Anne Maxwell
@annemaxwell.bsky.social
co-host RadioMMT, www.3cr.org.au/radiommt, grey skies are lovely too
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Tomorrow is the 140th anniversary of Melbourne's first cable tram.
It's been 85 years since the last cable tram ran, and they're largely forgotten now but they laid the foundations of today's extensive electric tram network.
Nice story by Ishkander Razak
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
It's been 85 years since the last cable tram ran, and they're largely forgotten now but they laid the foundations of today's extensive electric tram network.
Nice story by Ishkander Razak
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
The public transport punt that changed Melbourne
Melbourne's history with trams goes back 140 years. The city got its first tram in 1885 and the fleet has grown to become the world's largest tram network.
www.abc.net.au
November 10, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Tomorrow is the 140th anniversary of Melbourne's first cable tram.
It's been 85 years since the last cable tram ran, and they're largely forgotten now but they laid the foundations of today's extensive electric tram network.
Nice story by Ishkander Razak
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
It's been 85 years since the last cable tram ran, and they're largely forgotten now but they laid the foundations of today's extensive electric tram network.
Nice story by Ishkander Razak
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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A clear explanation from Steve Keen ( a case of debt-deflation caused by too high levels of private debt). And even better, why mainstream economists don't get it, blinded as they are by their belief that the economy tends to equilibrium, and banks lend out deposits.
A clear explanation from Steve Keen ( a case of debt-deflation caused by too high levels of private debt). And even better, why mainstream economists don't get it, blinded as they are by their belief that the economy tends to equilibrium, and banks lend out deposits.
What caused the Great Depression? | Prof Steve Keen
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November 10, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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A clear explanation from Steve Keen ( a case of debt-deflation caused by too high levels of private debt). And even better, why mainstream economists don't get it, blinded as they are by their belief that the economy tends to equilibrium, and banks lend out deposits.
A clear explanation from Steve Keen ( a case of debt-deflation caused by too high levels of private debt). And even better, why mainstream economists don't get it, blinded as they are by their belief that the economy tends to equilibrium, and banks lend out deposits.
We need a #jobguarantee
As quoted: “Robodebt was both illegal and immoral, but if the only lesson we take from that is that we need to make our moral failures legal, then that would be a tragedy."
As quoted: “Robodebt was both illegal and immoral, but if the only lesson we take from that is that we need to make our moral failures legal, then that would be a tragedy."
Legend
What a ride. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
November 8, 2025 at 12:52 PM
We need a #jobguarantee
As quoted: “Robodebt was both illegal and immoral, but if the only lesson we take from that is that we need to make our moral failures legal, then that would be a tragedy."
As quoted: “Robodebt was both illegal and immoral, but if the only lesson we take from that is that we need to make our moral failures legal, then that would be a tragedy."
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Disability benefits here in the UK are less than most people believe.
They're harder to get than most people believe.
Fraud is lower than most people believe.
The evidence you need to get them is more than most people believe.
The Government and media rely on this collective ignorance.
They're harder to get than most people believe.
Fraud is lower than most people believe.
The evidence you need to get them is more than most people believe.
The Government and media rely on this collective ignorance.
November 8, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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"The report.......substantiates claims the country's gas export industry could be hampering global efforts to decarbonise, according to climate and energy analysts"
A leaked report confirms carpet-bombing other countries with fossil fuel exports actively stifles renewable energy development -->>>
A leaked report confirms carpet-bombing other countries with fossil fuel exports actively stifles renewable energy development -->>>
Secret report challenges government claim WA gas will help world decarbonise
A secret report undermines the WA government's claim that domestic gas production is helping the rest of the world decarbonise, while the state's own greenhouse gas emissions rise.
www.abc.net.au
November 8, 2025 at 5:00 AM
"The report.......substantiates claims the country's gas export industry could be hampering global efforts to decarbonise, according to climate and energy analysts"
A leaked report confirms carpet-bombing other countries with fossil fuel exports actively stifles renewable energy development -->>>
A leaked report confirms carpet-bombing other countries with fossil fuel exports actively stifles renewable energy development -->>>
A bunch of unhealthy dynamics resulting in a bloated financial sector. Will another crash be enough to release their stranglehold on government so it can legislate to prevent another round?
