#217 Shaping Green Party Policy with Sheridan Kates

Christian talks to ecological economist and Green Party councillor Sheridan Kates about taming bond markets, taxing wealth, and developing Green Party economic policy.

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"How to Fight Back Against the False Idea that the Government is at the Mercy of Financial Markets" by Sheridan Kates: https://thealternative.org.uk/dailyalternative/2025/3/10/scotonomics-monetary-autonomy Sheridan Kates' Linktree: https://linktr.ee/sheridankates "Anything we can actually do, we can afford", a choose-your-own-adventure game: https://www.youreconomy.uk/?passage=Welcome+to+the+Story Join the Green Party: https://greenparty.org.uk Episode 43 - Sam Levey: Understanding Endogenous Money: https://www.patreon.com/posts/35073683 Episode 126 - Dirk Ehnts: How Banks Create Money: https://www.patreon.com/posts/62603318  "Calling Time: Replacing The Fiscal Rules With Fiscal Referees" Frank van Lerven, Alfie Stirling and Lydia Prieg: https://new-economicsf.files.svdcdn.com/production/files/fiscal-referees.pdf?dm=1634836542 "Turning the tap back on" by Positive Money: https://positivemoney.org/uk/update/turning-the-tap-back-on/ "The New Monetary Policy: Reimagining Demand Management And Price Stability In The 21St Century" by Nathan Tankus: https://files.modernmoney.network/M3F000001.pdf  Join Acorn - the community renter's union: https://acorntheunion.org.uk/ More about the Forum for Real Economic Emancipation: https://www.freefreeforum.org/ More about Sarah Stein Lubrano, author of "Don't talk about politics": https://www.sarahsteinlubrano.com Episode 30 - Steven Hail: Understanding Government Bonds (Part 1) :https://www.patreon.com/posts/29621245 Episode 31 - Steven Hail: Understanding Government Bonds (Part 2):  https://www.patreon.com/posts/29829500 "Federal Debt and Modern Money" by Steven Hail & David Joy: https://www.global-isp.org/wp-content/uploads/PN-121.pdf "There is no need to issue public debt" by Bill Mitchell: https://billmitchell.org/blog/?p=31715 For more on the (Liz) Trussageddon, listen to Episode 147 - Dirk Ehnts: Do Markets Control Our Politics?: https://www.patreon.com/posts/episode-147-dirk-72906421 Join the MMT UK discord server to connect with others looking to promote MMT and ecological economics in the UK!: https://discord.gg/S3UbxFe4FR

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