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Podcast: Ryan Research Podcast
Episode: Post-MMT Economics - Clint Ballinger - Ryan Research Podcast #6
Description: I'm joined by Clint Ballinger. He is the author of "1000 Castaways: Fundamentals of Economics". It compresses 10,000 years of economic development into several years and a society small enough to allow an illuminating overview, yet large enough to feature the institutions essential to modern economies. Centuries of economic thought are distilled for the reader to the essence of how the macroeconomy functions (and malfunctions). He began his interest in economic development in the very long run while at The University of Texas at Austin. While there he worked with the World's oldest accounting tokens (Mesopotamian, 8000-3500 BC) under Denise Schmandt-Besserat...