Can a new economic theory revolutionize our ability to tackle the climate crisis? An underdog group of economists is on a mission to instigate a paradigm shift, by flipping our understanding of the national debt — and the nature of money — upside down. With a ‘debt ceiling’ debate and threat of default taking over headlines for the past six months in the US, many people find themselves asking - what is the national debt anyways? And why would the issuer of the US dollar ever need to borrow US dollars in the first place? With the enormous challenges of climate change and humanely caring for people on the horizon, the biggest obstacle presented is usually the question: ‘But how will we pay for it?” and “Where will we find the money?” According to Stephanie Kelton, face of the new economic theory known as “Modern Monetary Theory” or MMT, those aren’t the right questions to be asking a currency issuing nation.
Directing | Maren Poitras | Director |
Production | Marc Smolowitz | Executive Producer |
Editing | Maren Poitras | Editor |
Editing | Richard Levien | Editor |
Camera | Maren Poitras | Director of Photography |
Production | Ines Hofmann Kanna | Consulting Producer |
Crew | Maren Poitras | Cinematography |
Production | Douglas Blush | Executive Producer |
Production | Eric Breon | Executive Producer |
Production | Geoff Coventry | Executive Producer |
Production | Bryce Smith | Co-Executive Producer |
Production | Marvin Solberg | Co-Executive Producer |
Sound | Andrew Gross | Music |
Sound | Gil Talmi | Music |
Sound | Simón Wilson | Music |
Sound | Joel Raabe | Sound Editor |
Sound | Haley Shaw | Music Producer |