Anne asks economist Dr. Steven Hail, what do we have to fear from Project 2025? The answer might surprise you.

What's more, we answer the implied question. If most of our political leaders, economists, bureaucrats etc do not understand how the monetary system works, then how is it the system works as well as it does? (Of course we could be managing our monetary system, and our economy, so they serve people and planet a lot better than they currently do.)

Show Notes

Project 2025 (chapter 24)
 

Lever Time (episode 3, podcast)
Project 2025 Is Even More Radical Than You Think
produced by Arjun Singh, 5th November 2024
The Lever Time podcast is hosted by award-winning journalist, and Bernie Sanders' 2020 speechwriter, David Sirota.

Modern Money Lab (events)
Beyond the Deficit Myth: Money, Government and the Public Interest.
A new interactive weekend seminar using Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) as a guide to economic policy analysis, institutional reform, economic development, and promoting social justice and a transition to ecological sustainability.

Theme Music

Pleading Ignorance, by Ed Kuepper, from the album Starstruck.
 

Additional Audio

Too Many Things, by Ed Kuepper, from the album Starstruck.

The Morning Edition (podcast) with Jacqueline Maley,
Inside Politics: Treasurer Jim Chalmers, 23 August 2023