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Could private credit spark the next financial market meltdown?
In recent months, there's been a growing focus on private credit, the alter ego of private equity, and the potential it may have to destabilise the system.
www.abc.net.au
November 8, 2025 at 5:00 AM
A bunch of unhealthy dynamics resulting in a bloated financial sector. Will another crash be enough to release their stranglehold on government so it can legislate to prevent another round?
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
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The ‘cost of living crisis’ is privatised essential services and under-regulated corporatisation of the rest of the economy and government. I hope people vote to redress this next election #AusPol
November 7, 2025 at 11:19 PM
The ‘cost of living crisis’ is privatised essential services and under-regulated corporatisation of the rest of the economy and government. I hope people vote to redress this next election #AusPol
*”absurd” offset laws
* “streamlined” process reduces transparency
* “the legislation does not fix the problem of ministerial discretion”
* “streamlined” process reduces transparency
* “the legislation does not fix the problem of ministerial discretion”
November 8, 2025 at 1:03 AM
*”absurd” offset laws
* “streamlined” process reduces transparency
* “the legislation does not fix the problem of ministerial discretion”
* “streamlined” process reduces transparency
* “the legislation does not fix the problem of ministerial discretion”
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The Modern Money Lab Economics of Sustainability January series this year will feature the following academics - Pavlina Tcherneva, Stephanie Kelton, John Harvey, Scott Fullwiler, Tim Foxon and Phil Lawn.
More details soon or from [email protected].
Do come along.
More details soon or from [email protected].
Do come along.
November 5, 2025 at 12:09 AM
The Modern Money Lab Economics of Sustainability January series this year will feature the following academics - Pavlina Tcherneva, Stephanie Kelton, John Harvey, Scott Fullwiler, Tim Foxon and Phil Lawn.
More details soon or from [email protected].
Do come along.
More details soon or from [email protected].
Do come along.
“laying the foundation for a renewed social contract”
Our latest working paper from Levy President @ptcherneva.bsky.social traces the "enshittification" (Doctorow)) of the modern labor market and how the postwar promise of full employment turned into a trap of precarity and debt
The Job Guarantee could be the answer.
levyinstitute.org/publications...
The Job Guarantee could be the answer.
levyinstitute.org/publications...
November 7, 2025 at 7:27 AM
“laying the foundation for a renewed social contract”
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It's time for a Job Guarantee.
Our latest working paper from Levy President @ptcherneva.bsky.social traces the "enshittification" (Doctorow)) of the modern labor market and how the postwar promise of full employment turned into a trap of precarity and debt
The Job Guarantee could be the answer.
levyinstitute.org/publications...
The Job Guarantee could be the answer.
levyinstitute.org/publications...
November 6, 2025 at 11:42 PM
It's time for a Job Guarantee.
“The right frame is not volunteerism, but insurgent fiscal policy. “
November 7, 2025 at 7:14 AM
“The right frame is not volunteerism, but insurgent fiscal policy. “
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A new FOI into the Deloitte nonsense has revealed:
-there were MORE AI errors in the Deloitte report than previously admitted
-DEWR knew about this for weeks & did nothing
-DEWR's Secretary lied in Estimates, when saying Deloitte never apologised to her
archive.is/F8qtG#select...
-there were MORE AI errors in the Deloitte report than previously admitted
-DEWR knew about this for weeks & did nothing
-DEWR's Secretary lied in Estimates, when saying Deloitte never apologised to her
archive.is/F8qtG#select...
November 6, 2025 at 11:03 PM
A new FOI into the Deloitte nonsense has revealed:
-there were MORE AI errors in the Deloitte report than previously admitted
-DEWR knew about this for weeks & did nothing
-DEWR's Secretary lied in Estimates, when saying Deloitte never apologised to her
archive.is/F8qtG#select...
