This is the most comprehensive discussion of my work I've had this year. It's also the most watched interview (250k) I've done this year. Take a listen & share 👇🏼 youtu.be/_hOQTWrtU7k?fe… Lynn Ngugi

21st and 22nd March. Scotland's largest Festival of Economics in Dundee. And online. #Economics scotonomics.scot/event/festival… Programme and tickets link 👆🏻

Elon discovers that GDP isn’t a measure of spending quality.Up next,we should remove private consumption because we could artificially raise GDP by destroying public transportation,forcing people to buy cars & let them sit in traffic jams that raise gasoline consumption. CA 👀

Maybe I can get a little bit of traction for being interviewed by Paul Krugman? Possibly? We'll see lol

More pump and dump coming from Trump and crytpo acolytes. "From April 23 to May 12, hold as much $TRUMP as you can. ... The more $TRUMP you hold—and the longer you hold it—the higher Your Ranking will be." gettrumpmemes.com/dinner

New ASCE infrastructure report card is out. Average is C. Aviation, school and a bunch of others are in poor conditions.

Yesterday I talked about the macroeconomics of the public debt: dropbox.com/scl/fi/0w4i9oj…

Keynote delivered yesterday on environmental issues and how to approach policymaking to deal with them: dropbox.com/scl/fi/7revypp…

This“wampum, wheat, land, guns, etc. were money”bc they were used as medium of exchange,legal tender or accepted in tax payment really needs to die.Messes up otherwise good monetary history.None were ever money.Payment in kind,generalized barter,and bilateral trade are happening.

Once again, it is time to repost this to fight the public debt hysteria. Fight the Trump policies on proper grounds folks, public debt is not it. Increase in inequalities, cronyism, climate denialism, etc. Confront head on the vision and values promoted.

"The stablecoin trilemma" It is impossible to create a stablecoin that is simultaneously: 1) denominated in a govt unit of account 2) not reliant on govt collateral 3) stable in nominal value

If I was a crude opportunist, I’d embrace Elon’s debt and deficit interventions in hopes of undermining support for the GOP bill on *fiscal* grounds. Many Dems are doing this. Count me out. The economics are wrong and the politics are short-sighted.

Want to know why monetary sovereignty is more than having your own currency? And keen to know more about #MMT (modern monetary theory)? Join us on July 11th at 5pm. Tickets from £5. scotonomics.scot/event/the-econ…

Indeed. Here is some of what is wrong with the bill: - it keeps rising wealth and income inequalities unchecked - it ignores the negative climate and other environmental impacts on future generations - it leaves the poorest and sickest to fend for themselves

US economic mainstream theory is going off the rails. These warnings help nobody. Instead, they discredit a whole generation of economists. What is not sustainable is academic economics. on.ft.com/43wGbHB

Old refrain from a broken record. Data strictly goes against this. There is no relation between the size of the public debt and the share of interest payment in the government budget.

For those of you not on Blue... bsky.app/profile/tymoig…

Sustainable issuance of on-demand promise to pay in a given unit of account require access or, or holding onto, on-demand assets denominated in that unit of account.

“The Origins of the Platonic Approach to Monetary Systems: Retracing European and Chinese Monetary Thoughts on Chartalism, Nominalism, and the Origins of Monetary Systems” is now on EconPapers at econpapers.repec.org/paper/pramprap…

Hmm…did not know that my family had $800k net financial wealth extra