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It is the time of year when I get more boring than usual, to remind you there exists a global online Masters degree in economics with live webinars solidly based on #MMT and a respect for our planetary boundaries
Let's change the world!
For details, steven.hail@torrens.edu.au
Let's change the world!
For details, steven.hail@torrens.edu.au
November 19, 2025 at 9:23 PM
It is the time of year when I get more boring than usual, to remind you there exists a global online Masters degree in economics with live webinars solidly based on #MMT and a respect for our planetary boundaries
Let's change the world!
For details, steven.hail@torrens.edu.au
Let's change the world!
For details, steven.hail@torrens.edu.au
Governments do not intervene in the economy.
Government decisions are the economy.
Government decisions are the economy.
November 20, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Governments do not intervene in the economy.
Government decisions are the economy.
Government decisions are the economy.
It seems George Monbiot is an economics denier.
He thinks financial capital is finite and that we can tax the rich to 'get it back'.
Financial capital is not finite. The ability of a liveable planet to withstand ecological vandalism is.
He thinks financial capital is finite and that we can tax the rich to 'get it back'.
Financial capital is not finite. The ability of a liveable planet to withstand ecological vandalism is.
Your 'bonus moment of doom' for today:
"If, as now seems likely, crucial Earth systems cross tipping points and suddenly collapse, the effects on human life, let alone the survival of other life forms, would destroy the smooth and steady progress he foresees."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"If, as now seems likely, crucial Earth systems cross tipping points and suddenly collapse, the effects on human life, let alone the survival of other life forms, would destroy the smooth and steady progress he foresees."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I wish we could ignore Bill Gates on the climate crisis. But he’s a billionaire, so we can’t | George Monbiot
Money talks – and his essay denouncing ‘near-term emissions goals’ at Cop30 mostly argues the case for letting the ultra-rich off the hook
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:08 PM
It seems George Monbiot is an economics denier.
He thinks financial capital is finite and that we can tax the rich to 'get it back'.
Financial capital is not finite. The ability of a liveable planet to withstand ecological vandalism is.
He thinks financial capital is finite and that we can tax the rich to 'get it back'.
Financial capital is not finite. The ability of a liveable planet to withstand ecological vandalism is.
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I've got that 'above the trendline' feeling this morning, and haven't even had a cup of coffee yet.
Here's the latest on the 3-year running average for global sea-ice extent.
Here's the latest on the 3-year running average for global sea-ice extent.
November 6, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I've got that 'above the trendline' feeling this morning, and haven't even had a cup of coffee yet.
Here's the latest on the 3-year running average for global sea-ice extent.
Here's the latest on the 3-year running average for global sea-ice extent.
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The Modern Money Lab Economics of Sustainability January series this year will feature the following academics - Pavlina Tcherneva, Stephanie Kelton, John Harvey, Scott Fullwiler, Tim Foxon and Phil Lawn.
More details soon or from steven.hail@torrens.edu.au.
Do come along.
More details soon or from steven.hail@torrens.edu.au.
Do come along.
November 5, 2025 at 12:09 AM
The Modern Money Lab Economics of Sustainability January series this year will feature the following academics - Pavlina Tcherneva, Stephanie Kelton, John Harvey, Scott Fullwiler, Tim Foxon and Phil Lawn.
More details soon or from steven.hail@torrens.edu.au.
Do come along.
More details soon or from steven.hail@torrens.edu.au.
Do come along.
The housing crisis is merely a sub-set of the inequality crisis.
Those earning high incomes have no problem affording houses.
Those earning high incomes have no problem affording houses.
November 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The housing crisis is merely a sub-set of the inequality crisis.
Those earning high incomes have no problem affording houses.
Those earning high incomes have no problem affording houses.
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Your 'fun global warming water-cooler doom fact' for today:
The last October that saw a monthly average temperature at or below the 1850-1900 pre-industrial baseline was October, 1976, at -0.18°C below the baseline.
Fun, right?
The last October that saw a monthly average temperature at or below the 1850-1900 pre-industrial baseline was October, 1976, at -0.18°C below the baseline.
Fun, right?
November 2, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Your 'fun global warming water-cooler doom fact' for today:
The last October that saw a monthly average temperature at or below the 1850-1900 pre-industrial baseline was October, 1976, at -0.18°C below the baseline.
Fun, right?
The last October that saw a monthly average temperature at or below the 1850-1900 pre-industrial baseline was October, 1976, at -0.18°C below the baseline.
Fun, right?
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All those pictured, running this event in Canberra, are current or past students of Modern Money Lab - great to see.
October 23, 2025 at 2:06 AM
All those pictured, running this event in Canberra, are current or past students of Modern Money Lab - great to see.
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The next intake is in February - you could be a part of it.
