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Money, Music & Method with Alex Williams

Published: July 15, 2020, 4 p.m.

Economist, musician & Money on the Left audio engineer, Alex Williams, joins the podcast to discuss money, music and method in light of Modern Monetary Theory and heterodox economics. At the outset, we chat about methodology and the riddles of \u201cadministrative capacity\u201d that drive so much of Williams\u2019 work. Next, Williams guides us through his proposal for arts and culture provisioning under a federal Job Guarantee by way of a critique of the anti-money, laissez-faire DIY music scene in which he came up. Finally, we turn to Williams\u2019 much-touted master\u2019s thesis & recent popular work on stabilizing state and municipal balance sheets during crises like the coronavirus health emergency.\xa0

Check out some of Williams\u2019 important work:\xa0

\u201cThe Job Guarantee and Cultural Equity: Gatekeeping and Popularization,\u201d Global Institute for Sustainable Prosperity, Working Paper 127, 2020.

Intragovernmental Autonomous Stabilizers, Master\u2019s Thesis, Bard College, 2020.

\u201cStructuring Federal Aid To States As An Automatic (and Autonomous) Stabilizer,\u201d Employ America, 2020.

Find Alex on Twitter: @tragicbios

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