Gregory John Olsen Esq
@gjoesq.bsky.social
Climate action, sustainable living activist and MMT advocate. Musician, poet, and community volunteer in my retirement. I'm a member of the Australian Greens and live in the Southern Highlands in NSW. 🤗
@australiainstitute.org.au, I love The Point. However, I implore you to view all economic issues through the MMT lens rather than the slightly heterodox classical economic lens you currently use. Thanx. 🤗
October 23, 2025 at 9:27 PM
@australiainstitute.org.au, I love The Point. However, I implore you to view all economic issues through the MMT lens rather than the slightly heterodox classical economic lens you currently use. Thanx. 🤗
I'm frustrated that The Australia Institute has discarded its support for MMT's understanding of how our economy works. I have written to them multiple times about their upcoming tax debate. No MMT economists are speaking. Therefore, one can only imagine the nonsense that will be espoused! 🤪
October 12, 2025 at 6:28 AM
I'm frustrated that The Australia Institute has discarded its support for MMT's understanding of how our economy works. I have written to them multiple times about their upcoming tax debate. No MMT economists are speaking. Therefore, one can only imagine the nonsense that will be espoused! 🤪
Please add your name to this humanitarian cause: www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/re...
Sanctions, Recognition & Peace for Palestine
We call for an end to the occupation of Palestine and a just and sustainable peace in accordance with UN Security Council resolutions, including the removal of illegal settlements, the withdrawal of I...
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September 1, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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Sanctions, Recognition & Peace for Palestine
We call for an end to the occupation of Palestine and a just and sustainable peace in accordance with UN Security Council resolutions, including the removal of illegal settlements, the withdrawal of I...
www.megaphone.org.au
August 12, 2025 at 1:34 AM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/re...
I fear that Jimbo's Round Table will exacerbate the ignorance governing our economy, being that it is based on a fictional understanding of it. Given the ignorant response by NZ to Steven Hail's recent communications with them, I can't see Australia's neoclassical numbskulls doing any better. 😔
August 7, 2025 at 1:50 AM
I fear that Jimbo's Round Table will exacerbate the ignorance governing our economy, being that it is based on a fictional understanding of it. Given the ignorant response by NZ to Steven Hail's recent communications with them, I can't see Australia's neoclassical numbskulls doing any better. 😔
Folks, I encourage you to have a listen to this podcast while you go about the housework, gardening, or whatever you do that allows to to listen while you work. I found it very illuminating: macroncheese.captivate.fm/episode/ep-3.... 🤗
Ep 329 - Stage IV Terminal Capitalism with Hamza Hamouchene - Macro N Cheese
Hamza Hamouchene left a career in cancer research when he realized that health will always take a back seat to profit in a capitalist system.
macroncheese.captivate.fm
May 29, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Folks, I encourage you to have a listen to this podcast while you go about the housework, gardening, or whatever you do that allows to to listen while you work. I found it very illuminating: macroncheese.captivate.fm/episode/ep-3.... 🤗
Folks, this is an excellent podcast that corrects the erroneous mainstream media reports about China's economy. It's really worth a listen. 🤗
shows.acast.com/61e8f890f7f6...
shows.acast.com/61e8f890f7f6...
Why the West misreads China's economy? | The Bridge
shows.acast.com
May 23, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Folks, this is an excellent podcast that corrects the erroneous mainstream media reports about China's economy. It's really worth a listen. 🤗
shows.acast.com/61e8f890f7f6...
shows.acast.com/61e8f890f7f6...
Trump's "speech was 'a declaration of war against the American people, including Trump voters, in favor of the super-rich and the giant corporations,' says Ralph Nader, longtime consumer advocate, corporate critic and former presidential candidate." 😡
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzKS...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzKS...
"A Declaration of War Against the American People": Ralph Nader on Trump's Address to Congress
YouTube video by Democracy Now!
www.youtube.com
March 6, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Trump's "speech was 'a declaration of war against the American people, including Trump voters, in favor of the super-rich and the giant corporations,' says Ralph Nader, longtime consumer advocate, corporate critic and former presidential candidate." 😡
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzKS...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzKS...
What do my Australia MMT friends think of this video?
youtu.be/PH5oIIwbKY4?...
youtu.be/PH5oIIwbKY4?...
Australia's Quiet Collapse
YouTube video by How Money Works
youtu.be
February 24, 2025 at 11:56 PM
What do my Australia MMT friends think of this video?
youtu.be/PH5oIIwbKY4?...
youtu.be/PH5oIIwbKY4?...
