“For every complex problem,” wrote H.L. Mencken, “there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.” The issues of “health care, infrastructure, education,” and “climate change” could all be solved ...

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Good ideas don’t always outcompete bad ones. But willful foolishness usually has a cost. So it is with modern monetary theory. Ironically, this basket of economic fallacies, embraced by policymakers ...

PAUL JAY: Welcome back to The Real News Network. In this series on Modern Monetary Theory, Randall Wray was promised a chance to respond to Jerry Epstein, and Jerry is now going to respond to Randall ...

Tick off a loss for the modern monetary theorists amid rising inflation, says InfraCap Founder and CEO Jay Hatfield. Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) is a macroeconomic lens which prescribes that ...

‘We Intended the Strike to Be Lethal’ Is Not a Defense Fun with Immigration Statistics The Pernicious Effects of Grade Inflation Audio By Carbonatix For decades, the Democrats have had a lot of ...

Primer on Modern Monetary Theory. Useful to understand Modern Monetary Theory and economics in general. Concept leans to the Utopian side of the ledger. Hot off the press is Stephanie Kelton's The ...

Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) is a controversial economic framework that has gained attention for its bold ideas on how to tackle economic issues. According to MMT, a government that issues its own ...

As the House and Senate budget committees begin the usual process of putting together a federal budget for the coming fiscal year, one of the big unanswered questions is how much they will be swayed ...

Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) has gained mainstream popularity in recent years with Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York sharing their support of ...