#95 Shappi Khorsandi: The Ticket Analogy

Christian pitches Modern Monetary Theory to comedian and author Shappi Khorsandi.   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 A quick read describing MMT: https://theconversation.com/explainer-what-is-modern-monetary-theory-72095 All our episodes in chronological order: https://www.patreon.com/posts/43111643 Our episode 65 on inflation with Phil Armstrong: https://www.patreon.com/posts/40672678 Our episodes 88 & 89 on hyperinflation with Warren Mosler and Phil Armstrong: https://www.patreon.com/posts/47638591 , https://www.patreon.com/posts/episode-89-phil-47904999 Our episode 47 on the Job Guarantee with Pavlina Tcherneva: https://www.patreon.com/posts/36034543 Our episode 8 on UK Labour's fiscal credibility rule with Richard Murphy: https://www.patreon.com/posts/41781319 Upcoming MMT events & courses: https://www.patreon.com/posts/47531455   Shappi Khorsandi's books and tour tickets available here: https://www.shappi.co.uk/   Transcript for opening monologue: https://www.patreon.com/posts/49642049   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/49617770