Discover Modern Monetary Theory (MMT), a macroeconomic theory of government spending and debt management. Explore its implications on taxes, deficits, and resources.

A new movement by the name of Modern Monetary Theory (MMT), which holds that governments should be more open to creating money to cover their spending, is attracting a great deal of attention. Some ...

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has said it “absolutely” should be part of our conversation about the economy. During the presidential campaign, Sen. Bernie Sanders’ chief economist was an adherent. But ...

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Proponents of so-called Modern Monetary Theory emphasize that governments can always avoid defaulting on existing obligations denominated in a currency they themselves create. In many instances, they ...

All views expressed here are those of Prof. Farrokh Langdana’s and not those of the Rutgers Executive MBA Program or Rutgers Business School. Many of the questions are actual emails from students and ...

PAUL JAY Welcome to The Real News Network. I’m Paul Jay. So we’re going to step into a little bit of a small minefield here, because there is quite a debate. Raging in economic circles about a theory ...

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the newly elected representative from the Bronx, told Business Insider recently that modern monetary theory, or MMT, should “be a larger part of our conversation” when it ...