Jamie Galbraith


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The Fiscal “Cliff” and the Real Problem

Like many others, I'm not worried about the so-called fiscal “cliff,” and the ravages to the economy that are likely to occur if Congress doesn't do something about it before the end of the year. more »

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Beowulf: Notes on the Miniwage

Marshall Auerback recently posted in support of raising the minimum wage, joining Jamie Galbraith in advocating for it. This caused some disagreement among bloggers sympathetic to Modern Monetary Theory (MMT). 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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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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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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WaPo Covers MMT, Does Its Usual Bad Job: Pt Two, Inflation/Hyperinflation

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

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Paul Krugman – The Conscience of a Neo--Liberal

dailykos.com — In a reply to Paul Krugman, Scott Fullwiler illuminates a lot of the deep thinking and knowledge developed by those following the Modern Monetary Theory approach to economics. If you read this, you can see just how much work PK has to do to really understand it, and how far from the truth his characterization of it is. Heavy, but worth the time.

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Bill Mitchell on the Austerity War

A number of people including myself have been furiously blogging for many months now on the world-wide austerity war that most Governments are fighting against the well-being of their citizens. more »

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