{"id":3123,"date":"2021-09-22T16:25:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-22T15:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/backup.act.stringerhj.co.uk\/oldsite\/?p=3123"},"modified":"2021-10-18T19:40:48","modified_gmt":"2021-10-18T18:40:48","slug":"why-is-climate-and-nature-getting-the-short-straw-with-government-spending-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/backup.act.stringerhj.co.uk\/oldsite\/index.php\/2021\/09\/22\/why-is-climate-and-nature-getting-the-short-straw-with-government-spending-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Why are climate and nature getting the short straw with government spending?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">6. <strong>Further reading<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/positivemoney.org\/2019\/11\/banks-really-are-magic-money-trees\/\">Banks really are magic money trees<\/a> &#8211; an article by Positive Money<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/stephanie_kelton_the_big_myth_of_government_deficits?utm_campaign=tedspread&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=tedcomshare\">TED talk by Stephanie Kelton<\/a> &#8211; on deficits not being a problem under MMT<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/IHxloLkMXeU\">Power of the Pound<\/a> &#8211; a video explaining the concept of MMT for the UK<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/positivemoney.org\/2020\/06\/government-debt-and-covid-19-why-theres-no-need-to-worry\/\">Government debt and Covid 19<\/a> &#8211; an article by Positive Money<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/?512625-5\/washington-journal-rep-john-yarmuth-d-ky-discusses-president-bidens-fy-2022-budget-request\">Chair of the US House Budget Committee<\/a> &#8211; promoting MMT for the $6tn budget proposals&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2021\/08\/23\/50-years-without-gold-backed-money\/\">50 years without gold backed money<\/a> &#8211; a talk by Richard Murphy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2021\/05\/14\/money-and-qe\/\">Money &amp; QE<\/a> &#8211; a talk by Richard Murphy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/positivemoney.org\/2015\/12\/hyperinflation-how-the-wrong-lessons-were-learned-from-weimar-and-zimbabwe-a-history-of-pqe-part-2-of-8\/\">Hyperinflation in Germany and Zimbabwe<\/a> &#8211; an article by Positive Money<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/CvRAqR2pAgw\">Bank of England video<\/a> &#8211; on money creation and QE<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2021\/oct\/15\/the-case-for-minting-a-1tn-coin-to-deal-with-americas-debt-ceiling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Guardian article<\/a> &#8211; The US considering minting a trillion dollar coin to enable the government to keep spending (no it&#8217;s not April 1st)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>6. Further reading Banks really are magic money trees &#8211; an article by Positive Money TED talk by Stephanie Kelton &#8211; on deficits not being a problem under MMT Power of the Pound &#8211; a video explaining the concept of MMT for the UK Government debt and Covid 19 &#8211; an article by Positive Money [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economy-and-business"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Why are climate and nature getting the short straw with government spending? - Action on Climate in Teignbridge (ACT)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/backup.act.stringerhj.co.uk\/oldsite\/index.php\/2021\/09\/22\/why-is-climate-and-nature-getting-the-short-straw-with-government-spending-6\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why are climate and nature getting the short straw with government spending? - Action on Climate in Teignbridge (ACT)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"6. 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