Thread by @christreilly

Just want to say thanks to a few people for helping me understand macroeconomics and teaching me #MMT , and I need to start with @StevenHailAus - a great communicator who has always been there to answer questions personally and in depth. Thanks, Steven!

Also joint top of the list is @sdgrumbine and @elliswinningham - unrelenting energy, courage, passion and outspokenness. Guys, thanks for teaching me #MMT and making it 🤘

Now I’m onto thanking people who probably don’t know they taught me #MMT: of course @wbmosler (thanks for 7 Deadly Innocent Frauds, and the “guy with the gun” - that was my lightbulb moment!)

Thanks to @billy_blog for teaching me #MMT (“the government makes sure 100% of wool is employed, why not people?”)

Thanks also to @FadhelKaboub for being so generous with his time, being a great #MMT teacher and being such a great guest on the @MMTpodcast

And very, very importantly, as anyone who is learning #MMT knows, it gets lonely, so I’m so grateful to @PatriciaNPino for being my partner in crime on the @MMTpodcast. It’s a pleasure and a privilege to have met her and to work with her. Thanks P-Dawg! X

I’ve barely made a dent in the list of people I need to thank for helping me with #MMT, but I have to break for now, b/c Die Hard is on + I’m getting a bit squiffy. Just wanted to say that all the people I’ve mentioned here are role models and an inspiration to me. Thanks guys!

And if I may be so bold: Yippie-Ki-Yay MotherFudgers! Xx

(In case you don’t know, #MMT = Modern Monetary Theory and I reckon grasping MMT is vital to saving society and the planet. More here if you get time: pileusmmt.libsyn.com )