT economic lens. If only sceptics could open their minds to appreciate this view.
Thank God for that! The first reasonable article about #MMT and @zackpolanski.bsky.social 's fresh take on the economy. Well done @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/politics/gre...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/gre...
The case for Zack Polanski's economic plan
The Green Party leader's recent arguments sound a lot like Modern Monetary Theory
www.newstatesman.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Thank God for that! The first reasonable article about #MMT and @zackpolanski.bsky.social 's fresh take on the economy. Well done @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/politics/gre...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/gre...
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@richardjmurphy.bsky.social in his usual clear and reasoned way, critiques Rachel Reeves' budget for 'managed decline' and explains how she could instead have made life better for all, if she had had the courage to do so.
youtu.be/6pTpT_uB_4M?...
#MMT #NeoliberalMyths
youtu.be/6pTpT_uB_4M?...
#MMT #NeoliberalMyths
Rachel Reeves’ budget: Who really governs Britain?
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
November 29, 2025 at 11:59 AM
@richardjmurphy.bsky.social in his usual clear and reasoned way, critiques Rachel Reeves' budget for 'managed decline' and explains how she could instead have made life better for all, if she had had the courage to do so.
youtu.be/6pTpT_uB_4M?...
#MMT #NeoliberalMyths
youtu.be/6pTpT_uB_4M?...
#MMT #NeoliberalMyths
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Isn't it refreshing when someone actually does nuance and detail?
H/t @andyverity.bsky.social at the BBC!
H/t @andyverity.bsky.social at the BBC!
November 29, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Isn't it refreshing when someone actually does nuance and detail?
H/t @andyverity.bsky.social at the BBC!
H/t @andyverity.bsky.social at the BBC!
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Fantastic to see an economics reporter accurately reporting economics… #MMT
Isn't it refreshing when someone actually does nuance and detail?
H/t @andyverity.bsky.social at the BBC!
H/t @andyverity.bsky.social at the BBC!
November 29, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Fantastic to see an economics reporter accurately reporting economics… #MMT
There are real constraints: workers, factories, energy, time.
And there are fake constraints: "but where will the money come from?"
Learn the difference by crashing an economy (for educational purposes).
keystroke.mmtaction.uk
#MMT
And there are fake constraints: "but where will the money come from?"
Learn the difference by crashing an economy (for educational purposes).
keystroke.mmtaction.uk
#MMT
November 28, 2025 at 4:47 PM
There are real constraints: workers, factories, energy, time.
And there are fake constraints: "but where will the money come from?"
Learn the difference by crashing an economy (for educational purposes).
keystroke.mmtaction.uk
#MMT
And there are fake constraints: "but where will the money come from?"
Learn the difference by crashing an economy (for educational purposes).
keystroke.mmtaction.uk
#MMT
Another budget, another "we must live within our means" while the government literally creates the currency 🤯
Tired of household credit card analogies? Join our Discord to discuss how sovereign currency works and why budget commentary is economic fan fiction.
discord.gg/S3UbxFe4FR
#MMT
Tired of household credit card analogies? Join our Discord to discuss how sovereign currency works and why budget commentary is economic fan fiction.
discord.gg/S3UbxFe4FR
#MMT
Join the MMT UK Discord Server!
Check out the MMT UK community on Discord - hang out with 131 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Another budget, another "we must live within our means" while the government literally creates the currency 🤯
Tired of household credit card analogies? Join our Discord to discuss how sovereign currency works and why budget commentary is economic fan fiction.
discord.gg/S3UbxFe4FR
#MMT
Tired of household credit card analogies? Join our Discord to discuss how sovereign currency works and why budget commentary is economic fan fiction.
discord.gg/S3UbxFe4FR
#MMT
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The very first thing the Prime Minister does is use the household budget metaphor.
A metaphor - this report into BBC coverage - said could be "easily misleading."
Why is the government trying to mislead the country?
A metaphor - this report into BBC coverage - said could be "easily misleading."
Why is the government trying to mislead the country?
November 26, 2025 at 12:05 PM
The very first thing the Prime Minister does is use the household budget metaphor.
