Resources
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 The Greshm Institute’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
- 2023 — “Is Universal Basic Income Possible?” w/ Alex on the Sitch & Adam Show
- 2024 — “Full Access or Full Employment” w/ Derek at the Henry George School
- 2024 — “The Economics of AI: Universal Basic Income” w/ Alex on Resistance is Futile
- 2024 — “UBI and MMT” w/ Alex, Scott Santens, Michael Lewis and Leah Hamilton
- 2024 — Alex Discusses UBI with Steve Keen and Friends
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
- 2024 — The Many Faces of Money and Hierarchy 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
The Greshm System
The Greshm Institute has designed the a US-dollar-based PayPal®-like payment system with a built-in basic income. A private company with enough resources could theoretically implement basic income using the Greshm System.
Social Media
- X (Twitter) — The Greshm Institute: @GreshmInstitute
- X (Twitter) — Alex Howlett: @AlexHowlettUBI
- X (Twitter) — Derek Van Gorder: @derekvg
- Reddit — The Greshm Institute: r/greshm
- Reddit — Consumer Monetary Theory: r/cmt_economics
- Discord — CMT Economics
- YouTube — The Greshm Institute
- YouTube — Alex Howlett
- YouTube — Derek Van Gorder
Related Websites
- suncho.com — Alex’s old blog (2014-2017)
- Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN)
- US Basic Income Guarantee Network