Turning Litter Into Money

Patricia and Christian talk to scholar, researcher, CUNY lecturer and executive director of Public Money Action, Andrés Bernal about his most recent paper "Inflationary Pressures in the Time of Covid-19: MMT as a Theory of Inflation".

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"Inflationary Pressures in the Time of Covid-19: MMT as a Theory of Inflation" by Andrés Bernal: http://www.global-isp.org/wp-content/uploads/WP-132.pdf

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More on inflation:

Episode 65 - Phil Armstrong: Understanding Inflation: https://www.patreon.com/posts/40672678

Episode 104 - John T Harvey: Inflation, Stagflation & Healing The Nation: https://www.patreon.com/posts/52207835

Episode 123 - Warren Mosler: Understanding The Price Level And Inflation: https://www.patreon.com/posts/59856379

Episode 128 - L. Randall Wray & Yeva Nersisyan: What's Causing Accelerating Inflation? Pandemic Or Policy Response?: https://www.patreon.com/posts/63776558

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