{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"#160 Stuart Medina Miltimore: The Euro Is The Problem","description":"Patricia &amp;amp; Christian talk to Stuart Medina Miltimore, economist and founder of the Spanish advocacy group Red MMT about his chapter (co-written with Bill Mitchell) in the major new academic collaboration \u201cModern Monetary Theory - Key Insights, Leading Thinkers\u201d, which lays out how the euro has driven austerity and the depoliticisation of European democracies. &amp;nbsp; Whether they know it or not, currency union members (and prospective members) have a choice: status quo, reform, or exit? Understanding modern money - as a policy tool designed to mobilise resources, rather than as an inert medium of exchange - is key to understanding the human stakes of that choice. &amp;nbsp; Please help sustain this podcast! Patrons get early access to all episodes and patron-only episodes: https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/MMTpodcast &amp;nbsp; Order the Gower Initiative\u2019s \u201cModern Monetary Theory - Key Insights, Leading Thinkers\u201d (2023):  https:\/\/www.e-elgar.com\/shop\/gbp\/modern-monetary-theory-9781802208085.html &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; For an intro to MMT: Our first three episodes: https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/41742417 Episode 126 - Dirk Ehnts: How Banks Create Money: https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/62603318 &amp;nbsp; All our episodes in chronological order: https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/43111643 &amp;nbsp; All our episodes with Stuart Medina Miltimore: https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/44400459 Stuart Medina Miltimore on Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/SMiltim &amp;nbsp; The website of Stuart\u2019s organisation, Red MMT (contains many MMT resources in Spanish, and site can also be translated into other languages using browser functions): https:\/\/www.redmmt.es\/ &amp;nbsp; Red MMT YouTube Channel: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@redmmt5253 &amp;nbsp; Relevant to this episode: For more on Eurozone Job Guarantee proposals: \u201cMaximizing Price Stability in a Monetary Economy\u201d by Warren Mosler &amp;amp; Damiano Bruno Silipo:  https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2775400 \u201cCompleting the Euro: The Euro Treasury and the Job Guarantee\u201d by Esteban Cruz Hidalgo, Dirk Ehnts and Pavlina R. Tcherneva:  https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/334226761_Completing_the_Euro_The_Euro_Treasury_and_the_Job_Guarantee For more on the MMT Job Guarantee in general : Episode 4 - Fadhel Kaboub: What is the Job Guarantee?: https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/41742701 Episode 47 - Pavlina Tcherneva: Building Resilience - The Case For A Job Guarantee: https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/36034543 Episode 148 - Pavlina Tcherneva: Why The Job Guarantee Is Core To Modern Monetary Theory:  https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/episode-148-why-73211346 Pavlina Tcherneva\u2019s Job Guarantee FAQ page: https:\/\/pavlina-tcherneva.net\/job-guarantee-faq\/ Curried EMU - the meal that fails to nourish by Wynne Godley:  https:\/\/www.concertedaction.com\/2011\/11\/07\/curried-emu\/ Our episode 103 - with Ndongo Samba Sylla on The CFA Franc &amp;amp; The Movement For Monetary Sovereignty In Africa: https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/51864583 Warren Mosler tells the \u201cDogs &amp;amp; Bones\u201d story: https:\/\/youtu.be\/2vTjLwYCi24 Overview of automatic stabilisers: https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Automatic_stabilizer We talk about what caused the pension fund crisis during the Truss government (or mini-government?) here: Episode 147 - Dirk Ehnts: Do Markets Control Our Politics?: https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/72906421?pr=true &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Quick MMT reads: Warren\u2019s Mosler\u2019s MMT white paper: http:\/\/moslereconomics.com\/mmt-white-paper\/ Steven Hail\u2019s quick MMT explainer:  https:\/\/theconversation.com\/explainer-what-is-modern-monetary-theory-72095 On government debt: \u201cSome Numbers Are Big. Let Me Help You Get Over It\u201d:  https:\/\/christreilly.com\/2020\/02\/17\/some-numbers-are-big-let-me-help-you-get-over-it\/ &amp;nbsp; For a short, non-technical, free ebook explaining MMT, download MMT founder Warren Mosler\u2019s \u201c7 Deadly Innocent Frauds Of Economic Policy\u201d here:  http:\/\/moslereconomics.com\/wp-content\/powerpoints\/7DIF.pdf &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Episodes on monetary operations: Episode 20 - Warren Mosler: The MMT Money Story (part 1): https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/28004824 Episode 126 - Dirk Ehnts: How Banks Create Money: https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/62603318 Episode 13 - Steven