Economics for People — built on Modern Monetary Theory. Equip yourself with evidence-based arguments to defeat fiscal objections.

Fears that US deficit is unsustainable also drive UK 30-year bond yields briefly above 6% for first time since 1998

Economics for People — built on Modern Monetary Theory. Equip yourself with evidence-based arguments to defeat fiscal objections.

Vaping is about to becoming more expensive due to a new tax on products.

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Fiscal orthodoxy is the hidden driver of NHS underfunding

Original triple lock was designed to lift pensioners out of poverty but OBR says it contributes to unsustainability of public finances

Economics for People — built on Modern Monetary Theory. Equip yourself with evidence-based arguments to defeat fiscal objections.

Economics for People — built on Modern Monetary Theory. Equip yourself with evidence-based arguments to defeat fiscal objections.

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Miatta Fahnbulleh says Britain must look at how costs are recovered – and that could mean money off bills

Exclusive: Creation of GB Grid will be major step towards putting Britain’s utility companies into public control

John Healey's speech comes ahead of next month's Budget, as he faces pressure to bring down government borrowing costs.

The funding objection is the biggest obstacle to climate action

Banking as a System of Credit Creation

PM says he is willing to expend political capital to bring in universal service for England funded by ‘everybody’

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Sir Andrew Dilnot, who proposed reforms 15 years ago, says the cost of such a scheme would be "very substantial".

Pat McFadden urges Labour MPs to back overhauls, amid signs party looking to cut payments for some 16- to 24-year-olds

In the first article in a series on the Polish economy, we look at the country’s defence boom and its implications

Surging energy bills, higher borrowing costs and rising inflation have left the PM and his chancellor in a fiscal bind

PM says he will put proposals for NHS-style service funded by everybody into Labour’s next general election manifesto

MMT practitioners are moving beyond defensive explanations toward real-world applications. This week shows the field maturing from "what MMT is" conversations to serious debates about recession prevention and infrastructure spending, suggesting practitioners believe policymakers are finally ready to listen.

The prime minister told the BBC that social care in England is "as unfair as American healthcare".

Burnham said the fund would would support communities to transform derelict buildings and keep businesses open

Funds to help local people turn empty shops, pubs and clubs into community hubs, shared workspaces and cafes

Record £66m from Home Office highlights hostility Muslims face, government’s anti-Islamophobia partner says

See how government spending creates money and taxation destroys it. Interactive Sankey diagram of modern monetary flows.

Some six months have passed since the executive should have set a budget for this financial year.

Monthly ‘thank you’ payments for people hosting refugees to be cut from £350 to £100 from next year

Treasury sources concede ‘less room’ for manoeuvre as global bond selloff also hikes government’s borrowing costs

The proposals would also see benefits cut for people who are able to work but have failed to hold down a job.

Browse all 43 key MMT concepts — from sectoral balances to endogenous money — with explanations at every level.

Farmers fear they may not be able to carry out environmental work because they lost out on funding.

‘Radical’ report likely to influence party’s platform also proposes abolishing inheritance and capital gains taxes

IPPR North says one bad decision could derail devolution agenda as regions gain control of billions in funding

A masterpiece! By far the most inspiring economics film I have ever seen. Watch the trailer, stream the film for free, or host a screening in your community.

Borrowing was higher than expected in August as inflation piles pressure on the government ahead of the Budget.

Higher-than-expected figure will make chancellor’s aim of calming jittery bond markets more difficult

The issue cannot be avoided any longer. Andy Burnham and his chancellor must face the fear of a pensioner backlash, and find a fair solution, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The cost-of-living crisis is a distributional problem, not a fiscal one

Nobody has beaten the MMT bot. Bring your best anti-MMT argument and see how you score.

Proposal one of many at conference responding to concern voters unaware of party’s policies or what it stands for

Sir Ed Davey pledged to spend £600m a year on maternity services if the Lib Dems were in government.

This week's MMT discussion reveals growing frustration with central bank independence theater while practitioners increasingly defend money creation as economically neutral. The emphasis has shifted from explaining MMT basics to applying it critically—questioning whether current institutional arrangements actually serve economic stability or merely provide political cover. 15 stories reviewed this week.