Episode 2: Part 2/2: Learning the basics with Sam Levey and "Modern Money & the War Treasury"

Welcome to episode two of Activist #MMT. Today is part two of my conversation with Sam Levey (Twitter/@samhlevey) of Deficit Owls (Twitter/@DeficitOwls). In episode one we discussed the state of activism and the MMT community. Today we discuss his new paper entitled "Modern Money and the War Treasury." Instead of a general conversation, we go into the weeds, using the paper as an excuse to learn some basics. That's what reading his paper revealed to me: although I understood the overall thrust, I am missing a lot of fundamental concepts.

These two episodes are what inspired me to create this podcast.

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Sam's 2019 paper: "Modern Money and the War Treasury":

PDF Twitter thread elaborating on the paper: Interview discussing the paper in general, with MMT Podcast, episodes thirty two and thirty three. #LearnMMT

For an overview of Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) with many reliable sources to learn more, here is a good place to start:

On the web: My layperson intro with many expert sources listed at the bottom. On Twitter: My massive pinned tweet with expert sources and layperson tutorials. On Facebook: Follow this podcast :) The pinned post contains the above web-article. Also, the pinned post on Modern Monetary for Real Progressives contains a wealth of information. Please become a monthly patron of Activist #MMT

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