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Inflation

Money Growth Does Not Cause Inflation!

Money Growth Does Not Cause Inflation!

November 23, 2024November 15, 2021 by John T. Harvey

It is conventional wisdom that printing more money causes inflation. The only problem is, it’s not true. That’s not how inflation works.

Categories Academic Tags Inflation, MMT
Longing for Genuine Global Solidarity

Longing for Genuine Global Solidarity

October 27, 2024March 8, 2021 by Fadhel Kaboub

So join me in this struggle, it’s my final plea. I’ll die trying if I have to, for this better future is within reach, and it’s yearning to be set free.

Categories Environmental & Ecological Justice, Equality with Justice, Peace with Justice Tags Deficit, Federal Job Guarantee, Green New Deal, Inflation, MMT
The Green New Deal Will Prevent Inflation

The Green New Deal Will Prevent Inflation

November 12, 2024December 21, 2020 by Roger Gest

Not having a Green New Deal, however, could result in devastating cost-push (left finger) inflation.

Categories Economic Justice, Environmental & Ecological Justice, Technology & Innovation Tags Green New Deal, Inflation
Weimar Hyperinflation

Weimar Republic Hyperinflation Through a Modern Monetary Theory Lens

November 24, 2024November 14, 2020 by Warren Mosler

In this article, we dispute the mainstream view that the inflation of the Weimar Republic was caused by a proactive expansion of the stock of money by the German government acting in concert with the Reichsbank.

Categories Academic Tags Hyperinflation, Inflation, MMT, Weimar
MMT 101: Response to the Critics Part 3

MMT 101: Response to the Critics Part 3

April 8, 2025October 19, 2020 by L. Randall Wray

In this piece, we study the interaction between the government and nongovernment sectors while retaining the consolidation hypothesis.

Categories New Economic Perspectives Tags Inflation, MMT, Sectoral Balances
Ayn Rand and the Missing Gun

Ayn Rand and the Missing Gun

November 26, 2024September 29, 2020 by Nathan Locke

Ayn Rand might be dead wrong, but that hasn’t stopped her ideas from having a profound effect on Congress.

Categories Op Ed Tags Hyperinflation, Inflation, Libertarian, Weimar

Why Government Spending Can’t Turn the U.S. Into Venezuela

November 24, 2024August 31, 2020 by Fadhel Kaboub

When poor countries fall prey to inflation, it’s not because they’re “too socialist.” The ris­ing pop­u­lar­i­ty of mod­ern mon­e­tary the­o­ry (MMT) has inevitably brought mis­con­cep­tions.

Categories Academic, Economic Justice Tags Colonialism, Hyperinflation, IMF, Inflation, MMT, Venezuela
The 40 Year Slide

The 40 Year Slide

October 27, 2024November 30, 2018 by Steven D. Grumbine

The lies were baked into the school system, newspapers, sitcoms, political debates even cartoons took the ideas of neoliberalism into the hearts and minds of our children…the people.

Categories Democracy, Economic Justice Tags Austerity, Inflation, MMT, Neoliberalism, Propaganda
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An MMT Tutorial That Covers The Basics

November 24, 2024September 5, 2018 by Hector Danson

This MMT tutorial provides short answers to several questions.

Categories Economic Justice, Equality with Justice Tags Deficit, Federal Reserve, Inflation, MMT, National Debt, Sectoral Balances, Taxation, Weimar, Zimbabwe
Stop Using The Term 'Printing Money'

Stop Using The Term ‘Printing Money’

November 29, 2024July 24, 2018 by Ellis Winningham

It’s just a way to give the establishment the tool it needs to stop progress.

Categories Academic Tags Debt, Inflation, MMT, Taxation
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