Wednesday, September 1, 2021

The Philosophy of Money with Graham Hubbs — Graham Hubbs speaks with Scott Ferguson and Andrés Bernal

Graham Hubbs speaks with Scott Ferguson and Andrés Bernal about the relationship between Modern Monetary Theory and philosophy. Associate Professor & Chair of the Department of Politics & Philosophy at the University of Idaho, Hubbs convened a conference panel on Modern Monetary Theory at the annual meeting of the American Philosophical Association in January 2021. He invited Editorial Collective members Bernal and Ferguson to join him on the panel, where they shared and discussed his original paper, titled “The Promises & Challenges of Modern Monetary Theory.” In this episode, we present the full audio of Professor Hubbs’ presentation, as well as Scott Ferguson’s response and reflections. A very engaged question and answer period follows, rounding out this special episode.…

Longish but interesting. Recommended for those really interested in MMT and the debates around it.

MR Online — Money On the Left
The Philosophy of Money with Graham Hubbs
Graham Hubbs speaks with Scott Ferguson and Andrés Bernal 

3 comments:

Matt Franko said...

“ Recommended for those wanting to get nowhere…”

NeilW said...

I always find the 'international markets exist therefore must come before the state' argument fascinating.

My response is always the same "and what do you settle such exchanges in?"

Tom Hickey said...

My response is always the same "and what do you settle such exchanges in?"

Their answer is likely, "gold (and maybe silver), as it used to be done."

We know how that ended up.