B. Academic Studies on Sovereign Monetary Theory and Reform Armelius, Hanna & Carl Andreas Claussen, David Vestin. 2020. “Money and monetary policy in times of crisis”. Monetary Policy Department and the Payments Department of the Riksbank. Riksbank of Sweden. Economic Commentaries, 4 (11 June 2020): 1-15. Assenmacher, Katrin & Claus Brand. 2018. “The Swiss … Continue reading “Additions to Bibliography February 2023”
Author: Govert Schuller
Philosophy, Religion, Mysticism and Madness
Introduction I am still in the middle of reading Wouter Kusters’ phenomenal Philosophy of Madness: The Experience of Psychotic Thinking. This book is a must read for all interested in philosophy, mysticism and madness, and those who are open to the disturbing closeness, even overlap, of all three, like Kusters’ ideas that: Philosophy is controlled madness; … Continue reading “Philosophy, Religion, Mysticism and Madness”
Modernity Between the Rise and Fall of the Cartesian Cogito
Introduction. In this blog I will compress into a short story my proposed periodization of Modernity, bookended by the Renaissance and Post-modernity. My idiosyncratic idea is to place the start of modernity in 1620 and its end in 1926. The Start of Modernity in 1620 The choice of 1620 has two reasons. First, it … Continue reading “Modernity Between the Rise and Fall of the Cartesian Cogito”
Troubles in Scotland of the East
It might not have made it to the international news platforms, but we have had a disturbing series of events happening in Meghalaya. Let me recount. The effects of an inter-state incident last Tuesday early morning at the Assam-Meghalaya border between Assam police and Meghalaya citizens resulting in six dead (one Assam forest official … Continue reading “Troubles in Scotland of the East”
Nominating the 2022 Nobel Economics Committee for the 2023 Ig Noble Economics Prize
It is an honor to be awarded the prestigious Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences. This year it went to three American economists “for their research on banks and financial crises”. The lucky recipients were Ben S. Bernanke, Douglas W. Diamond, and Philip H. Dybvig and the Swedish committee titled their justification “Financial Intermediation and … Continue reading “Nominating the 2022 Nobel Economics Committee for the 2023 Ig Noble Economics Prize”
18th Annual AMI Monetary Reform Conference, 2022
The Basics The American Monetary Institute (AMI) will conduct its 18th international monetary conference on Friday till Sunday, October 7-9, 2022. It will be on-line on Zoom. The provisional list of presenters and the schedule are here. Times are in US Central Daytime. In India the Friday session starts 4:30 am IST; the Saturday … Continue reading “18th Annual AMI Monetary Reform Conference, 2022”
John Titus is not up to Snuff? Or the Need for Epistemic Maturation
For several reasons I feel compelled to write this blog about some of the output of video-blogger John Titus. Titus is a prolific vlogger usually commenting on all kinds of shenanigans in the financial world. In 2012 he produced the feature-length documentary Bailout after which he became a regular commentator. He has been interviewed … Continue reading “John Titus is not up to Snuff? Or the Need for Epistemic Maturation”
Monetary Reform: Simple Spiel
What monetary reform is all about is to promote a bill that has already been drafted in various formulations here in the USA. One in the 1930s and one in 2012. And it concerns a radical change in the current monetary system. In western countries, the proportion of bank money is about 93-97%. If … Continue reading “Monetary Reform: Simple Spiel”
Additions to Bibliography May 2021
Dear folks, Find here the link to the fourth AFJM Monetary Reform bibliography update. The list, as is the bibliography itself here on Alpheus and on the AFJM web site, is alphabetized and categorized under Academic Sources, MMT Issue, Advocacy, Supporting Studies, Articles, Videos and Background Studies. The list contains about ten dozen items … Continue reading “Additions to Bibliography May 2021”
The Cultural History of Inner Mind Space
Introduction. Following are two sections from the dissertation: “The Possibility Conditions of Narrative Identity“. Though I intended to include much more Jaynesian theory, I think these two sections will be most accessible for Jaynesians. The rest is also pretty compatible with Jaynes. What my dissertation did was to highlight the narrative component of consciousness and … Continue reading “The Cultural History of Inner Mind Space”