MMT 101: Response to the Critics Part 3
In this piece, we study the interaction between the government and nongovernment sectors while retaining the consolidation hypothesis.
In this piece, we study the interaction between the government and nongovernment sectors while retaining the consolidation hypothesis.
MMT is frequently criticized for consolidating the treasury and the central bank. In this post, we will address these issues by tackling problems surrounding the nature of money and the role of taxes, and by beginning to deal with the consolidation argument.
This is Part 1 of a six part series in which we deal with critics of MMT. As readers of this blog know, our critics continually raise the same old tired critiques of MMT.