Everything You Thought You Knew About Money Is Wrong (repeat)
Money is something we use everyday, and think about a lot, yet the real nature of money is shrouded in mystery. If you haven't come across MMT (Modern Monetary Theory), chances are, money remains an enigma. Even economists and financiers often get it wrong.The econo-babble surrounding money is no accident. We are not taught about money, or our monetary system. Economic literacy is not part of our general education. Not in the same way we are taught to read and write, or use a computer. Into this void step multiple pundits, doomsayers, gold bugs, misguided mavericks, and... mainstream economists.Anne and Kev set us on the right track by looking at four ways for thinking about money: the Story of Money money as an IOU the monetary system as a pyramid of IOUs money as like points in a football game Once you see it, you can't un-see it. CreditsTheme MusicPleading Ignorance, by Ed Kuepper, from the album Starstruck.https://edkuepper.comAdditional AudioToo Many Things, by Ed Kuepper, from the album Starstruck.https://edkuepper.comhttps://orangefreesounds.comSongs and sound effects permitted for non-commercial use under license “Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)”
25 Sept 2026
#083 Katy Swain: Stop Falling For the "Competition" Myth
When supermarket giants control the food supply chain, shopping around won't save you. This episode, we go beyond standard supermarket bashing to look at the real culprit: a government that refuses to utilise countervailing power, and wants you to believe that more supermarket competition is the answer. Tune in to discover the public option future that could actually fix your grocery bill. Shownotes Supermarkets (articles) Mayor Mamdani Announces La Marqueta as First Site Identified for City’s Public Grocery Stores, April 14, 2026 (press release) In the Loop: Revolutionizing Public Finance, hosted by Scott Ferguson, Tyler Suksawat, and Will Beaman (podcast by Money On The Left) Public Money. Public Good. PMPG (events)Supermarkets Inquiry | Final Report, by the ACCC, 2025 Where your spend at Coles and Woolworths is really going, Mar 20, 2024 (article)John Kehoe, Economics editor The Australian Financial Review Local Food Connections (3CR): Katy Swain and Jessie Winter on the power of supermarkets over producers and suppliers of food (episode) And in case you are wondering about nationalised pubs...They nationalised a pub by Chris Spargo (video) And just for laughs...Discounts all round@ChrisKohlerNews Theme Music Pleading Ignorance, by Ed Kuepper, from the album Starstruck. Additional Audio Too Many Things, by Ed Kuepper, from the album Starstruck. In Full: ACCC speaks after Coles found to have misled customers ABC News (Australia), May 14, 2026 Going Down (Live In Concert) by G3
11 Sept 2026
#082 Kev & Katy: Neoliberalism - What Next?
Kev and Katy wrap up this series of shows with an overview of where neoliberal government and neoliberal institutions have failed, and what we can do about it at a grassroots level.ShownotesThe Heritage Foundation at WikipediaAmerica’s Golden Age: A Return to the Permanent Things, Heritage Foundation president Kevin Roberts' medieval Christian vision for the US. (Also expanded upon as a lecture on YouTube)."Attack on American Free Enterprise System" (aka. the Powell Memorandum) at the Internet ArchiveA review of Late Soviet Britain: why materialist utopias fail, by Abby Innes.How neoliberalism broke economics, an interview with Abby Innes:[Soviet and neoliberal economics] both operate with sort of closed system reasoning about the possibility of a completely efficient system. whether that's a completely efficient social plan or a completely efficient market. And then the dark historical joke is that they necessarily converge on the same statecraft. […The assumption is] that if you design regulations in the appropriate way, enterprises will only ever work in a way that is socially productive.Slashing support: How the NDIS is leaving the most vulnerable behind, by friend of the show James Rozier, explaining why healthcare doesn't work like a textbook market:So, why aren’t participants “disciplining the market” and seeking lower prices? When looking for a doctor, we tend to take the first appointment available. Then, we tend to stay with that doctor and trust their advice. These behaviours and trust relationships are particularly prevalent in healthcare. If we expect NDIS participants to drive down prices, we ignore such behavioural realities.Theme MusicPleading Ignorance, by Ed Kuepper, from the album Starstruck.Additional AudioToo Many Things, by Ed Kuepper, from the album Starstruck.
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