{"id":45317,"date":"2020-07-01T17:09:12","date_gmt":"2020-07-01T07:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/billmitchell.org\/blog\/?p=45317"},"modified":"2020-07-01T17:09:12","modified_gmt":"2020-07-01T07:09:12","slug":"mmted-qa-episode-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/billmitchell.org\/blog\/?p=45317","title":{"rendered":"MMTed Q&#038;A &#8211; Episode 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tHere is Episode 5 in our weekly MMTed Q&#038;A series. And when you are done with the answers you can Zoom some mates and have a dance party to the music that follows. This week we further reduced the length of the Episode and focused on one big issue with a special guest.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>MMTed Q&#038;A &#8211; Episode 5<\/h2>\n<p>This is Episode 5 in the MMTed Q&#038;A series.<\/p>\n<p>This week I had a Zoom conversation with Dr Pavlina Tcherneva and we answered three questions about the Job Guarantee. The answers will be spread out over three episodes to keep each episode relatively short.<\/p>\n<p>Pavlina has just published a book &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wiley.com\/en-au\/The+Case+for+a+Job+Guarantee-p-9781509542109\">The Case for a Job Guarantee<\/a> (published by Wiley) &#8211; which provides a really great entree into the world of the Job Guarantee.<\/p>\n<p>In this episode we discuss why an employment guarantee is the superior alternative to a basic income guarantee.<\/p>\n<p>The video goes for 12:19 minutes. <\/p>\n<p>Note the discussion is mostly via Zoom, which means at time the audio and video quality is less than first-class. But we are learning to live with that constraint.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x4_hsw8ZIlI\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p>This is the &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=x4_hsw8ZIlI&#038;feature=youtu.be\">YouTube link<\/a> &#8211; for the video.<\/p>\n<p>We are still experimenting with format, environments, etc.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Call for MMTed Support<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We are working towards beginning course delivery in September.<\/p>\n<p>But we still need significant sponsors for this venture to ensure that we can run the educational program with negligible fees and to ensure it is sustainable over time.<\/p>\n<p>If you are able to help on an ongoing basis that would be great. But we will also appreciate of once-off and small donations as your circumstances permit.<\/p>\n<p>You can contribute in one of two ways:<\/p>\n<p>1. Via PayPal &#8211; which is our preferred vehicle for receiving donations.<\/p>\n<p>The PayPal donation button is available via the MMTed Home Page or via the &#8211; Donation button &#8211; on the right-hand menu of this page (below the calendar).<\/p>\n<p>2. Direct to MMTed&#8217;s Bank Account.<\/p>\n<p>Please write to me to request account details.<\/p>\n<p>Please help if you can.<\/p>\n<h2>The Spinners &#8211; Classic R&#038;B<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Spinners_(American_R%26B_group)\">The Spinners<\/a> were one of my favourite vocal bands from the 1960s (and on).<\/p>\n<p>The Spinners formed in 1954 and only one of that formation is still singing with the band and only 2 of the original six are still alive.<\/p>\n<p>This track &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/I%27ll_Be_Around_(The_Spinners_song)\">I&#8217;ll be Around<\/a> &#8211; was released in 1972 as the B-side of a release and reached number 1 on the US R&#038;B charts.<\/p>\n<p>The studio band was the famous &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/MFSB\">MFSB<\/a> &#8211; which was a loose coalition of more than 30 musicians &#8211; each one of them fabulous players who made the Motown sound what it was (and is).<\/p>\n<p>Then they went disco &#8211; and the I stopped listening (mostly).<\/p>\n<p>In this pandemic era, you might have to schedule a Zoom meeting with your office colleagues to arrange mutual dancing on the desk sessions to ease your anxiety. But that should be manageable.<\/p>\n<p>The guitar lines (octaves etc) are magnificent.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ojCikI9npJQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<h2>Conclusion<\/h2>\n<p>(c) Copyright 2020 William Mitchell. All Rights Reserved. \t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is Episode 5 in our weekly MMTed Q&#038;A series. And when you are done with the answers you can Zoom some mates and have a dance party to the music that follows. 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