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.
A response to John Carney’s published works because I think they are the most cogent MMT critiques the Austrians have to offer.
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.
The public purpose is an evolving concept. The national government must play an important role in society as it helps to identify the social purpose and to establish a social structure in which individuals and groups will work toward achieving the public purpose.
I will be making policy recommendations that are consistent with MMT. You do not have to like mine; you can come up with your own.
Let’s finish up the discussion of Lerner’s functional finance approach addressing two issues: functional finance and developing nations and also the functional finance approach to trade deficits.