October 16, 2025 at 6:01 AM
The next intake is in February - you could be a part of it.
The term 'electoral democracy' is a non-sequitur.
Sortition would be far better.
newstatesman.com/politics/uk-po…
Sortition would be far better.
newstatesman.com/politics/uk-po…
https://newstatesman.com/politics/uk-po…
October 14, 2025 at 11:33 PM
The term 'electoral democracy' is a non-sequitur.
Sortition would be far better.
newstatesman.com/politics/uk-po…
Sortition would be far better.
newstatesman.com/politics/uk-po…
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My latest animation of the global surface temperature anomaly, 1851 - 2025 (current through September).
October 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM
My latest animation of the global surface temperature anomaly, 1851 - 2025 (current through September).
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I don't think most other Masters degrees in economics have quite the same student feedback as ours. Here is a small sample, from last trimester - modernmoneylab.org.au/courses/:
October 10, 2025 at 1:19 AM
I don't think most other Masters degrees in economics have quite the same student feedback as ours. Here is a small sample, from last trimester - modernmoneylab.org.au/courses/:
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It’s just 10 days to go until our launch event on Saturday 18 October at Teesside University and there are still a few places available - don’t miss out!
Visit our website for more information and please share widely: wherecreditsdueboro.wordpress.com/events/
Visit our website for more information and please share widely: wherecreditsdueboro.wordpress.com/events/
October 8, 2025 at 6:48 AM
It’s just 10 days to go until our launch event on Saturday 18 October at Teesside University and there are still a few places available - don’t miss out!
Visit our website for more information and please share widely: wherecreditsdueboro.wordpress.com/events/
Visit our website for more information and please share widely: wherecreditsdueboro.wordpress.com/events/
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At the UN, the president praises the men and women who crossed oceans and mountains to found the country after saying moments before that the men and women who cross mountains and oceans today are destroying every country.
September 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
At the UN, the president praises the men and women who crossed oceans and mountains to found the country after saying moments before that the men and women who cross mountains and oceans today are destroying every country.
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We ought to make more of our program being at the top of the list the International Society for Ecological Economics recommends, but we are terrible at marketing. Maybe you can help us tell people.
September 23, 2025 at 1:51 PM
We ought to make more of our program being at the top of the list the International Society for Ecological Economics recommends, but we are terrible at marketing. Maybe you can help us tell people.
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For those keeping track (and who isn't?), the planet is now at day 3 at 1.65C above the 1850-1900 pre-industrial baseline.
While MSM sells outrage 24/7 with Kimmel, Tylenol, Putin, Israel... collapse just doesn't make the cut. Do folks care about the end of everything anymore?
While MSM sells outrage 24/7 with Kimmel, Tylenol, Putin, Israel... collapse just doesn't make the cut. Do folks care about the end of everything anymore?
September 23, 2025 at 2:48 PM
For those keeping track (and who isn't?), the planet is now at day 3 at 1.65C above the 1850-1900 pre-industrial baseline.
While MSM sells outrage 24/7 with Kimmel, Tylenol, Putin, Israel... collapse just doesn't make the cut. Do folks care about the end of everything anymore?
While MSM sells outrage 24/7 with Kimmel, Tylenol, Putin, Israel... collapse just doesn't make the cut. Do folks care about the end of everything anymore?
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Oh, well. With almost all politicians, most economists and most of the media spreading complete nonsense about the UK economy and public policy, at least it gives us plenty to discuss in Bristol (12/13 Sept) and Sheffield (20/21):
events.humanitix.com/public-money...
modernmoneylab.org.uk/events/
events.humanitix.com/public-money...
modernmoneylab.org.uk/events/
Money, Government and the Public Interest | Sheffield
Public Money for Public Good: Why MMT Matters | Sheffield UK
events.humanitix.com
August 24, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Oh, well. With almost all politicians, most economists and most of the media spreading complete nonsense about the UK economy and public policy, at least it gives us plenty to discuss in Bristol (12/13 Sept) and Sheffield (20/21):
events.humanitix.com/public-money...
modernmoneylab.org.uk/events/
events.humanitix.com/public-money...
modernmoneylab.org.uk/events/
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Only 3 weeks to go before The Anti-Austerity Conference! Join us in Bristol (or online) on 12-13 September. Learn powerful, real, economic knowledge that blows traditional thinking apart and allows social and environmental goals to take centre stage. modernmoneylab.org.uk/events/brist...
August 22, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Only 3 weeks to go before The Anti-Austerity Conference! Join us in Bristol (or online) on 12-13 September. Learn powerful, real, economic knowledge that blows traditional thinking apart and allows social and environmental goals to take centre stage. modernmoneylab.org.uk/events/brist...