The MMT Podcast with Patricia Pino & Christian Reilly

May 13, 2026

Part 2: Patricia and Christian continue the conversation with economist and author Dr Phil Armstrong about his recent paper, “Modern Monetary Theory and International Trade: Developments on the Base Case for Analysis”.

Full conversation here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/155949704?pr=true

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Apr 28, 2026

#209 MMT and International Trade with Dr Phil Armstrong (part 1)

Patricia and Christian talk to economist and author Dr Phil Armstrong about his recent paper, “Modern Monetary Theory and International Trade: Developments on the Base Case for Analysis”.

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Mar 17, 2026

Patricia and Christian talk to economist and author Dr Phil Armstrong about the least useful pieces of economic commentary from the last 12 months.

In this episode:

5. “Quantitative Easing causes ‘asset price inflation’”

6. “Fiscal ‘headroom’”

7. “The ‘labour market’ needs ‘softening’...

Mar 13, 2026

Patricia and Christian talk to economist and author Professor John T Harvey about his latest book, “US business cycles from 1954-2020”, his evergreen “Contending Perspectives In Economics”, and solutions to an inherently unstable system.

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Feb 19, 2026

Patricia and Christian talk to economist and author Dr Phil Armstrong about the least useful pieces of economic commentary from the last 12 months.

In this episode:

1. “Sure, the government *can* create money… (but it shouldn’t)”
2. “It’s okay for the government to ‘borrow’… if it’s investing”
3. “The...