The economy often takes us by surprise often leading us question whether we have an effective understanding of the modern economy. As an international political economy scholar at LSE and green political economy professor at Queen’s University Belfast we’d like to set up a discussion group to increase our understanding of the functioning of the economy. One of the first topics we’d like to discuss is Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) as presented in the book ‘The Deficit Myth’ by Stephanie Kelton. We’d like to gain a deeper understanding of the merits and potential shortcomings of the claims made in this book and by MMT more broadly.

We will start off the discussion by having Professor Richard Murphy from City University London summarize the main ideas of MMT and Professor Cédric Tille from the Graduate Institute in Geneva offering his reflections.

We’d be very happy for you to attend this meeting held via Zoom (https://lse.zoom.us/j/83781388598) on Wednesday December 2nd from 7 - 9PM (UK time). It is meant to be an informal exchange of ideas.