The Global Institute for Sustainable Prosperity launches its public policy research

The Global Institute for Sustainable Prosperity (GISP), an independent public policy think-tank, announces the launch of its official website and releases the first set of Working Papers and Policy Notes. The Institute is dedicated to the promotion of interdisciplinary research in the service of an improved quality of life for all members of society. It will disseminate alternative public policy solutions that address a wide range of socio-economic problems faced by the global community.

For more information, visit Global-ISP.org and follow its social media channels via Facebook and Twitter @GISP_Tweets..…

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The Global Institute for Sustainable Prosperity launches its public policy research

David Jamieson — Bernie Sanders' adviser to join advisory group for new indy economics organisation

Professor Stephanie Kelton to join group of economics advisers to new MMT Scotland group

• New Scottish economics group to argue for Modern Monetary Theory policies for independent state.
• Some of the worlds most influencial MMT advocates to join advisory panel, including key Sanders 2016 campaign adviser Prof Stephanie Kelton.
• MMT part of a new wave of economic thought around the developed world.
• Heterodox economic school sets economic thinkers in opposition to Growth Commission Sterlingisation proposal.

ONE of the advisers to Bernie Sanders' 2016 presidential campaign will join a panel of prestigious economic advisers for the new Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) Scotland group being launched at meetings in Glasgow and Edinburgh in May.…

The advisery panel will also include Warren Mosler and Professor Bill Mitchell, two of the world's leading MMT thinkers, Professor Mathew Forstater of University of Missouri-Kansas City and Fadhel Kaboub, Associate Professor of Economics at Denison University, among others.

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Bernie Sanders' adviser to join advisory group for new indy economics organisation

David Jamieson

Bill Mitchell — Employment as a human right

As I indicated earlier this week, I will progressively add notes to the body of work that will become the manuscript for my next book (with long-time co-author Joan Muysken) on the – Future of Work. As I write bits and pieces, I will post them here for comments and feedback. The book will be published sometime in 2018. At present, I am working on the philosophical considerations that we will deploy to underpin the more prescriptive elements (policy proposals) that we will produce....

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Employment as a human right
Bill Mitchell | Professor in Economics and Director of the Centre of Full Employment and Equity (CofFEE), at University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia

Tom O’Brien conducted an excellent interview with Mathew Forstater in November 2012 on the topic of Marx and Modern Monetary Theory (MMT). The first half of the interview focuses on Marx, particularly in relation to primitive accumulation and fiat currency as one mechanism used to drive the process.…

The second half of the interview covers basic MMT while drawing out how operational relics left over from the gold standard era are contributing to the public misconception of government as a household.…

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A Tom O’Brien Interview of Mathew Forstater on Marx & MMT
Peter Cooper

Matias Vernengo — On the natural rate of interest one more time

Mathias dispatches the natural rate of interest (there is none) and discusses the "normal rate" as proposed by Mat Forstater and Warren Mosler in "The Natural Rate of Interest is Zero."

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On the natural rate of interest one more time
Matias Vernengo | Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Utah