Modern monetary theory highlights the important role of the government in creating money when it spends. That process makes sure our money has value. But
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The Economist can promote MMT and still not call it by its name
The Economist has published an article on the so-called Phillips Curve. The article was noted to have: appeared in the Schools brief section of the print
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If government debt cannot be repaid – and in a technical sense it’s not possible to do so in a country like the UK – then why don’t we call it capital?
The issues I have raised in my discussion on what I consider to be the misstatement of government debt by the Office for National Statisticsin
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To progress we need a revolution. MMT will be at its core because it, alone, is saying another form of democratic politics is possible
I have kept thinking that there must be something profound to say about the whole A level debacle. And yet, at least initially, in a
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Why does anyone want to make the fear of inflation the epicentre of economic policy when the chance of it happening is so remote?
The Financial Times published an article on Friday with this headline: The economy is too weak for inflation to return They commenced by noting that:
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Another MMT explanation – from the indefatigable Stephanie Kelton
This is worth listening to: It’s worth noting that Mark Blyth has revised his position on MMT since I wrote this about his book Angrynomics
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The Sunday Times’ attack on modern monetary theory shows just how worried its opponents really are
David Smith has, apparently, been leave economics editor of the Sunday Times since 1989. Today he addressed the issue of modern monetary theory, and you
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Modern monetary theory: a UK primer
Can the UK still go bust?
One of the questions I have been asked to address in my video series is whether or not the UK could still appear to go
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