#JobGuarantee
What can we learn from the #Marienthal #JobGuarantee pilot for designing effective labor market and social policy?

@maxkasy.bsky.social and I have a new @inetoxford.bsky.social policy brief that summarises the results of the #Marienthal #JobGuarantee.

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June 25, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Unusual job this weekend: filming about the #JobGuarantee at UCL in the same location featured in Christopher Nolan’s #Inception. 🎬
September 13, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Remarkable announcement by Austria’s new Finance Minister, @markusmarterbauer.bsky.social, in his first annual budget speech to parliament:

Despite major fiscal consolidation efforts, the budget allocates €50 million annually to expand #JobGuarantee programs for unemployed workers.
May 13, 2025 at 4:55 PM
What do people think? #JobGuarantee #auspol
Oh look here is an even more recent paper from bill Mitchell that I think is probably a better exposition of the topic in detail

www.fullemployment.net/publications...
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December 13, 2024 at 1:58 AM
@ptcherneva.bsky.social what do you think of this thread. Maybe another way of looking at #JobGuarantee?
September 27, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Australian historian & unionist Owen Bennett presents his idea for a path to implementing a #JobGuarantee to combat #austerity - full ep. drops Sat. 2/14 @ 8am ET. #LearnMMT Find all our ep: realprogressives.org/macro-n-cheese/
February 13, 2026 at 3:31 AM
I remember how inspired I felt in 2020 when Economics for Inclusive Prosperity @econfip.bsky.social was launched and I had just started my PhD.

I wouldn't have imagined being on their podcast a couple of years later with Suresh Naidu. Watch out for the episode on #JobGuarantee and #BasicIncome.
September 25, 2026 at 8:39 AM
1/5 MMTUK has published its Job Guarantee policy paper today.
A permanent, voluntary programme offering paid work at a living wage to anyone willing and able to work.
Up to 4 million people are expected to directly benefit.
#MMT #JobGuarantee #UKjobs
February 25, 2026 at 7:47 AM
Beyond excited to receive the @ESRC Prize for “outstanding early-career impact” at the Royal Society for my doctoral research.

The prize recognizes my work on the #Marienthal #JobGuarantee and widening access to job training.

I'd like to thank...👇1/..
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November 17, 2023 at 8:23 AM
Beyond a #wage floor, a #JobGuarantee improves working conditions & benefits. This #MMT backed #PublicPolicy is a tool for community & economic health. Full ep. ft. Anthony Anastasi: realprogressives.org/mnc-podcast-...
January 26, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Long-term unemployment is a policy choice, not an individual failing. Evidence from the #Marienthal #JobGuarantee shows we can end it, and at a cost public budgets can afford.

I am glad to see my work in this area recognized by the #WileyResearchHeroes Prize, in the Impact Beyond Academia category.
July 8, 2026 at 7:20 AM
New Op-ed:
"Welfare for the 21st century"
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-07...

I discuss British welfare reform, what we have learned from #basicincome and #jobguarantee experiments, and argue that we should create a truly comprehensive safety net for all.

cc @oxfordecondept.bsky.social @INETOxford
July 4, 2025 at 3:43 PM
We should have a #JobGuarantee

The Phillips Curve has been disproven
October 17, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Latest episode - thanks for listening!
#061 Emma Dawson, Bill Mitchell: It's Class Warfare!

www.3cr.org.au/radiommt/epi...

#RadioMMT, #learnMMT, #ModernMonetaryTheory, #macroeconomics, #JobGuarantee
September 27, 2025 at 11:32 PM
$8 billion to end unemployment. That’s the cost of scaling Victoria’s non-profit jobs policy nationwide. We already have popular, effective programs—now we need a movement to demand them. Bridge the gap from "what worked" to "what’s next."

#GreenNewDeal #JobGuarantee #Austerity #LearnMMT
February 13, 2026 at 3:31 AM
Big news: The European Commission @EU_Social has launched its Call for proposals to fund #JobGurantee pilots across Europe with 23 Million Euros.

The call is informed by Job Guarantee initiatives such as @ZeroChomeurLD and the #Marienthal #JobGuarantee.
May 10, 2024 at 7:24 AM
Good conversation with Andreas Beckmann about learnings from #Marienthal #JobGuarantee and the potential for expanding the program to other places.

@DLF will broadcast a radio series on the #JobGuarantee during December and January.
October 28, 2024 at 7:39 AM
10% of Australian workers can't find full-time work. That's the real injustice. Historian and unionist Owen Bennett counters #union opposition to the #JobGuarantee - full ep. drops Sat. 2/14 @ 8am ET. #LearnMMT Find all our ep: realprogressives.org/macro-n-cheese/
February 13, 2026 at 12:02 PM
The UK government doesn't need to beg dictators for money. There is plenty of money. The UK can create as much as it needs. Spent wisely, it will create many thousands of jobs and restore our infrastructure.

#LearnMMT #JobGuarantee
Starmer to meet Saudi crown prince in push for infrastructure cash
Wooing of Mohammed bin Salman controversial because of human rights concerns
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2024 at 10:41 AM
Nice surprise that made my day: seeing David Card showcase our study results on the #Marienthal #JobGuarantee in his slides, highlighting it as an example of evidence-based policy.
June 3, 2024 at 5:31 AM
We know the solutions:
- homelessness is solved by govt providing homes
- unemployment is solved by govt providing jobs #jobguarantee
July 21, 2026 at 3:35 PM
#BasicIncome and #JobGuarantee are often pitted against each other. In our @econfip.bsky.social brief with @maxkasy.bsky.social, we argue they can be complements: Cash gives autonomy & security; Guaranteed jobs add latent benefits of work that cash alone doesn't deliver

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July 2, 2026 at 11:48 AM
Austerity isn't accidental - it's structural to #capitalism. The #JobGuarantee threatens the "triple constraint": fiscal #austerity, monetary austerity & power to fire. Why it won't happen. Full ep ft Erald Kolasi drops Sat 3/7 @ 8am ET.
Find all our ep: realprogressives.org/macro-n-cheese
March 6, 2026 at 1:30 AM
Professor Bill Mitchell on Universal Basic Income:

"I actually hate it."

Not because he's against helping people but because UBI dodges the real question and treats us as consumption units rather than societal members.

#JobGuarantee #MMT #UBI

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March 8, 2026 at 8:42 AM