In orthodox economics, the idea of printing money to solve a nation’s problems is near-universally seen as a very bad one. In ...

An obscure economic fad known as Modern Monetary Theory is again in the news. This is in part because its leading advocates are backing away from several of its central predictions, while ...

INTERVIEWER What kind of theory is modern monetary theory? MOMMA KAZUO Basically, MMT maintains that governments can issue as many government bonds as they like for the purposes of fiscal policies as ...

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 ...

Few words spark more anxiety in public debate than “national debt” and “government deficit.” National debt is the total amount of money the government owes, accumulated over years of running deficits.

Despite James Mackintosh’s suggestion in “Streetwise: Modern Monetary Theory Isn’t Coming in the Future. It’s Here Now” (Markets, Nov. 22), MMT remains a niche theory endorsed by only a small but ...

(Bloomberg Opinion) -- Paul Krugman first wrote about modern monetary theory on March 25, 2011. He last wrote about MMT in a two-part series on February 12-13, 2019. Although he’s had almost a decade ...

UNITED STATES - FEBRUARY 02: Stephanie Kelton, chief economist for the Senate Budget Committee's minority staff, picks up copies of President Obama's budget for fiscal year 2016, in Dirksen Building, ...

From her home overlooking Setauket Harbor on Long Island's North Shore, a motorboat bobbing at the dock, Stephanie Kelton hopes to revolutionize how the U.S. government manages the economy. It isn't ...

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