Audio & Video

Here are some video and audio recordings related to basic income and Consumer Monetary Theory.

The four featured videos are essential viewing for anyone interested in Project Greshm’s approach to understanding basic income.

2020 — A World With Basic Income — Alex Howlett

2019 — Basic Income: Money Not Jobs — Alex Howlett

2019 — UBI Interview — Alex Howlett & Derek Van Gorder

2020 — Natural Rate of Basic Income — Alex Howlett

• 2019 — Alex on Mindful Skeptics Podcast
• 2019 — “What is Money” w/ Alex & Derek
• 2019 — “Basic Income vs. Debt” w/ Alex & Derek
• 2020 — “CMT vs. MMT” w/ Alex & Derek
• 2020 — “C.H. Douglas & Social Credit” w/ Alex & Derek
• 2020 — Alex Talks Calibrated Basic Income on the Basic Income Podcast
• 2020 — Alex Talks with Kerry Bosworth and Seattle Yang Gang
• 2020 — “CMT and UBI” w/ Alex on New Progressive Voice
• 2020 — “Basic Income vs. Jobs Guarantee” w/ Derek
• 2020 — “Not the usual argument for Basic Income” w/ Derek
• 2020 — “Is deficit spending money creation?” w/ Alex
• 2020 — “BI, CMT, and the Greshm System” w/ Alex on LionTalk
• 2021 — “A Functional Approach To Money” — Alex at YSI Money View Symposium
• 2021 — “The Economics of Basic Income” w/ Derek"
• 2021 — “Basic Income and Financial Instability” — Alex at NABIG Congress 2021
• 2021 — “What Is the Economy For?” w/ Alex on Fair Go Australia
• 2021 — “The Natural Rate of Basic Income” — Alex at FRIBIS Conference 2021
• 2022 — “Economic Meltdown” w/ Alex on Fair Go Australia
• 2022 — Alex Talks UBI & CMT with Econoboi
• 2022 — “The Mistake of Full Employment” — Alex at BIG Conference 2022

Medium Stories

• 2019 — The Unofficial Freedom Dividend FAQ by Alex Howlett
• 2019 — Universal Basic Income Fixes the Housing Market by Alex Howlett
• 2020 — Introduction to Consumer Monetary Theory by Alex Howlett
• 2020 — The Economy is a Giant Vending Machine by Alex Howlett

Working Papers

• 2021 — A Functional Approach to Money by Alex Howlett
• 2021 — Basic Income and Financial Instability by Alex Howlett
• 2022 — The Natural Rate of Basic Income by Alex Howlett

Boston Basic Income

Boston Basic Income started in 2018 as an in-person discussion group livestreamed on YouTube and morphed into more of a podcast format. We wrapped up in October of 2021.

• 2018–2021 — BBI YouTube Channel — All of the original recordings
• 2020–2021 — BBI Podcast — Limited Selection of edited episodes

Here are four featured episodes.

2018 — BBI #29: Consumer Monetary Theory vs Modern Monetary Theory

2019 — BBI #56: Workism

2020 — BBI #132: Cultural Incentives

2021 — BBI #155: Financial Instability

Social Media

• Twitter — Project Greshm: @projectgreshm
• Twitter — Alex Howlett: @AlexHowlettUBI
• Twitter — Derek Van Gorder: @derekvg
• Reddit — Project Greshm: r/greshm
• Reddit — Consumer Monetary Theory: r/cmt_economics
• Discord — CMT Economics
• YouTube — Project Greshm
• YouTube — Alex Howlett
• YouTube — Derek Van Gorder

Related Websites

• suncho.com — Alex’s old blog (2014-2017)
• derekvangorder.com — Derek’s website
• US Basic Income Guarantee Network