This event took place on 25 February 2026. Thank you to everyone who attended our launch event at Friends Meeting House, London.

MMTUK launched with a flagship public event featuring Professor Bill Mitchell, one of the original architects of Modern Monetary Theory, alongside the publication of our first policy paper: A Job Guarantee for the UK.

Event Details

Date: Wednesday, 25th February 2026

Time: 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM GMT

Venue: Friends Meeting House, Sarah Fell Room, 173–177 Euston Road, London NW1 2BJ

Speakers

• Professor Bill Mitchell – Keynote address on MMT and UK economic policy
• Patricia Pino – Presenting A Job Guarantee for the UK, MMTUK’s inaugural policy paper

About Professor Mitchell

Bill Mitchell is Professor of Economics at the University of Newcastle, Australia, and one of the original developers of Modern Monetary Theory. He is the author of Macroeconomics (the leading MMT textbook) and Reclaiming the State, and writes the influential blog Bill Mitchell – Modern Monetary Theory. He is co-founder of the Centre of Full Employment and Equity (CofFEE).

About the Event

• The official launch of MMTUK as a research organisation
• Publication of our Job Guarantee policy paper
• A keynote from Professor Mitchell on the UK economy and why austerity remains the wrong choice
• Q&A with speakers

Watch the Film

Watch our 15-minute introductory film on the Job Guarantee, featuring Patricia Pino, Pavlina Tcherneva, and Daniel Kostzer: Watch on the Job Guarantee page