#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.   Please help sustain this podcast! Patrons get early access to all episodes and patron-only episodes: https://www.patreon.com/MMTpodcast   For an intro to MMT: Listen to our first three episodes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/41742417   All our episodes in chronological order: https://www.patreon.com/posts/43111643   All of our episodes with Phil Armstrong: https://www.patreon.com/posts/42072846   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/   More about the Rete MMT activist network: https://www.retemmt.it/   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   A list of MMT-informed campaigns and organisations worldwide: https://www.patreon.com/posts/47900757   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   Show notes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/56712932