Rihanna: To what degree do we need is it important for the left to re politicize money, something that, you know, in various ways? We obviously see m m t advocates trying to do that all the time. Where does central bank independence play in to this? Because when there was a gold standard, say, in the late nineteenth century, the politics of money were heavily and publicly politicized by the populas movement or wmwam, jennings bryan's cross of gold. Riht: I think despite the way it might seem off footing, it's really important the people try to start to think about it.