About

So what was the origins behind this project?  Well, if Mosler inspired the economic piece then George Friedman inspired the marketing piece. If you can present history and foreign policy in a matter where my ol' man and me can agree you've done the impossible. I discovered Friedman's work a few months ago and it inspired me to apply his basic apporach to tackle this project. How do you reframe controversial subjects in a consensus building manner - position it in terms of the self-interest of the reader. Pretty basic concept I know but unfortunately not used enough.

So what's my approach?  Well I try to find analogies to help conceptualize problems.  For example one of my earlier ideas was to find real world analogies to our currency system.  Obviously a hydroelectric dam doesn't show the circulatory nature of currency flow but it does draws attention to how "valueless" water can create value similar to our currency system.

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My second approach that I ended up going was forcing everything into binary language.   From an operational perspective, a dollar is nothing more than an on/off switch, the government either has a liability or it doesn't.  Once this approach was taken it brought alot more clarity because not the currency system could essentially be analysed using binary logic.

Since I have zero experience or credibility in economics my first attempt to bring attention to the Kansas City School was to pitch a web series to Bill Burr, a favorite comedian of mine. I spliced a few clips out of one of his podcasts, sent an email pitching him an idea, and never heard back. I think I got distracted by something else and realizing how difficult of sell it would be I never really followed up. Here's the teaser video that was somehow suppose to spark his attention.