{"id":29773,"date":"2014-12-25T17:13:13","date_gmt":"2014-12-25T07:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/billmitchell.org\/blog\/?p=29773"},"modified":"2014-12-25T17:13:13","modified_gmt":"2014-12-25T07:13:13","slug":"framing-modern-monetary-theory-presentation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/billmitchell.org\/blog\/?p=29773","title":{"rendered":"Framing Modern Monetary Theory &#8211; Presentation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tI am not doing much work today. But in the early quietness I was able to finalise an edit of a presentation I gave in Rome on November 24, 2014 on Framing Modern Monetary Theory. So among other things I include today that video is now available. All the best for today.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nHere is my Xmas card for 2014 courtesy of &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/gallery\/2014\/dec\/12\/kipper-williams-christmas-card-2014\">Kipper Williams<\/a> &#8211; of the Guardian.<\/p>\n<p>I think it appropriate for this day and age.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/billmitchell.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Guardian_Xmas_Cartoon_Card_2014.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/billmitchell.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Guardian_Xmas_Cartoon_Card_2014.jpg\" alt=\"Guardian_Xmas_Cartoon_Card_2014\" width=\"740\" height=\"548\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29774\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>Framing Modern Monetary Theory &#8211; Presentation in Rome, November 24, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I finally found time to edit and create a video from my presentation at the Rome 3 University on November 24, 2014, which was kindly organised by L&#8217;associazione MEMMT.info<\/p>\n<p>The original full version with Italian interpretation and the Q&#038;A was filmed and produced by Joel Samuele Beaumont and can be viewed at http:\/\/youtu.be\/bDETqz2MA1c &#8211; the session went for 2 hours and 43 minutes. I captured his video and I thank him for his work.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8ZpmJdetQMo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p>The version here is 39 minutes and covers the English presentation only. I have cut out the interpreting and the Q&#038;A and some other nondescript time filling bits. I will post the Q&#038;A session separately once the editing is complete.<\/p>\n<p>It is based on work we are doing at present on presenting Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) to a public that has neo-liberal economic concepts ingrained in their basic learning structures.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stereotyping those on income support and the homeless<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I thought this was rather apposite for today. See related story &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.news.com.au\/lifestyle\/real-life\/homeless-man-given-100-then-secretly-followed-to-see-how-he-would-spend-it\/story-fnq2o7hp-1227166312029\">See what homeless man does with $100<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AUBTAdI7zuY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>I might make a good spy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I never buy airlines tickets particularly one-way types with cash the day before. When you travel a lot you work out that the cheapest fares are those that are 3-4 months out of the flight &#8211; unless you are prepared to take the risk of standby.<\/p>\n<p>I also never wear T-shirts and never look very scruffy at airports.<\/p>\n<p>It was as if I had been reading the &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/wikileaks.org\/cia-travel\/secondary-screening\/WikiLeaks_CIA_Assessment_on_Surviving_Secondary_Screening.pdf\">CIA Assessment on Surviving Seconday Screening<\/a> &#8211; and the &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/wikileaks.org\/cia-travel\/infiltrating-schengen\/WikiLeaks_CIA_Advice_for_Operatives_Infiltrating_Schengen.pdf\">CIA Advice for Operatives Infiltrating Schengen<\/a>.<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"1\">\n<tr>\n<td>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/billmitchell.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/CIA_Screening.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/billmitchell.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/CIA_Screening.png\" alt=\"CIA_Screening\" width=\"300\" height=\"388\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29785\" \/><\/a>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/billmitchell.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/CIA_Infiltration.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/billmitchell.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/CIA_Infiltration.png\" alt=\"CIA_Infiltration\" width=\"300\" height=\"388\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29786\" \/><\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>WikiLeaks has kindly made these two CIA documents public which offer all would-be spies some solid hints on how they can stay undercover and defraud the sovereign rights of nations through the use of false documents to illegally cross international borders.<\/p>\n<p>This information will also help would-be spy novelists get some real world, workshopped information to make their scripts more realistic.<\/p>\n<p>The docuuments were intended for CIA operatives only &#8211; not to be shared with even other allied security agencies.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the hints to avoid so-called &#8216;profiling&#8217; include:<\/p>\n<p>1. Don&#8217;t show signs of nervousness at foreign airports &#8211; &#8220;Physiological signs of nervousness include shaking or trembling hands, rapid breathing for no apparent reason, cold sweats, pulsating carotid arteries, a flushed face, and avoidance of eye contact.&#8221; So stay calm.<\/p>\n<p>2. Don&#8217;t lie if they ask you at the screening if you are carrying heaps of drugs &#8211; &#8220;Appearance of lying or withholding information&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>3. Memorise all your previous passport stamps &#8211; &#8220;Lack of familiarity with passport entries (biographic page, previous travel).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>4. Preferably white out any stamps or visa from bad places &#8211; &#8220;Stamps or visas from a terrorism-sponsoring country&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p>5. Learn all <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Languages_of_Africa\">Ten<\/a> official languages if you intend to spy in South Africa &#8211; &#8220;Inability to speak the language of the passport-issuing country&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>6. Don&#8217;t carry sets of golf clubs if you simultaneously are being assisted by a guide dog for blindness &#8211; &#8220;Baggage or contents inconsistent with the passenger&#8217;s appearance, profession, or ticket class&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Other hints include:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n&#8230; do not buy a one-way ticket with cash the day before flying &#8230; do not look scruffy while traveling on a diplomatic passport &#8230;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The other document tells CIA wannabees how to breach the border security of European nations in order to spy on them and kidnap people for rendition and torture.<\/p>\n<p>The US Administration seems to be a cheery place!<\/p>\n<p><strong>A lighter note<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here is a snippet from my Melbourne band &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pressuredropband.org\">Pressure Drop<\/a>. It is a shortened version of a song from our next CD to be released in early 2015.<\/p>\n<p>The audio is the pre-final mix and has some glitches and will be refined in the final mix in January.<\/p>\n<p>It is not about spies.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lFhj05PPnxM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Season&#8217;s greetings.<\/p>\n<p>That is enough for today!<\/p>\n<p>(c) Copyright 2014 William Mitchell. All Rights Reserved.\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am not doing much work today. But in the early quietness I was able to finalise an edit of a presentation I gave in Rome on November 24, 2014 on Framing Modern Monetary Theory. So among other things I include today that video is now available. All the best for today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-debriefing-101","entry","no-media"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/billmitchell.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/billmitchell.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/billmitchell.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billmitchell.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billmitchell.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29773"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/billmitchell.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29773\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/billmitchell.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billmitchell.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billmitchell.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}