-there were MORE AI errors in the Deloitte report than previously admitted
-DEWR knew about this for weeks & did nothing
-DEWR's Secretary lied in Estimates, when saying Deloitte never apologised to her
archive.is/F8qtG#select...
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AI-tainted Deloitte report was worse than previously thought: "Department of Employment and Workplace Relations staff identified 59 potential errors in a 'quick review' of the report" after The AFR first reported claims that it included AI-induced flaws. www.afr.com/politics/ai-...
AI-tainted Deloitte report was worse than previously thought
Non-existent laws and a misnamed judge were among concerns raised with Deloitte about its artificial intelligence-tarnished report.
www.afr.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:53 PM
AI-tainted Deloitte report was worse than previously thought: "Department of Employment and Workplace Relations staff identified 59 potential errors in a 'quick review' of the report" after The AFR first reported claims that it included AI-induced flaws. www.afr.com/politics/ai-...
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“My friends, the world is changing. It's not a question of whether that change will come. It's a question of who will change it.” @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
People are choosing real alternatives instead of continuity. Mamdani stands for an antifascist economics in the name of the many. 🧵
People are choosing real alternatives instead of continuity. Mamdani stands for an antifascist economics in the name of the many. 🧵
November 6, 2025 at 2:23 PM
“My friends, the world is changing. It's not a question of whether that change will come. It's a question of who will change it.” @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
People are choosing real alternatives instead of continuity. Mamdani stands for an antifascist economics in the name of the many. 🧵
People are choosing real alternatives instead of continuity. Mamdani stands for an antifascist economics in the name of the many. 🧵
podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/7...
Well done NSW Greens MLC Abigail Boyd… for saying “public money” despite interviewer saying “taxpayer money“
ie taxes do *not* fund childcare
Well done NSW Greens MLC Abigail Boyd… for saying “public money” despite interviewer saying “taxpayer money“
ie taxes do *not* fund childcare
The woman who exposed the childcare industry
Podcast Episode · 7am · 02/11/2025 · 19m
podcasts.apple.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:06 PM
podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/7...
Well done NSW Greens MLC Abigail Boyd… for saying “public money” despite interviewer saying “taxpayer money“
ie taxes do *not* fund childcare
Well done NSW Greens MLC Abigail Boyd… for saying “public money” despite interviewer saying “taxpayer money“
ie taxes do *not* fund childcare
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I’ve always thought that privatising and monetising the micromanagement of poor people was one of the most evil, dystopian things I have ever seen.
October 25, 2025 at 5:01 AM
I’ve always thought that privatising and monetising the micromanagement of poor people was one of the most evil, dystopian things I have ever seen.
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End all funding every single private employment services provider.
Salt the earth so those in change of them never get any public money ever again - run them out of the country.
Get rid of mutual obligations
Bring back the CES
Raise the fricken rate
Ain’t hard.
Salt the earth so those in change of them never get any public money ever again - run them out of the country.
Get rid of mutual obligations
Bring back the CES
Raise the fricken rate
Ain’t hard.
Sometimes defective, maybe unlawful: what can be done about Australia’s crisis-ridden welfare system?
Sometimes defective, maybe unlawful: what can be done about Australia’s crisis-ridden welfare system?
Run by multiple departments and hundreds of private companies, advocates warn errors will continue to rock a system ‘in crisis’
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It’s a system designed to help Australians who most need it. Yet its created continuous scandals, with parts of it paused because the government can’t say if it’s operating legally.
Hundreds and thousands of Centrelink clients are affected by its frequent problems, being charged or overpaying debts incorrectly calculated as another class action is launched. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 25, 2025 at 1:45 AM
End all funding every single private employment services provider.
Salt the earth so those in change of them never get any public money ever again - run them out of the country.
Get rid of mutual obligations
Bring back the CES
Raise the fricken rate
Ain’t hard.
