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Taxation

Do We Need Taxes? The MMT Perspective

Do We Need Taxes? The MMT Perspective

November 5, 2024May 29, 2023 by L. Randall Wray

It’s elementary, my dear Holmes. Taxes drive the currency.

Categories New Economic Perspectives Tags Banking, Bitcoin, MMT, Taxation
Replacing the Budget Constraint with an Inflation Constraint

Replacing the Budget Constraint with an Inflation Constraint

October 28, 2024May 27, 2023 by Scott Fullwiler

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

Categories New Economic Perspectives Tags Inflation, Taxation
The Oppressive Free Lunch

The Oppressive Free Lunch

October 21, 2024May 27, 2023 by J.D. ALT

If progressives would just make the effort to inform themselves how a modern, sovereign fiat currency actually functions, they’d realize “paying for it” is actually the easiest part.

Categories Equality with Justice, New Economic Perspectives Tags Austerity, Taxation, Universal Basic Services
What if the Public Understood How Money Works?

What if the Public Understood How Money Works?

February 3, 2025May 27, 2023 by William K. Black

The truth about federal finance used to be common household knowledge, maybe it should be again.

Categories New Economic Perspectives Tags Capitalism, Deficit, Keynes, Libertarian, MMT, Taxation
The Price of Hunger

The Price of Hunger

October 21, 2024May 6, 2023 by Karen Caligiuri

Inadequate access to nutrition is a problem Americans can solve. It’s time to shut down the false narratives about pay-fors that keep solutions out of reach.

Categories Economic Justice, Equality with Justice, Health & Wellbeing Tags Austerity, Inflation, Taxation, Universal Basic Services
Taxes Don't Fund Spending

Taxes Don’t Fund Federal Spending

November 24, 2024February 26, 2023 by Steven D. Grumbine

Our federal government doesn’t need revenue. So why the chatter about how will the government get money to fund its operations?

Categories Economic Justice Tags Deficit, MMT, Taxation
The Pied Piper of State Based Single Payer Initiatives

The Pied Piper of State Based Single Payer Initiatives

October 21, 2024March 13, 2022 by Jonathan Kadmon

Only a unified policy implemented simultaneously across all states and territories can get the job done, and only the federal government with its power to deficit spend can pull it off.

Categories Health & Wellbeing Tags Medicare For All, Taxation, Universal Healthcare
Money and Banking (Part 2 - Central bank balance sheet and immediate implications)

Money and Banking (Part 2 – Central bank balance sheet and immediate implications)

January 9, 2025September 13, 2021 by Eric Tymoigne

Part 1 reviewed basic balance-sheet mechanics. This post begins to apply them to the Federal Reserve System (Fed).

Categories New Economic Perspectives Tags Banking, Federal Reserve, Taxation
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
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
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