MMP Blog #42: Introduction to the Job Guarantee or Employer of Last Resort
Some have called it slavery; others accuse supporters of fascism or communism. Some claim we want to destroy the safety net. Others say we want to destroy capitalism.
Month: September 2022
MMP Blog #41: MMT for Austrians Part 4: Is Description Without Theory, Ideology or Policy Desirable? Is it Even Possible?
The answer to both questions posed in the title is, I think, a big fat no.
Sound Money
The inflation hawks have a point: inflation is genuinely destabilizing. But where the inflation hawks go wrong is in blaming “money printing” for inflation.
MMP Blog #40: MMT for Austrians 3: How Do YOU Propose We Deal with the Elderly, Disabled and their Debts?
As Carney and others lay their proposals out on the table so that we can see what kind of government they want, the reaction by most people is sheer horror.
MMP Blog #39: MMT for Austrians: Disagreements Among Reasonable People
A response to John Carney’s published works because I think they are the most cogent MMT critiques the Austrians have to offer.
MMP Blog #38: MMT for Austrians
MMT is not just for advocates of big government. I have always been surprised that some of the most vehement critics of MMT are libertarians and Austrians.
