Anne and Kev apply the MMT lens to the news of the day.

Kev reflects on the development of the Labor Party from a workers' party to a populist party. Anne Looks at the billionaires and multi-national corporations that behave like they can tell governments what to do. And Kev goes out on a limb with his MMT-informed predictions for MAGA America.

Show Notes

Elon Musk’s Hostile Takeover | Lever Time (podcast)

Notes on the Crises (website)
Nathan Tankus

Time to outlaw the credit rating agencies (blog post)
Bill Mitchell, December 23, 2009

Big Spending States Face Credit Ratings Downgrades (newspaper article)
by Shane Wright
The Age, 5 February 2025
States facing credit downgrades due to ‘lax fiscal discipline’

Theme Music

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

Additional Audio

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

NY-LA by Full Flower Moon Band