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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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The Job Guarantee and the MMT Core Series: An Introduction

This is an introduction to a series of 16 posts I wrote in reply to a number of posts by John Carney at the CNBC blog and Cullen Roche at Pragmatic Capitalism, and comments replying to them. The posts by Carney and Roche criticized the MMT Job Guarantee (JG) proposal. more »

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The Job Guarantee and the MMT Core: Part Sixteen, Conclusion

This is the concluding post in this Job Guarantee and Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) series. more »

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The JG and the MMT Core: Part 14, MMT Is A Holistic Knowledge Network

The recent extensive blogosphere discussion on the JG and the MMT core began with a post by John Carney that stated his opposition to the Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) Job Guarantee proposal and claimed it eithe more »

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The Job Guarantee and the MMT Core: Part 13, John Carney 's "Reply"

In a piece called “More Questions About the Job Guarantee,” John Carney provides some links to the continuing debate on the Job Guarantee (JG). more »

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The Job Guarantee and the MMT Core: Part Twelve, Theory and Fact

Cullen Roche continued his extensive and multi-faceted critique of the Job Guarantee policy and the Modern Monetary Theory approach to economics with a piece attempting to distinguish “theory” and “fact.” His piece is based on the common sense idea that there's a distinction be more »

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Job Guarantee and the MMT Core: Part Eleven, Price Anchor or Price Buoy

Is the JG a Price Anchor?

More on Cullen Roche's claims about the JG, this time a discussion of his price anchor vs. price buoy post.

Let's begin with:

”. . . This is right in theory and entirely unproven in reality. . . . more »

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The Job Guarantee and the MMT Core: Part Ten – A 180 Mic Check?

Cullen Roche continued his attack on the JG and his critics with a post asking whether America really needs to do a 180? I see the post as a set of distractions and straw man arguments that misconstrue the positions of his critics. more »

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The Job Guarantee and the MMT Core: Part Nine, The Wrong Goal?

Spilling Electronic Ink more »

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The Job Guarantee and the MMT Core: Part Seven, Dialogue With Warren Mosler

Warren Mosler kindly replied to my Part Two of this series which provided the basis for this dialogue, reproducing Part Two with comments by Warren and myself.

MMT and Public Purpose:The Normative Component< more »

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