TWO weeks ago, Kairin and I interviewed Dundee-born economist Mark Blyth for our opening night keynote presentation at our Festival of Economics. We…
TWO weeks ago, Kairin and I interviewed Dundee-born economist Mark Blyth for our opening night keynote presentation at our Festival of Economics. We are both avid consumers of Mark’s books, articles and podcasts.
It is worth pointing out that this was a pre-recorded session. There is a cut function for those unaware of the video production process, and we could have removed every MMT-critical word that Mark spoke. But then, what would have been the point? It must be stressed that Mark clearly supports the same end destination as everyone in our audience and those reading this newsletter. He wants to see a fairer, more prosperous Scotland. However, he does not think that the prescriptive side of MMT applies to Scotland – or any nation apart from the USA. We think he is wrong.Mark has an orthodox understanding of the economy, while I have different assumptions guiding my worldview.
Things became toxic rather than constructive when someone stole part of his interview from our live feed and edited out all the stuff where he slammed the mainstream’s approach to austerity, his history and background, his view of the UK’s hopeless economic model, and the UK government’s lack of interest in Scotland.
MMT is a solidly heterodox idea. It is based on assumptions with which Mark just does not agree. Mark's economic worldview is totally different from ours . However, we have much in common with Mark.We know that Scotland has never and will never be a priority in this Union.Typically, the external focus is on disagreement and casting doubts about Scotland's future rather than discussing its past and current position as a colonial economy.
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