Events
Browse MMN events below.
2013 — 2015
The MMx initiative supports network participants and institutional affiliates to develop, organize, publicize and share local learning events, including seminars, debates, panels and reading groups.
2013 — 2014
Description This series examines the legal architecture underpinning monetary and financial systems in order to better understand the dynamic relationship between law, money and the economy. Rationale In 1930, John Maynard Keynes declared in A Treatise on Money that “[T]he age of chartalist or State money was reached when the State claimed the right to declare what thing should answer as money…
Nov 13, 2012
This seminar explores the intersection between the real and monetary (or nominal) economy. It addresses the relationship between money and economic growth, and explores popular misconceptions surrounding the “sustainability” of government deficits, national debt and trade deficits for developed and developing nations. Questions to be addressed include: Why does unemployment exist in a monetary economy? How does a nation’s developmental stage affect…
Oct 5, 2012
This seminar offers a diagnosis of the current European debt crisis that traces its origins to inherent flaws in the legal and institutional design of the Eurozone. Questions to be addressed include: Is the European Monetary Union responsible for the current Eurozone crisis? What role have core nations such as Germany and France played in the crisis, compared to peripheral nations such…
Sep 25, 2012
This seminar will examine the legal and institutional structure of the current global monetary system, with a particular emphasis on the economic freedoms afforded to nations such as the U.S., U.K., Japan, Canada and Australia that use a non-convertible fiat currency with a floating exchange rate. Questions to be addressed include: How does a fiat currency with a floating exchange rate…
Sep 11, 2012
This seminar will explore the social structures that have historically underpinned debt and money systems, and apply insights gleamed from them to our contemporary economic problems.
2012 — 2013
Description This seminar series introduces a new economic narrative, in which societies use their monetary systems in a democratic way to achieve full employment and promote public purpose. Rationale The global economy has recently experienced a series of catastrophic and destabilizing events, including the Global Financial Crisis, the Eurozone Crisis, the Debt-Ceiling Crisis and the ongoing Great Recession. Today, nations…
About The MMx initiative (inspired by the TEDx model) supports network participants and institutional affiliates to develop, organize, publicize and share local learning events, including seminars, debates, panels and reading groups. There are two types of MMx events: Seminars use the same format as our annual flagship “Money” series, with a topic theme, multiple speakers, and audience participation. Special Events are more flexible in…
The MMx initiative supports network participants and institutional affiliates to develop, organize, publicize and share local learning events, including seminars, debates, panels and reading groups. MMx Seminars use the same format as our annual flagship “Money” series, with a topic theme, multiple speakers, and audience participation. Year: 2013 to 2015
Following one of the most polarizing and contentious electoral cycles in modern memory, two former D.C. insiders will interrogate the public understanding of the federal budgeting process. “THAT’S A GOOD IDEA…BUT HOW WILL YOU PAY FOR IT?” This is the question posed to every candidate who has ever had an idea for any program ever. Following one of the most polarizing and contentious electoral cycles in modern memory, it’s…
Declarations of Dependence by Scott Ferguson Bi-weekly group meetings, held virtually Fill out the onboarding form to join the Chicago LC!
The Deficit Myth by Stephanie Kelton Bi-weekly reading group, meeting virtually No experience or knowledge necessary, all are welcome Fill out the onboarding form to join the Wisconsin LC!