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An intrepid group of economists on a mission to flip our understanding of the national debt - and the nature of money - upside-down. 

This documentary follows economist Stephanie Kelton on a journey through Modern Money Theory or “MMT”. Kelton provocatively asserts the National Debt Clock that ticks ominously upwards in New York City is not actually a debt for us taxpayers at all, nor a burden for our grandchildren to pay back. Instead, Kelton describes the national debt as simply a historical record of the number of dollars created by the US federal government currently being held in pockets, as assets, by the rest of us.

MMT bursts into the media with journalists asking, “Have we been thinking about how the government spends money, all wrong?” But top economists from across the political spectrum condemn the theory as “voodoo economics”, “crazy” and “a crackpot theory”.

This film traces the conflict all the way back to the story we tell about money, injecting new hope and empowering countries around the world to tackle the biggest challenges of the 21st century: from climate change to inequality.

This is part of our new strand of political documentaries Storm the Palace curated by BAFTA award winning director Archie Lauchlan. We are also pleased to welcome Hastings and District Palestine Solidarity Campaign who will be in attendance and have information and support and before and after the screening.