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An Alternative Meme for Money, Part 5: A Spending Meme

An Alternative Meme for Money, Part 5: A Spending Meme

October 21, 2024June 5, 2023 by L. Randall Wray

Wherever this flag’s flown, We take care of our own. 🎵 Progressives need a new meme for money. This series is addressed to them.

Categories New Economic Perspectives Tags MMT, Social Security, Sovereignty, Taxation
MMT and External Constraints

MMT and External Constraints

November 28, 2024May 27, 2023 by L. Randall Wray

To Fix or To Float, that is the question.

Categories New Economic Perspectives, Real Progressives Tags Borrowing, Foreign Exchange, Imports-Exports, MMT, Sovereignty
Blog Responses: Retrospective on MMT

Blog Responses: Retrospective on MMT

October 21, 2024August 25, 2022 by L. Randall Wray

There was one substantive and flawed comment on the MMT Retrospective, so I will deal with that here.

Categories Modern Money Primer, New Economic Perspectives Tags Debt, MMT, Sovereignty
MMT 101: A Reply to Critics Part 1

MMT 101: A Reply to Critics Part 1

October 19, 2024October 19, 2020 by L. Randall Wray

This is Part 1 of a six part series in which we deal with critics of MMT. As readers of this blog know, our critics continually raise the same old tired critiques of MMT.

Categories New Economic Perspectives Tags Federal Reserve, MMT, Sovereignty, Taxation

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