Salt the earth so those in change of them never get any public money ever again - run them out of the country.
Get rid of mutual obligations
Bring back the CES
Raise the fricken rate
Ain’t hard.
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DUBUNKING THE MYTH
If you have twenty minutes to understand how Australia’s monetary system actually works, this is one of the better descriptions I have seen to date.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSmL...
If you have twenty minutes to understand how Australia’s monetary system actually works, this is one of the better descriptions I have seen to date.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSmL...
Modern Monetary Theory - A Primer
YouTube video by Brett's Altered States of Monetary Consciousness
www.youtube.com
September 23, 2025 at 11:10 PM
DUBUNKING THE MYTH
If you have twenty minutes to understand how Australia’s monetary system actually works, this is one of the better descriptions I have seen to date.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSmL...
If you have twenty minutes to understand how Australia’s monetary system actually works, this is one of the better descriptions I have seen to date.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSmL...
“Those taking part were happier, more satisfied, and felt more in control of their lives. They had more meaningful interactions with others, felt more valued, and felt they had more people around them who they could rely on.”
Austrian government announces €50 million to expand the Job Guarantee scheme in new budget by Finance Minister @markusmarterbauer.bsky.social
Based on the evidence of the pilot initiated by @svenhergovich.bsky.social and our evaluation with @maxkasy.bsky.social
www.inet.ox.ac.uk/news/austria...
Based on the evidence of the pilot initiated by @svenhergovich.bsky.social and our evaluation with @maxkasy.bsky.social
www.inet.ox.ac.uk/news/austria...
Austrian Government Announces €50 Million to Progress Guaranteed Job…
Programme pioneered by INET Oxford's Lukas Lehner and Max Kasy receives green light for further roll-out.
www.inet.ox.ac.uk
November 3, 2025 at 2:28 AM
“Those taking part were happier, more satisfied, and felt more in control of their lives. They had more meaningful interactions with others, felt more valued, and felt they had more people around them who they could rely on.”
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ATO is paying private debt collector $42m to pursue taxpayers, including welfare recipients www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... cc. @maximumwelfare.bsky.social @jeremypoxon.bsky.social
ATO is paying private debt collector $42m to pursue taxpayers, including welfare recipients
The tax office’s increased reliance on Recoveriescorp has coincided with a spike in complaints to the watchdog
www.theguardian.com
November 2, 2025 at 2:40 PM
ATO is paying private debt collector $42m to pursue taxpayers, including welfare recipients www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... cc. @maximumwelfare.bsky.social @jeremypoxon.bsky.social
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New analysis from @antipovertycentre.org shows that five payment suspensions are being inflicted every minute, by the Mutual Obligations system
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Centrelink threatening payment suspensions at rate of five a minute, new analysis suggests
Exclusive: As jobseekers continue to have payments suspended, advocates call for the regime to be stopped until it’s proven to be lawful
www.theguardian.com
November 2, 2025 at 11:21 PM
New analysis from @antipovertycentre.org shows that five payment suspensions are being inflicted every minute, by the Mutual Obligations system
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Thursday's blog post (30/10) is now posted (17:14 Kyoto time) - Japan – errant fiscal rule is sure to backfire - billmitchell.org/blog/?p=62871 #mmt
Japan – errant fiscal rule is sure to backfire – William Mitchell – Modern Monetary Theory
billmitchell.org
October 30, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Thursday's blog post (30/10) is now posted (17:14 Kyoto time) - Japan – errant fiscal rule is sure to backfire - billmitchell.org/blog/?p=62871 #mmt
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If you want training/credentials in #MMT and ecological economics on a course you can take part-time and online, with live classes with experts, ours begin every February, June and September, and are endorsed by Stephanie Kelton and many other leading economists.
[email protected]
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November 1, 2025 at 2:09 AM
If you want training/credentials in #MMT and ecological economics on a course you can take part-time and online, with live classes with experts, ours begin every February, June and September, and are endorsed by Stephanie Kelton and many other leading economists.
[email protected]
[email protected]