Hail: Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Banking, But Were Afraid To Ask: https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/41790887 Episode 43 - Sam Levey: Understanding Endogenous Money: https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/35073683 Episode 84 - Andrew Berkeley, Richard Tye &amp;amp; Neil Wilson: An Accounting Model Of The UK Exchequer (Part 1): https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/46352183 Episode 86 - Andrew Berkeley, Richard Tye &amp;amp; Neil Wilson: An Accounting Model Of The UK Exchequer (Part 2): https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/46865929&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Episodes on inflation: Episode 7: Steven Hail: Inflation, Price Shocks and Other Misunderstandings: https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/41780508 Episode 65 - Phil Armstrong: Understanding Inflation: https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/40672678 Episode 104 - John T Harvey: Inflation, Stagflation &amp;amp; Healing The Nation: https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/52207835 Episode 123 - Warren Mosler: Understanding The Price Level And Inflation: https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/59856379 Episode 128 - L. Randall Wray &amp;amp; Yeva Nersisyan: What\u2019s Causing Accelerating Inflation? Pandemic Or Policy Response?: https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/63776558 &amp;nbsp; More on government bonds (and \u201cvigilantes\u201d): Episode 30 - Steven Hail: Understanding Government Bonds (Part 1):https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/29621245 Episode 31 - Steven Hail: Understanding Government Bonds (Part 2): https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/29829500 Episode 143 - Paul Sheard: What Is Quantitative Easing?: https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/71589989?pr=true Episode 147 - Dirk Ehnts: Do Markets Control Our Politics?:  https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/episode-147-dirk-72906421 Episode 144 - Warren Mosler: The Natural Rate Of Interest Is Zero: https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/71966513 Episode 145 - John T Harvey: What Determines Currency Prices?: https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/72283811?pr=true &amp;nbsp; Job Guarantee episodes: Episode 4 - Fadhel Kaboub: What is the Job Guarantee?: https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/41742701 Episode 47 - Pavlina Tcherneva: Building Resilience - The Case For A Job Guarantee: https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/36034543 Episode 148 - Pavlina Tcherneva: Why The Job Guarantee Is Core To Modern Monetary Theory:  https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/episode-148-why-73211346 &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; MMT Events And Courses In 2023 Apply for Professor Bill Mitchell\u2019s short, free online course in Modern Monetary Theory (February 15th - March 14th) here:  https:\/\/www.edx.org\/course\/modern-monetary-theory-economics-for-the-21st-century More information about Professor Mitchell\u2019s MMTed project (free public online courses in MMT) here: http:\/\/www.mmted.org\/ Tickets to the very first Scotonomics festival (online or in-person, Dundee, Scotland 24th-26th March) are available here: https:\/\/scotonomics.scot\/live-events\/ Apply for Dr Dirk Ehnts\u2019 Modern Monetary Theory and European Macroeconomics course at Maastricht University (July 31st - August 4th) here:  https:\/\/maastricht.dreamapply.com\/courses\/course\/183-modern-monetary-theory-and-european-macroeconomics Details of Modern Money Lab\u2019s online graduate and postgraduate courses in MMT are here: https:\/\/modernmoneylab.org.au\/ &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; MMT Academic Resources compiled by The Gower Initiative for Modern Money Studies:  https:\/\/www.zotero.org\/groups\/2251544\/mmt_academic_resources_-_compiled_by_the_gower_initiative_for_modern_money_studies &amp;nbsp; MMT scholarship compiled by New Economic Perspectives: http:\/\/neweconomicperspectives.org\/mmt-scholarship &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; A list of MMT-informed campaigns and organisations worldwide: https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/47900757 &amp;nbsp; We are working towards full transcripts, but in the meantime, closed captions for all episodes are available on our YouTube channel:  https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCEp_nGVTuMfBun2wiG-c0Ew\/videos &amp;nbsp; Show notes:  https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/79507827?pr=true ","author_name":"The MMT Podcast with Patricia Pino &amp; Christian Reilly","author_url":"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/MMTpodcast","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/26118975\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/d34141\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/26118975"}