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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
Back To MMT Basics

Back to [MMT] Basics

November 24, 2024August 2, 2021 by Steven D. Grumbine

From the definition of a dollar as a unit of measure all the way to what The Fed is and how public policy can be informed – Grumbine runs the gamut on MMT basics.

Categories Economic Justice Tags Federal Job Guarantee, Federal Reserve, MMT, Taxation, UBI
The Dilemma of the Cooperative Gene

The Dilemma of the Cooperative Gene

October 19, 2024July 23, 2021 by J.D. ALT

Given the relationship between “money” and real resources, it is impossible to equitably “share” real resources, and effectively create collective goods, when money is a scarce commodity controlled by competition.

Categories Economic Justice, Equality with Justice Tags Capitalism, MMT
Let's Play the Pay For Game

Let’s Play the Pay For Game

November 29, 2024April 30, 2021 by Stephanie Kelton

Admit that taxes don’t “pay for” anything and that all government spending is paid for in one way and one way only—the Federal Reserve credits the appropriate bank accounts.

Categories Economic Justice Tags Deficit, Federal Reserve, MMT, Taxation
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
Four Purposes of Federal Taxes

Four Purposes of Federal Taxes

November 5, 2024February 14, 2021 by Steven Hail

Beardsley Ruml wrote in 1946 that taxes for revenue are obsolete. So what ARE they for?

Categories Economic Justice Tags MMT, Taxation
Bernanke’s 29 Trillion Dollar Fog of Deceit

Bernanke’s 29 Trillion Dollar Fog of Deceit

October 19, 2024January 24, 2021 by L. Randall Wray

It is certain that no government anywhere, ever, has committed so much to benefit so few.

Categories Economic Justice, New Economic Perspectives Tags Banking, Federal Reserve, MMT
A Hyperinflation Hyperventilator Cannot Be Reasoned With

A Hyperinflation Hyperventilator Cannot Be Reasoned With

November 24, 2024December 5, 2020 by Steven D. Grumbine

Quite frankly… you are not worth the effort. Come back to me when you are ready to talk in good faith.

Categories Economic Justice Tags Hyperinflation, MMT, Venezuela, Weimar, Zimbabwe
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
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