I mean, we have things to say about how to think about Prospect Park in our book too...

On substack, I put up a slightly improved version of my post on how a recent @matt-levine.bsky.social column on a hypothetical algae-energy company is a perfect illustration of the Keynesian vision of investment and of a central argument of Against Money. jwmason.substack.com/p/on-algae-a...

Against Money A powerful deconstruction of humanity’s most influential invention, from the acclaimed economists J. W. Mason and Arjun Jayadev.Money is everywhere in our daily lives. It lurks in the swipe of a card ...

My book Against Money, coauthored with Arjun Jayadev, is coming out from University of Chicago Press on May 5. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

All the cool kids are (pre)ordering this.

I had been meaning to order this. Thanks for the reminder!

On Algae and Animal Spirits Arjun and I did a webinar recently on our book Against Money, organized by Merijn Knibbe.

this from @jwmason.bsky.social seems so eminently sensible it left me wondering who it's disagreeing with

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Mind-expanding book post from @jwmason.bsky.social. My favorite bit is this block quote from their upcoming book
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Against Money A powerful deconstruction of humanity’s most influential invention, from the acclaimed economists J. W. Mason and Arjun Jayadev.Money is everywhere in our daily lives. It lurks in the swipe of a card ...

Next up for the workgroup: @jwmason.bsky.social and Arjun Jayadev discuss their new book _Against Money_, just a few days after it hits the shelves! Join us Thursday, May 7, at 12 PM Eastern; contact joseph.tinguely//AT//usd.edu for the Zoom link.

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Here's a new blog post I wrote, exploring some themes from Against Money via a recent Matt Levine column. jwmason.org/slackwire/mo...

I'm really excited that
@jwmason.bsky.social
and my book, Against Money, is out next month (press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...). I presented it at the Pint of View club in Bangalore. Great fun! Story here. www.instagram.com/p/DWjc46yDNq...

The Future of Work in Developing Countries | Columbia University Press One of the most pressing issues in development today is the employment challenge in low- and middle-income countries. As more young people enter the labor fo... | CUP

So happy for the publication of The Future of Work in Developing Countries, co-edited with
@arjunjayadev.bsky.social and and Akbar Noman, and thank you to @columbiaup.bsky.social for being our terrific publisher cup.columbia.edu/book/the-fut...

From "Against Money" by @jwmason.bsky.social and me. Available for pre-order now

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This is wonderful! Congratulations!!

Thanks @chadzimmerman.bsky.social . It has been so great doing this with you and the other good folks at Uchicago press. Exciting times for me !

Let's go!! My copy is probably in the mail, but this is so cool.

Against Money A powerful deconstruction of humanity’s most influential invention, from the acclaimed economists J. W. Mason and Arjun Jayadev.Money is everywhere in our daily lives. It lurks in the swipe of a card ...

AGAINST MONEY by @jwmason.bsky.social and @arjunjayadev.bsky.social arrived this week. It will publish next month from @uchicagopress.bsky.social. The early interest suggests it will really resonate win a lot of people. Here are some things about it. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

Also my publisher would like me to remind you that this is exactly the sort of question that @arjunjayadev.bsky.social and I explore in Against Money, out from University of Chicago Press in May.

teaser for Arjun's and my second book

Sri Lanka is currently undergoing its worst economic crisis since Independence. The austerity measures imposed as a part of the ongoing IMF program – following the island nation’s first ever default on its external debt in 2022 – have led to poverty doubling to over 25 percent; according to the World Bank, poverty will not return to pre-crises levels until 2034. The economy is only just beginning to recover from a deep depression – in per capita terms, real GDP levels will not recover to 2018 levels until 2026, if then. A generation is being lost to malnutrition, school dropouts and youth unemployment. A country that a few decades ago was considered a model development state with enviable human development indicators is now being forced to dismantle its social welfare system. Yet in the midst of this crisis, Sri Lanka is living with one of the strangest paradoxes in global monetary policy: extraordinarily high interest rates in an economy grappling with deflation. For much of the last three years, the country has had some of the highest real interest rates in the world despite being in a serious macroeconomic crisis, struggling with debt distress, and facing strong disinflationary forces.

Arjun Jayadev, Ahilan Kardirgamar and I wrote a piece on the insanity of Sri Lanka's high interest rates in the face of deflation and a deeply depressed economy. It was published at Project Syndicate and in the Sri Lankan paper FT Daily. I've just put it on my blog. jwmason.org/slackwire/sr...

Sri Lanka’s Interest-Rate Trap Arjun Jayadev, Ahilan Kadirgamar and J.W. Mason urge the central bank to ease monetary policy as soon as possible, while keeping an eye on capital flight.

High interest rates and rising foreign reserves signal Sri Lanka’s willingness to place the interests of outside actors ahead of the country’s own people and businesses, argue Arjun Jayadev, Ahilan Kadirgamar, and @jwmason.bsky.social. bit.ly/3XIgTlX

Very exciting news. This is going to be an important book.

Article: Keynes and Ricardo on consumption, by Alex M Thomas
doi.org/10.1093/cje/...

Time to return to that unwritten Janeway piece..

Against Money A powerful deconstruction of humanity’s most influential invention, from the acclaimed economists J. W. Mason and Arjun Jayadev.   Money is unavoidably fundamental to our daily lives. It lurks behind ...

And, finally, a cool new book to pre-order: Against Money by @jwmason.bsky.social and Arjun Jayadev.

Looking forward to this one. Books about money is a crowded marketplace but I reckon Arjun and Josh have something to add.

Congratulations!! Can't wait!

The government of Israel is exterminating every man, woman and child in Gaza. And our governments, and most leaders of liberal institutions in "the West" - parties both left and right, the press, universities - are doing all they can to support this. This is the central political fact of our time.

Arjun Jayadev and I recently submitted the final manuscript of our book, now called Against Money, to University of Chicago Press. The book itself will not be out until early next year. But in the meantime, you can read this blog post on what it's about and what's in it. jwmason.org/slackwire/ag...

youtu.be/96iJsdGkl44?... . From "Crazy People" -maybe 30 years ago?

Um. Yes. You are!