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Introduction I launched my video channel in July 2020 with the aim for producing 250 videos in the first year – near enough one a
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Introduction

I launched my video channel in July 2020 with the aim for producing 250 videos in the first year – near enough one a working day for the whole period.

The channel has four main themes:

  • Economics
  • Tax
  • Accounting – with a decidedly environmental tinge to it
  • The Green New Deal

There are, however, some major sub-themes including:

  • Scotland
  • Questions I’ve been asked to address
  • Political economy

The aim of this page is to summarise the videos that are available under these headings. Some may appear more than one as a result.

Economics

An introduction to economics

What is money?

What’s the difference between macro and microeconomics? 

What is modern monetary theory?

Does inflation matter in modern monetary theory?

What is quantitative easing?

Answering the question ‘How are you going to pay for it?’

Do we need a national debt?

Is the UK national debt £2 trillion as the Office for National Statistics claims?

Who owns the UK national debt?

The cost of government borrowing

There is no such thing as taxpayers’ money

How much debt would Scotland owe on Independence?

How we make money 

How we destroy money

How banks create and destroy money

What is the role of tax in modern monetary theory?

What are freeports and should the UK have them?

Could the UK go bust like it nearly did in 1976?

Does Scotland need its own currency on becoming independent?

What is inflation, and is it a risk? 

Should we end the furlough scheme?

Should we be increasing tax now?

The coming recession, and does it have to happen?

The impact of the property market on our economy

Modern monetary theory

What is modern monetary theory?

Does inflation matter in modern monetary theory?

How we make money 

How we destroy money

What is the role of tax in modern monetary theory?

Tax

Why we need tax reform

Wealth taxes

Should we be increasing tax now?

What are tax havens?

What is capital gains tax?

What is the role of tax in modern monetary theory?

Why we should tax the rich

Accounting

Why accountancy is important

What is country-by-country reporting?

Why we need to rethink accountancy

Why Mark Carney has got climate accounting wrong

How to bring the climate onto corporate balance sheets: an introduction to sustainable cost accounting

The Green New Deal

What is the Green New Deal?

How do we pay for the Green New Deal?

Is Greta Thurnberg right?

Why Mark Carney has got climate accounting wrong

How to bring the climate onto corporate balance sheets: an introduction to sustainable cost accounting

Political economy

Universities and education after coronavirus

Algorithms

What really matters 

Scotland

Does Scotland need its own currency on becoming independent?

Whey is GERS CRAp?

Thanks

I’d like to thank Mark Cooney of Spotted in Ely for all his support in this project, because the channel was his suggestion and without him it would not be possible.  And since he’s paid by the adverts that will be a part of this programme in due course, please accept that they are part of the package that makes this possible.