TNT Show

TNT Show - an online show that informs, educates & entertains.

About:

The TNT Show is a weekly online chat show. It’s guests are mainly from Scotland and come from all walks of life from politicians to musicians, lawyers to scientists. They have interviewed people like the actor Brian Cox, musician Eddi Reader and scientist Marcus Chown. John also takes questions from viewers for the guest.

They have nearly done over 100 shows and are going strong.

Presenter:

The host of the show, John Drummond is an author and journalist. He has written for The Times and the Financial Times, and he presently contributes a Column for the Sunday National. Not one to shrink from a challenge, he has also written two books on business ethics.

John believes that the Scottish people are sovereign, and that the foundation of an effective state rests on a written, codified constitution, approved by the people.

Watch upcoming & previous TNT Shows.

TNT Show. Ep 103. Anthony Barnett co-founder openDemocracy

Anthony Barnett is a modern English writer and campaigner. He was a co-founder of openDemocracy in 2001.
https://authory.com/AnthonyBarnett

Post your questions on the livestream chat for host John Drummond to ask guest.

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TNT Show. Ep 103. Anthony Barnett co-founder openDemocracy

Anthony Barnett is a modern English writer and campaigner. He was a [...]

TNT Show. Ep 102. Sara Salyers on Claim of Right & Constitution for Scotland.

We'll be looking at a Constitution for Scotland and, in particular, [...]

TNT Show. Ep 101. Tommy Sheppard SNP MP.

Tommy is SNP MP for Edinburgh East. Elected 2015. [...]

TNT Show. Ep 100. Euan MacLeod, 16 year old who starred in BBC Debate Night.

For our 100th TNT Show we are delighted to be talking to Euan MacLeod [...]

TNT Show. Ep 99. Janina & Andrea, Europe for Scotland.

TNT Show. Ep 99. Janina & Andrea, Europe for Scotland. We are please [...]

TNT Show. Ep 98. Amanda Burgauer, CommonWeal

Amanda was appointed as the Interim Director for Common Weal in 2021. [...]

TNT Show. Ep 97. Why it is not OK to be agnostic about the currency used in Scotland

After almost a full year of speaking to leading global economists [...]

After almost a full year of speaking to leading global economists about money as co-host of SCOTONOMICS, William Thomson https://twitter.com/Williamgallus
joins us to explain why most experts see money (and who ...controls it) as the single most important constraint for a society.

02:50 Summary of the conversations SCOTONOMICS has had with leading global economists as well as economists based in Scotland
06:50 Why William got interested in Economics and the story behind the SCOTONOMICS show
09:10 it is not OK for politicians to be agnostic about the money supply in Scotland
11:15 What is the SNP policy on currency at the moment
14:05 What's wrong with the way that economics is still taught in Universities in Scotland
16:00 What is "modern monetary theory" (William's take anyway)
17:30 The HUGE problems with externalities in neoclassical economics
19:50 The country is not a household and this has been a huge issue as we address the issues in Scotland
20:30 Some more thoughts about MMT
22:30 Doesn't printing money lead to HUGE issues like the Weimer Republic in the 1930s.
24:15 FDR did something similar in the 1930s.
26:00 Why being a currency issuer allows a small economy like Scotland to release all of its resources
28:00 Local currencies
29:50 Inflation price and asset inflation
30:30 The lack of resilience in the economy
31:40 A global currency?
33:00 Crypto and digital currencies?
35:50 What is money?
38:00 John's thoughts on where money came from
43:00 Sri Lanka economy and the link to the Fed in the US
45:20 What backs a country to support its currency
47:00 Liquidity issues when using another country’s money
48:40 The fundamental weakness of the UK economy
49:45 A key narrative of SCOTONOMICS is that Scotland and rUK will be OK once we have independence
50:45 The big issue for the Scottish economy as a "UK light" once independence
51:30 The "need" to reduce the national debt is a false premise
52:40 The central bank sets the interest rates
54:30 Capital markets and bonds.
55:40 A bit more about SCOTONOMICS
56:00 The climate crisis and how this will affect the way Scotland's economy will work

The quick guide to the new Scottish currency:
https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2021/09/14/the-quick-guide-to-the-new-scottish-currency/

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