Bill Mitchell: The coronavirus crisis – a particular type of shock – Part 2

The dissonance in mainstream economics and the political debate about policy settings is getting deeper and more public. Read here

With alternative coins flourishing and Central Banks designing their own digital currencies, there is a potential hard-backed currency which cannot be ignored: carbon. Using carbon to back a global currency would redistribute wealth, incentivize low […]

Rich nations’ proposals for greening the economy need to acknowledge that their wealth rests on economic exploitation and ecological spoliation of poorer countries. Read here