New Economic Perspectives Archive

New Economic Perspectives Collection

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The Greatest Myth Propagated About The FED: Central Bank Independence (Part 3)

The Greatest Myth Propagated About The FED: Central Bank Independence (Part 3)

There never has been the kind of independence supposed by orthodox economists.

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The Greatest Myth Propagated About The FED: Central Bank Independence (Part 2)

The Greatest Myth Propagated About The FED: Central Bank Independence (Part 2)

In this blog we look at the myth of Fed independence from its creator, the…

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The Greatest Myth Propagated About The FED: Central Bank Independence (Part 1)

The Greatest Myth Propagated About The FED: Central Bank Independence (Part 1)

It has been commonplace to speak of central bank independence—as if it were both a…

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CBO—Still Out of Paradigm after All These Years

CBO—Still Out of Paradigm after All These Years

Gold-standard thinking is inapplicable to a sovereign, currency-issuing government operating under flexible exchange rates.

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Modern Money Theory: The Basics

Modern Money Theory: The Basics

Here we go with the basics of MMT.

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Replacing the Budget Constraint with an Inflation Constraint

Replacing the Budget Constraint with an Inflation Constraint

Let’s stop pretending that replacing a budget constraint with an inflation constraint is so hard.

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