It is an honor to be awarded the prestigious Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences. This year it went to three American economists “for their research on banks and financial crises”. The lucky recipients were Ben S. Bernanke, Douglas W. Diamond, and Philip H. Dybvig and the Swedish committee titled their justification “Financial Intermediation and … Continue reading “Nominating the 2022 Nobel Economics Committee for the 2023 Ig Noble Economics Prize”
Author: Govert Schuller
18th Annual AMI Monetary Reform Conference, 2022
The Basics The American Monetary Institute (AMI) will conduct its 18th international monetary conference on Friday till Sunday, October 7-9, 2022. It will be on-line on Zoom. The provisional list of presenters and the schedule are here. Times are in US Central Daytime. In India the Friday session starts 4:30 am IST; the Saturday … Continue reading “18th Annual AMI Monetary Reform Conference, 2022”
John Titus is not up to Snuff? Or the Need for Epistemic Maturation
For several reasons I feel compelled to write this blog about some of the output of video-blogger John Titus. Titus is a prolific vlogger usually commenting on all kinds of shenanigans in the financial world. In 2012 he produced the feature-length documentary Bailout after which he became a regular commentator. He has been interviewed … Continue reading “John Titus is not up to Snuff? Or the Need for Epistemic Maturation”
Monetary Reform: Simple Spiel
What monetary reform is all about is to promote a bill that has already been drafted in various formulations here in the USA. One in the 1930s and one in 2012. And it concerns a radical change in the current monetary system. In western countries, the proportion of bank money is about 93-97%. If … Continue reading “Monetary Reform: Simple Spiel”
Additions to Bibliography May 2021
Dear folks, Find here the link to the fourth AFJM Monetary Reform bibliography update. The list, as is the bibliography itself here on Alpheus and on the AFJM web site, is alphabetized and categorized under Academic Sources, MMT Issue, Advocacy, Supporting Studies, Articles, Videos and Background Studies. The list contains about ten dozen items … Continue reading “Additions to Bibliography May 2021”
The Cultural History of Inner Mind Space
Introduction. Following are two sections from the dissertation: “The Possibility Conditions of Narrative Identity“. Though I intended to include much more Jaynesian theory, I think these two sections will be most accessible for Jaynesians. The rest is also pretty compatible with Jaynes. What my dissertation did was to highlight the narrative component of consciousness and … Continue reading “The Cultural History of Inner Mind Space”
Launch Announcement of Democratizar el Dinero
The Alliance For Just Money is excited to have stepped into the publishing business by releasing a Spanish anthology of a dozen translations of high quality articles on the latest findings in monetary theory and on ongoing improved reasons for real monetary reform. The title is Democratizar el Dinero. Una introducción a la Reforma … Continue reading “Launch Announcement of Democratizar el Dinero”
Triple-column Comparison
Triple-column Comparison between Modern Monetary Theory (MMT), the Actual Monetary System, and Sovereign Monetary Reform (SMR) A while ago I found a very useful double-column comparison of the concept of the monetary system in Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) and how the monetary system actually functions. The figure is titled: “Overview of MMT Flaws Relative … Continue reading “Triple-column Comparison”
Educational and Promotional Videos
VIDEOS ON MONETARY THEORY AND REFORM A. TOP 12 Videos B. Videos Produced in the Monetary Reform Movement C. Other Monetary Theory and Reform Videos of Interest D. Background Videos A. TOP 12 VIDEOS Bjerg, Ole. 2016. “Where does money come from?“ TEDxCopenhagen. 24 May 2016. Bongiovanni, Joe. 2013. “Why Monetary Reform … Continue reading “Educational and Promotional Videos”
On Trump: More on Alex Jones
Into the Grove In quite some ways the following is an instructive story. In July 2000 Alex Jones, Mike Hanson and British journalist Jon Ronson infiltrated the yearly Bohemian Grove gathering of very wealthy and well-connected people just north of San Francisco. They dressed up as preppy, casual CEOs and slipped into the estate … Continue reading “On Trump: More on Alex Jones”