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We're No. 24! We're No. 24!

We keep hearing bad news about where the US stands on various social and economic indicators. The US's ranking in math capability is 27th in the world. Our health care system is ranked 37th. Our 2011 life expectancy is 51st in the world. Our estimated 2012 infant mortality rate is 49th in the world. So we're pretty far down in a number of international statistical comparisons of performance. more »

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The WaPo MMT Post Explosion: Dean Baker's Second Try On MMT (3)

This is the third and last installment of a critical review of Dean Baker's second reaction to the debate kicked off by the more »

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The WaPo MMT Post Explosion: Dean Baker's Second Try On MMT (2)

This is the second installment of a critical review of Dean Baker's second reaction to the debate kicked off by the more »

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The WaPo MMT Post Explosion: Dean Baker's Second Try On MMT (1)

Dean Baker added to his previous discussion on MMT in a second post in reply to some of the comments on his first one. more »

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The WaPo MMT Post Explosion: Matthew Yglesias's MMT

Matthew Yglesias posting in Slate, also gave us a few words on Dylan Matthews's post about Modern Mone more »

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The WaPo MMT Post Explosion: Kevin Drum's Take on MMT

Kevin Drum, posting in Mother Jones, also threw his hat into the ring of discussion about Dylan Matthews's post< more »

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The WaPo MMT Post Explosion: Dean Baker Weighs In on MMT

Dean Baker weighed in on MMT in the aftermath of Dylan Matthews's, MMT post on Ezra Kle more »

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The WaPo MMT Post Explosion: Jared Bernstein's Cool Up To a Point

After stating his general approval for Dylan Matthews's, MMT post on Ezra Klein's blog, and his agreement with MMT on the issue of solvency, a big point that MMT's been trying to get across to the mainstream for years, more »

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WaPo Covers MMT, But Does Its Usual Bad Job: Part Four, The Victory

This post concludes my critical evaluation of Dylan Matthews's, post published on Ezra Klein's blog called “You know the deficit hawks. more »

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WaPo Covers MMT, But Does Usual Bad Job: Pt 3, Banking, & “Hyperinflation"

This post continues my critical evaluation of Dylan Matthews's, post published on Ezra Klein's blog called “You know the deficit hawks. more »

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