MMP Blog #52: Conclusion: The Nature of Money
Let us close this blog and this Primer with an examination of three propositions on the nature of money. This has been a long and difficult blog. You might need to read it twice. Or three times.
Month: September 2022
MMP Blog #51: The Efficiency Fairy and Inflation Goblins
The main objections to MMT are the belief that adoption of a fiat money necessarily leads to high inflation and perceived government inefficiency. Let’s expose these boogeymen.
MMP Blog #50: MMT Without the JG? Conclusion
Can you separate the MMT explanation of the cause of unemployment from the policy to cure it? Yes. Should you? Of course not.
MMP Blog #49: Should Growth Drive Jobs, or Jobs Drive Growth?
It is much better to create the jobs and then let growth follow, rather than to try to pump up growth in the hope that some jobs might trickle down.
How Banks Create Money When They Lend
It is up to academics and informed lay-people alike to alter the understanding of banking in the public consciousness.
MMP Blog #48: Is The Job Guarantee Necessary?
Once one understands that sovereign governments do not have to force millions to suffer involuntary unemployment, then the ethically defensible position of opposing a Job Guarantee is narrowed.
MMP Blog #47: The JG / ELR and Real World Experience
There have been many job creation programs implemented around the world – let’s take a look at some of them.