Modern Monetary Theory - MMT
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What is Economics?
April 2, 2019
Economics is the study of how societies allocate limited resources (such as land, water, human labor, or machinery) among the wants of those societies, recognizing that wants are seemingly unlimited.
We Are Already Doing More Than Just ‘Seriously Discussing’ MMT
March 25, 2019
Once you stop being afraid, you can objectively learn.
Modern Monetary Theory – A Presentation for the Lavender Greens
March 12, 2019
The only constraint on spending by the US federal government is resources. Or, as Dr. Stephanie (Bell) Kelton puts it, the federal government can buy every American a pony, if we breed enough ponies.
Apolitical Descriptive Currency Analysis is Anything but Flamboyant in response to John Tamny
February 10, 2019
Tamny bandies about the discussion of resources as if MMT did not recognize the importance of the productive capacity of a nation. MMT clearly asserts that the real constraints of our economy are based on real resources.
MMT Is No Joke – The Joke is How Its Used
February 7, 2019
This is the real joke thats not funny. MMT is no joke – but how it is currently being abused is.A progressive application of MMT (again, not MMT itself) merely seeks to shift that ‘socialism’ MLK mentioned away from imperialist behavior and toward our own countrypeople.
Why Modern Monetary Theory is a Serious Idea for a Serious Time: A Response to James Pethokoukis
January 26, 2019
MMT is now being criticized by economic pundits, particularly from conservative think tanks. This commentary is a rebuttal to one such article.
Understanding MMT is Easier Than You Think
December 17, 2018
It’s not ‘advanced economics’, it’s ‘realistic economics’.
Hands off Social Security and Medicare
September 25, 2018
Sixty-one million people receive social security benefits, forty-four million people use Medicare, with seventy million people enrolled in Medicaid and CHIP.
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Why we need to debunk the 'deficit myth' - BBC REEL
Government spending is increasing at an unprecedented rate to deal with the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. Many people worry this could burden future generations.
However, economist Stephanie Kelton, author of The Deficit Myth, argues that we need to rethink our attitudes towards government spending.
Could Modern Monetary Theory help us navigate our way out of this crisis – and even help build a fairer economy?
Producer: Dan John
Animation: Jacqueline Nixon
(Republished with permission from the BBC)
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