COP26 speech of Mia Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados

It’s clear, when energy becomes short in supply, free market forces can’t look after all of society. Just the wealthy. That’s why governments are having to step in, propping up an industry that is raking […]

On geopolitical competition over Africa. In light of the ‘new Cold War’, we look at what the US, Europe, Russia and China’s respective “pitches” are to African countries – what are they selling? And we […]

MMT economist Steven Hail helps understand the intricacies of a modern money banking system as they discuss the interplay of government spending, private sector transactions, reserve and bond accounts at the central bank and how […]