Pintonomics #7 - How Governments Spend

!!! NEW YEAR NEW FORMAT !!!
We've changed things up a bit to promote a more focused discussion around the events topic, so its worth stopping by if you haven't been in a while 🙌

Join Pintonomics for our 7th meetup to discuss how economics impacts our daily lives – and to see what happens when you mix monetary policy with a good pint (or sprite!)

This months topic is the How Governments Spend, where we explore:

• Can a government ever run out of its own money?
• Do taxes fund government spending?
• What happens if a government spends more than it taxes?
• What are the real limits of government spending?
• What other functions do taxes serve?

We'll be in the Sekforde from 6.30pm but there's no strict start time so drop by what ever time you can make it 🙌

If you get the chance before hand, read this short article on government spending:
https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10/28/tax-redistribution-the-relationship-between-the-two-and-why-it-matters/

And/or read the abstract, introduction, and conclusion of this paper on how the UK government spends:
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/sites/bartlett/files/the_self-financing_state_an_institutional_analysis_of_government_expenditure_revenue_collection_and_debt_issuance_operations_in_the_united_kingdom.pdf

or else check out this interview of Andrew Berkeley (co-author of The Self Financing State): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtvGLINQHt8

Also available as a podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-self-financing-state-how-the-uk-government/id1725466772?i=1000714794118