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Day: August 31, 2020

Why Government Spending Can’t Turn the U.S. Into Venezuela

November 24, 2024August 31, 2020 by Fadhel Kaboub

When poor countries fall prey to inflation, it’s not because they’re “too socialist.” The ris­ing pop­u­lar­i­ty of mod­ern mon­e­tary the­o­ry (MMT) has inevitably brought mis­con­cep­tions.

Categories Academic, Economic Justice Tags Colonialism, Hyperinflation, IMF, Inflation, MMT, Venezuela

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