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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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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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WaPo Covers MMT, But Does Its Usual Bad Job: Pt One, Basics and Solvency

It was very welcome to see The Washington Post cover MMT with a reasonably favorable post by Dylan Matthews, published on Ezra Klein's blog called “You know the deficit hawks. more »

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One + One = Two (Not Too Wonkish)

After reading one of my rants about the stupidity of policies aiming at a balanced budget, somebody in my Facebook environment, commented by saying: “1 + 1 = 2.” Here's my answer.

Yes, 1+1 = 2. more »

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