If talk about trade deficits, both in Australia and in the US, is making your eyes glaze over, here is an excellent article and video that will make sense of it to you, please have a look at the video at the end of the article. 🤗
stephaniekelton.substack.com/p/trade-isnt... 🥰
stephaniekelton.substack.com/p/trade-isnt... 🥰
Trade Isn't Money for Nothing
Earlier today, President-elect Donald Trump returned to a familiar grievance: accusing our trading partners of financially ripping us off.
stephaniekelton.substack.com
December 17, 2024 at 12:24 AM
If talk about trade deficits, both in Australia and in the US, is making your eyes glaze over, here is an excellent article and video that will make sense of it to you, please have a look at the video at the end of the article. 🤗
stephaniekelton.substack.com/p/trade-isnt... 🥰
stephaniekelton.substack.com/p/trade-isnt... 🥰
I recommend this Big Ideas podcast, "Democracy is in retreat, authoritarianism on the rise. But this has happened before. So how did big thinkers of the past respond to the threats to democracy, and what can we learn from them?" 🤗
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
SOS Democracy with Scott Stephens — Saving democracy with decency - ABC listen
Democracy is in retreat, authoritarianism on the rise. But this has happened before. So how did big thinkers of the past respond to the threats to democracy, and what can we learn from them?
The Huma...
www.abc.net.au
December 5, 2024 at 12:39 AM
I recommend this Big Ideas podcast, "Democracy is in retreat, authoritarianism on the rise. But this has happened before. So how did big thinkers of the past respond to the threats to democracy, and what can we learn from them?" 🤗
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
This is disturbing! 🫨
November 24, 2024 at 1:48 PM
This is disturbing! 🫨
I had a chat with the Assistant Treasurer, Stephen Jones MP, on Friday while he was introducing himself to the wise people of Bundanoon on a street stall. We had a chat about MMT. He stated that MMT can't control inflation. I suggested that the un/underemployment is what needs to be controlled.
November 24, 2024 at 12:39 PM
I had a chat with the Assistant Treasurer, Stephen Jones MP, on Friday while he was introducing himself to the wise people of Bundanoon on a street stall. We had a chat about MMT. He stated that MMT can't control inflation. I suggested that the un/underemployment is what needs to be controlled.
Reposted by Gregory John Olsen Esq
This week, the Albanese Government introduced a bill with 200 pages of changes to electoral laws. They’re hoping to rush it through Parliament by the end of the month.
This is not enough time to consider how these changes will impact our elections.
nb.australiainstitute.org.au/donations_bi...
This is not enough time to consider how these changes will impact our elections.
nb.australiainstitute.org.au/donations_bi...
SIGN NOW: Protect our elections!
Changes to democracy are too important to be rushed through parliament.
nb.australiainstitute.org.au
November 20, 2024 at 1:17 PM
This week, the Albanese Government introduced a bill with 200 pages of changes to electoral laws. They’re hoping to rush it through Parliament by the end of the month.
This is not enough time to consider how these changes will impact our elections.
nb.australiainstitute.org.au/donations_bi...
This is not enough time to consider how these changes will impact our elections.
nb.australiainstitute.org.au/donations_bi...
This week, the Albanese Government introduced a bill with 200 pages of changes to electoral laws. They’re hoping to rush it through Parliament by the end of the month.
This is not enough time to consider how these changes will impact our elections.
nb.australiainstitute.org.au/donations_bi...
This is not enough time to consider how these changes will impact our elections.
nb.australiainstitute.org.au/donations_bi...
SIGN NOW: Protect our elections!
Changes to democracy are too important to be rushed through parliament.
nb.australiainstitute.org.au
November 20, 2024 at 1:17 PM
This week, the Albanese Government introduced a bill with 200 pages of changes to electoral laws. They’re hoping to rush it through Parliament by the end of the month.
This is not enough time to consider how these changes will impact our elections.
nb.australiainstitute.org.au/donations_bi...
This is not enough time to consider how these changes will impact our elections.
nb.australiainstitute.org.au/donations_bi...
Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) understands that a currency-issuing Government cannot run out of money and can always fulfil its financial obligations. MMT emphasises that sovereign Governments face constraints related to resources, not finance.
November 18, 2024 at 12:52 PM
Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) understands that a currency-issuing Government cannot run out of money and can always fulfil its financial obligations. MMT emphasises that sovereign Governments face constraints related to resources, not finance.
Greetings and salutations everyone. This is my first post on BlueSky after hearing about it on a Guardian Australian podcast. I'm very pleased to see that The Australia Institute is also here! 🥰
November 16, 2024 at 5:01 AM
Greetings and salutations everyone. This is my first post on BlueSky after hearing about it on a Guardian Australian podcast. I'm very pleased to see that The Australia Institute is also here! 🥰