And then, of course, we'll have the founding father or one of the founding fathers of MMT here, Bill Mitchell, Professor Bill Mitchell.

Thank you.

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Good evening.

What an absolute delight it is to be here for the launch of MMT UK.

The UK-based MMT movement began its journey in 2015 at an event in London.

Deborah Harrington, my best friend, and I almost couldn't believe it when Bill agreed to speak and we felt it to be a great honour.

Neither of us could have imagined what would grow from those small beginnings.