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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.

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The Job Guarantee and the MMT Core: Part Six, Carney on Stagnation

Parts One, Two, Three, more »

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The Job Guarantee and the MMT Core: Part Five, More on Carney and Mismatch

Parts One, Two, Three, and more »

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The Job Guarantee and the MMT Core: Part Four, John Carney on the Mismatch

Parts One, Two, and Three. more »

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The Job Guarantee and the MMT Core: Part Three, A Reply to John Carney

Parts One and Two

In the first two parts of this series, I analyzed views on the Job Guarantee (JG) idea offered by more »

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The Job Guarantee and the MMT Core: Part Two

MMT and Public Purpose:The Normative Component

I ended Part One by saying that Warren Mosler's reply to more »

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The Job Guarantee and the MMT Core: Part One

MMT Going Mainstream?

Modern Monetary Theory (MMT), an approach to economics that emphasizes the facts about how fiat monetary systems actually work in the real world and the implications of these facts for fiscal policy and economics is beginning to go mainstream. more »

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Envisioning A Debt Jubilee

A couple of days ago, my friend Lambert Strether raised this question about transitioning to a Modern Monetary Theory-based approach to fiscal policy in the United States:

“Could a "debt jubilee" be a useful demand in a transition to MMT? I think it would certainly have broad appeal. more »

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Bernie: YOU Stop Caving to Peterson/Obama/#supercommittee

Dear Bernie,

Today, you told the “Democrats stop caving in . . . ” to the interests of corporations, the tea party, wealthy individuals, and the Republicans in Congress. The only problem with your fiery statement is that you began it by “caving in” to them yourself. more »

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How Can One Get A Nobelist to Tell the Truth About a View He Opposes?

Paul Krugman took another shot at Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) today. He began with this claim: more »

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