A metaphor - this report into BBC coverage - said could be "easily misleading."
Why is the government trying to mislead the country?
A metaphor - this report into BBC coverage - said could be "easily misleading."
Why is the government trying to mislead the country?
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Are the Labour Government finally going to bring in rent controls?
I seem to be living rent free in their heads!
(Thanks for the shout out!)
Join.greenparty.org.uk
I seem to be living rent free in their heads!
(Thanks for the shout out!)
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Join the Green Party
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November 26, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Are the Labour Government finally going to bring in rent controls?
I seem to be living rent free in their heads!
(Thanks for the shout out!)
Join.greenparty.org.uk
I seem to be living rent free in their heads!
(Thanks for the shout out!)
Join.greenparty.org.uk
🚨 IT'S BUDGET DAY AND WE BUILT YOU A WEB APP to squash the economic myths that are coming...
Myth tracking ✓
Fact-checking ✓
Media complaints ✓
Social critiques ✓
AND a bingo card 🎯
Yes, Budget Myth Bingo. We're not okay.
mmtaction.uk
#MMT #Budget2026
Myth tracking ✓
Fact-checking ✓
Media complaints ✓
Social critiques ✓
AND a bingo card 🎯
Yes, Budget Myth Bingo. We're not okay.
mmtaction.uk
#MMT #Budget2026
MMT Budget Response Suite
mmtaction.uk
November 26, 2025 at 9:41 AM
🚨 IT'S BUDGET DAY AND WE BUILT YOU A WEB APP to squash the economic myths that are coming...
Myth tracking ✓
Fact-checking ✓
Media complaints ✓
Social critiques ✓
AND a bingo card 🎯
Yes, Budget Myth Bingo. We're not okay.
mmtaction.uk
#MMT #Budget2026
Myth tracking ✓
Fact-checking ✓
Media complaints ✓
Social critiques ✓
AND a bingo card 🎯
Yes, Budget Myth Bingo. We're not okay.
mmtaction.uk
#MMT #Budget2026
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#BBCR4Feedback We've had nothing but flat earth economics on all #BBC channels in the run-up to the budget. Despite definitive evidence that every £ of public spending is newly created @bankofengland.bsky.social, the neoclassical ideologues prevail @ #BBC
#MMT
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#MMT
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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November 25, 2025 at 9:08 AM
#BBCR4Feedback We've had nothing but flat earth economics on all #BBC channels in the run-up to the budget. Despite definitive evidence that every £ of public spending is newly created @bankofengland.bsky.social, the neoclassical ideologues prevail @ #BBC
#MMT
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#MMT
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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The 'Household analogy', often used by economists and economic commentators, is a false analogy fallacy. Sovereign governments are nothing like households as @richardjmurphy.bsky.social
clearly explains:
youtu.be/Q03GKwMxmAo?...
#MMT
clearly explains:
youtu.be/Q03GKwMxmAo?...
#MMT
Why the government is nothing like a household
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 12:42 PM
The 'Household analogy', often used by economists and economic commentators, is a false analogy fallacy. Sovereign governments are nothing like households as @richardjmurphy.bsky.social
clearly explains:
youtu.be/Q03GKwMxmAo?...
#MMT
clearly explains:
youtu.be/Q03GKwMxmAo?...
#MMT
Thx to you both @robbhawkes.bsky.social and @greenbackbetter.bsky.social for a great presentation. Recording and transcript available soon...
I enjoyed this too! Thx to @chrisb2024.bsky.social for inviting us and hosting. We talked about how “Unis” help students understand money as social technology; how campaign credits (see the Zetro card) can mobilise volunteer labour; and municipal bonds can become “cash” when politics makes it so.
Had a great time speaking with
@modernmoneylab.org.uk about complementary currencies with my MOTL colleague @robbhawkes.bsky.social!!
Some of our slides below 💛🫡
@modernmoneylab.org.uk about complementary currencies with my MOTL colleague @robbhawkes.bsky.social!!
Some of our slides below 💛🫡
October 30, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Thx to you both @robbhawkes.bsky.social and @greenbackbetter.bsky.social for a great presentation. Recording and transcript available soon...