#115 Phil Armstrong: Democratising Work

Patricia and Christian talk with MMT scholar and author Dr Phil Armstrong about the MMT Job Guarantee and the upcoming online Global Forum on Democratizing Work.

 

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Our episode 47 with Pavlina Tcherneva explaining the Job Guarantee: https://www.patreon.com/posts/36034543

 

Phil Armstrong’s book, Can Heterodox Economics Make a Difference?: https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/can-heterodox-economics-make-a-difference-9781800370883.html

 

An Accounting Model of the UK Exchequer – 2nd edition: https://gimms.org.uk/2021/02/21/an-accounting-model-of-the-uk-exchequer/

 

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More about the online Global Forum on Democratizing Work (5–7 October 2021): https://democratizingwork.org/global-forum

 

“Scotland to trial a four-day week” - BBC News:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-58403087

 

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