Bill Mitchell: Free flows of capital do not increase output but do increase inequality

For years now, labor unions and their allies have accurately identified the so-called gig economy as an existential threat to whatever shred of worker power and labor standards remains in the US economy. Read Here

An excerpt from a lengthy interview in October 2021including topics such as inflation, interest rates, employment, tax, the trillion-dollar coin and the future of MMT. Read here

Platform working is an expanding part of the economy. Globally the number of platforms has grown five-fold in a decade.[1] And the coronavirus pandemic seems to have been the catalyst for further surge in platform […]