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Ezra Klein Chooses Fear Mongering the Big Coin, I Choose Ending Austerity!

(H/t to Lambert Strether for the title!)

Here's a commentary on Ezra Klein's recent diatribe against more »

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Trillion Dollar Coin: Posts on Legality and Constitutionality

Enthusiasm for using Platinum Coin Seigniorage (PCS) to produce a Trillion Dollar Coin, or coins totaling a few more »

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Origin and Early History of Platinum Coin Seigniorage In the Blogosphere

This post records the history of platinum coin seigniorage in the blogosphere through the debt ceiling agreement on August 2, 2011. more »

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Beyond Debt/Deficit Politics: The $60 Trillion Plan

Well, here we are again, House leaders have agreed on a compromise continuing spending resolution at the same level as before from October 2012 through January 2013. more »

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A Reply to the President About Real Choices

A few days back, the President had some remarks on taxes, fairness, "The Buffett Rule," “fiscal responsibility,” and making real choices with real consequences. more »

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Avoiding A Debt Ceiling Election Sellout!

During the past few months the results of polling suggest that Barack Obama will be re-elected. But they also show that his support is shallow and could be shaken easily by an economic downturn during the next 6 months. more »

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(MMT − JG) + Medicare for All ≠ MMT

In my last post, I discussed the first part of Beowulf's post entitled: “(MMT − JG) + Medicare for All = MMT,” and also some dialogues between Jamie Galbraith and both TomThumb and Beowulf related to the MMT Job Guarantee at more »

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Dialogues with Jamie Galbraith and the MMT Job Guarantee

A few days ago my friend Beowulf decided to exercise his wry sense of humor with this title of a post he offered for our consideration: “(MMT − JG) + Medicare for All = MMT.” Beo then goes on to talk about some details of a comment exchange with Jamie Galbraith at more »

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Ending Austerity: Getting Free of Debt Subject To the Limit

It's hard to listen to the doomsday rhetoric of Austerians like Paul Ryan and intermittently the less hysterical, but equally mythical narratives of the President when he talks about deficit/debt reduction, when you know better; when you know more »

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That's Not All!

After opposing the Job Guarantee proposal as part of the broader MMT policy program in service of the goals of public purpose, full employment with a living wage and price stability, and for many weeks now, combining with Mike Sankowski and Carlos Mucha to found “Monetary Realism” and more »

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