Episode 8: The History and Future of Money with Robert Hockett

Robert Hockett is a lawyer, law professor, and policy advocate. He is Edward Cornell Professor of Law at Cornell Law School, Professor of Public Affairs at Cornell University, Senior Counsel at Westwood Capital, LLC, and a Fellow at The Century Foundation. In this episode, Bob and Adam discuss the history and future (including cryptocurrency) of money and banking in the United States.

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Pocket Change is focused on a school of economics known as Modern Monetary Theory, or MMT. MMT describes modern economies in which the national currency is fiat money that’s issued by a sovereign government. The show explains the basics of MMT and examines current events through an MMT lens.