Modern Monetary Theory or MMT is the soup of the day in the global monetary shadow world. In this episode Nathan Lewis and I discuss The Deficit Myth by Stephanie Kelton, the current bible of the MMT and functional finance crowd. If you have interest in unicorns, mythical creatures and magical money printing machines that never cause inflation then this is the episode for you. We go deep into some of the core theories in MMT and hold them up against the cold, hard light of reality.

This morning I only had 25 minutes before a bike race yet I managed to pull together a veritable cornucopia of macro and classical economical goodies. I start by exploring what Adam Smith thinks about competition and then we go deep into the latest brilliant analysis of Nathan Smith and his Polaris Letter. Finally, I begin to share some of the key insights from George Gilder's latest interview on blockchain and the global scandal of money.

Today I want to share with you a quick summary of the latest phenomenal research from Doug Noland as well as some great quotes from the one and only Thomas Sowell. I also share a quote from George Gilder that reminds us that entrepreneurship is a crucial way in which we participate with the structure of the cosmos itself.

In today's episode I share a great quote from a recent article from John Rubino's Dollar Collapse website. It would be funny if it was not so tragic and such a reflection upon the criminal mutations that define our financial system. Rising inflation steals the purchasing power of people who have often worked their entire lives in the hope of a decent retirement. Those days are over.

Dr. Samuel Gregg is research director at the Acton Institute. He has written and spoken extensively on questions of political economy, economic history, ethics in finance, and natural law theory. He has an MA from the University of Melbourne, and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in moral philosophy and political economy from the University of Oxford. In this wide ranging interview we discuss inflation, the Federal Reserve system and much more.

This is the second instalment of my series on Stephanie Kelton's MMT book The Deficit Myth. In this episode I explore her belief that government finances are radically different to personal finances and that governments, as currency issuers, can never run out of money.

This is the first in a new series of content where I explore Stephanie Kelton's theories of MMT. Is MMT just Keynesianism on steroids? Is there any veracity to the claims of Stephanie Kelton and other advocates of Modern Monetary Theory. I explore the introductory claims in her books and some initial responses to the six myths that she believes must be overcome for MMT to be properly understood.

James Mackintosh joined the Wall Street Journal in 2016, after almost 20 years at the Financial Times, most recently as Investment Editor and writer of the Short View column.

He is a graduate of St Catherine's College, Oxford, where he gained a first-class degree in Philosophy and Psychology. He spent two further years at the university in postgraduate study of philosophy before entering the real world.

In this wide ranging interview James discusses his recent articles in the WSJ where he explores the macro inflation outlook, the rise of crypto currencies and much more.

James is a deep thinker and brings a wealth of insight and astute evaluation to a range of complex topics shaping the global economic outlook and the changing landscape of political economy.