Modern Money Lab
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Economics for a new era
Morgan Edwards is a learning facilitator on our Modern Money Lab/Torrens University Australia courses and a PhD student at the University of Otago.
He has made the papers in New Zealand, for his advocacy of policy based on an MMT frame.
www.thepost.co.nz/business/360...
He has made the papers in New Zealand, for his advocacy of policy based on an MMT frame.
www.thepost.co.nz/business/360...
PhD student looks at the lie behind the political line: ‘NZ can’t afford it’
University of Otago student Morgan Edwards believes Kiwis need to understand more about our monetary system and push back harder against public service cuts and other government spending decisions.
www.thepost.co.nz
November 10, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Morgan Edwards is a learning facilitator on our Modern Money Lab/Torrens University Australia courses and a PhD student at the University of Otago.
He has made the papers in New Zealand, for his advocacy of policy based on an MMT frame.
www.thepost.co.nz/business/360...
He has made the papers in New Zealand, for his advocacy of policy based on an MMT frame.
www.thepost.co.nz/business/360...
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.
If you want training/credentials in #MMT and ecological economics on a course you can take part-time and online, with live classes with experts, ours begin every February, June and September, and are endorsed by Stephanie Kelton and many other leading economists.
steven.hail@torrens.edu.au
steven.hail@torrens.edu.au
November 1, 2025 at 2:09 AM
If you want training/credentials in #MMT and ecological economics on a course you can take part-time and online, with live classes with experts, ours begin every February, June and September, and are endorsed by Stephanie Kelton and many other leading economists.
steven.hail@torrens.edu.au
steven.hail@torrens.edu.au
We are still obsessed with growth for the sake of growth. Meanwhile, our climate system is breaking down and our economic systems are organised neither to deal with this nor to ensure economic security for all and social well-being.
It is time to change our economic thinking.
It is time to change our economic thinking.
October 27, 2025 at 9:53 PM
We are still obsessed with growth for the sake of growth. Meanwhile, our climate system is breaking down and our economic systems are organised neither to deal with this nor to ensure economic security for all and social well-being.
It is time to change our economic thinking.
It is time to change our economic thinking.
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.
This is our favourite Minsky quote. It is why we have to challenge neoclassical economics. The straightjacket it imposes on those who work within its axioms actually prevents us asking the questions and finding the solutions we need across the rest of this century.
October 19, 2025 at 6:00 AM
This is our favourite Minsky quote. It is why we have to challenge neoclassical economics. The straightjacket it imposes on those who work within its axioms actually prevents us asking the questions and finding the solutions we need across the rest of this century.
If you aren't yet reading Darren's brilliant insights, we at MML challenge you to try them out.
Reverse Robin Hood? Try a Reverse Minsky
open.substack.com/pub/darrenqu...
Reverse Robin Hood? Try a Reverse Minsky
open.substack.com/pub/darrenqu...
Reverse Robin Hood? Try a Reverse Minsky
Dismantling the HECS Debt Myth
open.substack.com
October 17, 2025 at 1:19 AM
If you aren't yet reading Darren's brilliant insights, we at MML challenge you to try them out.
Reverse Robin Hood? Try a Reverse Minsky
open.substack.com/pub/darrenqu...
Reverse Robin Hood? Try a Reverse Minsky
open.substack.com/pub/darrenqu...
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.
From left to right, at our recent MML workshop in Vienna: our CEO, Gabrielle Bond; our brilliant lecturer, Colleen Schneider; some old bloke; and the co-author of our new post-growth subject, Katy Shields.
October 16, 2025 at 5:47 AM
From left to right, at our recent MML workshop in Vienna: our CEO, Gabrielle Bond; our brilliant lecturer, Colleen Schneider; some old bloke; and the co-author of our new post-growth subject, Katy Shields.
Another excellent piece of analysis from our (outstanding) student, Darren Quinn.
The Economic Complexity Paradox: Why Australia Is Both Brilliant and Vulnerable
open.substack.com/pub/darrenqu...
The Economic Complexity Paradox: Why Australia Is Both Brilliant and Vulnerable
open.substack.com/pub/darrenqu...
The Economic Complexity Paradox: Why Australia Is Both Brilliant and Vulnerable
Why Australia Is Both Brilliant and Vulnerable
open.substack.com
October 16, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Another excellent piece of analysis from our (outstanding) student, Darren Quinn.
The Economic Complexity Paradox: Why Australia Is Both Brilliant and Vulnerable
open.substack.com/pub/darrenqu...
The Economic Complexity Paradox: Why Australia Is Both Brilliant and Vulnerable
open.substack.com/pub/darrenqu...
An unusual (but delightful) gift from one of our wonderful students. That's Gabrielle Bond on the left - some old bloke on the right.
October 16, 2025 at 12:47 AM
An unusual (but delightful) gift from one of our wonderful students. That's Gabrielle Bond on the left - some old bloke on the right.
A terrific post by our student, Darren Quinn -
Fighting Ghosts: Why the Right is Arguing with a Fictional Past - An MMT Autopsy of Australian History
darrenquinn.substack.com/p/fighting-g...
Fighting Ghosts: Why the Right is Arguing with a Fictional Past - An MMT Autopsy of Australian History
darrenquinn.substack.com/p/fighting-g...
Fighting Ghosts: Why the Right is Arguing with a Fictional Past
An MMT Autopsy of Australian History
darrenquinn.substack.com
October 13, 2025 at 5:23 AM
A terrific post by our student, Darren Quinn -
Fighting Ghosts: Why the Right is Arguing with a Fictional Past - An MMT Autopsy of Australian History
darrenquinn.substack.com/p/fighting-g...
Fighting Ghosts: Why the Right is Arguing with a Fictional Past - An MMT Autopsy of Australian History
darrenquinn.substack.com/p/fighting-g...
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/:
We now have a recording of the very short closing talk Steven did at the recent Bristol #MMT conference. It was very brief as we were about to run out of time in the venue. There was a call to action.
youtu.be/ItNdiFRCXXE?...
youtu.be/ItNdiFRCXXE?...
Modern Money Lab |The Anti-Austerity Conference closing address by Steven Hail
YouTube video by Modern Money Lab
youtu.be
October 3, 2025 at 10:43 AM
We now have a recording of the very short closing talk Steven did at the recent Bristol #MMT conference. It was very brief as we were about to run out of time in the venue. There was a call to action.
youtu.be/ItNdiFRCXXE?...
youtu.be/ItNdiFRCXXE?...
It is not bond vigilantes who are in charge of the bond market in major economies. It is central bankers. Central banks are generally owned by their currency-issuing governments, and even if this were not the case, must always act within a legislative framework determined by their political masters.
October 1, 2025 at 12:51 PM
It is not bond vigilantes who are in charge of the bond market in major economies. It is central bankers. Central banks are generally owned by their currency-issuing governments, and even if this were not the case, must always act within a legislative framework determined by their political masters.
Please could a journo ask Rachel Reeves the question Maren asked Bernstein in Finding the Money? Why does the Govt feel it depends on borrowing its own currency, which it issues, from bond vigilantes? Then don't let her get away with a nonsensical answer. Same question to Jim Chalmers in Australia.
October 1, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Please could a journo ask Rachel Reeves the question Maren asked Bernstein in Finding the Money? Why does the Govt feel it depends on borrowing its own currency, which it issues, from bond vigilantes? Then don't let her get away with a nonsensical answer. Same question to Jim Chalmers in Australia.
What a fabulous time we have had in Bristol, Amsterdam, Sheffield, London and Vienna - not to mention Chichester and Singapore.
These photos are from the Vienna #MMT workshop.
These photos are from the Vienna #MMT workshop.
September 28, 2025 at 6:18 PM
What a fabulous time we have had in Bristol, Amsterdam, Sheffield, London and Vienna - not to mention Chichester and Singapore.
These photos are from the Vienna #MMT workshop.
These photos are from the Vienna #MMT workshop.
In Wien (Vienna) this weekend. At this stage, feel free to just turn up. We will find you a place in the #MMT Public Money for Public Good weekend. These weekends are great fun and intended to be empowering.
Gleis 21, Wien.
events.humanitix.com/public-money...
Gleis 21, Wien.
events.humanitix.com/public-money...
September 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM
In Wien (Vienna) this weekend. At this stage, feel free to just turn up. We will find you a place in the #MMT Public Money for Public Good weekend. These weekends are great fun and intended to be empowering.
Gleis 21, Wien.
events.humanitix.com/public-money...
Gleis 21, Wien.
events.humanitix.com/public-money...
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.
You know that guy Larry Summers. Every time I watch Finding the Money, and I bet I have seen it even more times than Kelton, at the moment he calls MMT "voodoo economics" I am reminded of the following.
September 18, 2025 at 6:49 AM
You know that guy Larry Summers. Every time I watch Finding the Money, and I bet I have seen it even more times than Kelton, at the moment he calls MMT "voodoo economics" I am reminded of the following.
We had a fantastic time in both Bristol & Amsterdam.
JOIN us for our remaining #MMT workshops in Sheffield (20/21) or Vienna (27/28). We also have a private event in London in Steven & Gabie's Excellent Adventure (😉).
events.humanitix.com/public-money...
events.humanitix.com/public-money...
JOIN us for our remaining #MMT workshops in Sheffield (20/21) or Vienna (27/28). We also have a private event in London in Steven & Gabie's Excellent Adventure (😉).
events.humanitix.com/public-money...
events.humanitix.com/public-money...
September 17, 2025 at 9:56 AM
We had a fantastic time in both Bristol & Amsterdam.
JOIN us for our remaining #MMT workshops in Sheffield (20/21) or Vienna (27/28). We also have a private event in London in Steven & Gabie's Excellent Adventure (😉).
events.humanitix.com/public-money...
events.humanitix.com/public-money...
JOIN us for our remaining #MMT workshops in Sheffield (20/21) or Vienna (27/28). We also have a private event in London in Steven & Gabie's Excellent Adventure (😉).
events.humanitix.com/public-money...
events.humanitix.com/public-money...
Very much looking forward to the next three weeks, as we move from Adelaide to Bristol to Amsterdam to Sheffield to London to Vienna, and all too briefly to Pagham, for the anti-austerity conference, three #MMT workshops and one other event.
modernmoneylab.org.uk/events/
modernmoneylab.org.uk/events/
September 7, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Very much looking forward to the next three weeks, as we move from Adelaide to Bristol to Amsterdam to Sheffield to London to Vienna, and all too briefly to Pagham, for the anti-austerity conference, three #MMT workshops and one other event.
modernmoneylab.org.uk/events/
modernmoneylab.org.uk/events/
#MMT in Yorkshire. Interactive, accessible, anti-austerity weekend workshop, loosely based on a university course, in Sheffield on 20/21 September.
I hope to see you there.
events.humanitix.com/public-money...
I hope to see you there.
events.humanitix.com/public-money...
September 3, 2025 at 10:25 PM
#MMT in Yorkshire. Interactive, accessible, anti-austerity weekend workshop, loosely based on a university course, in Sheffield on 20/21 September.
I hope to see you there.
events.humanitix.com/public-money...
I hope to see you there.
events.humanitix.com/public-money...