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All Americans could have universal healthcare, housing, education, transport, etc. And such strategic fed spending can actually lower inflation, not increase it*
Debate: Is reducing the national debt a fiscal priority?
Stephanie Kelton at Arizona State, April 16 (livestream at 8 pm ET)
* https://stephaniekelton.substack.com/p/my-upcoming-debate-with-stephen-moore
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lN12lOC5qGk
#USEconomy #mmt #uspol #filmfindingthemoney #thedeficitmyth .
My Upcoming Debate with Stephen Moore
Should the federal government make reducing the national debt a fiscal priority?Stephanie Kelton (The Lens)
The "govt creates new money... when it undertakes expenditure, rather than spending being financed by taxation from, or debt issuance to, the private sector".
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/public-purpose/publications/2022/may/self-financing-state-institutional-analysis
#mmt #usfed .
The self-financing state: An institutional analysis
This paper is an institutional analysis of government expenditure, revenue collection and debt issuance operations in the United Kingdom.UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose
Gee whiz, a totes intractable unsolvable problem. If only there were stuff around like, oh i dunno, #MMT, #DoughnutEconomics, #UBI, #centrelink pmts above the poverty level, et al. Sigh, there i go, dreaming my dreams again...
#FuckCapitalism #ChangeTheSystem #WeAreSelfishCruelBastards #WeAreTotallyFscked #AusPol #WhyIsLabor #Poverty #charity
Because Republicans understand money. They create money to help their constituents - the rich.
When Democrats are in office Republicans drive deficit fear to convince Democrats not to help their constituents - the public - which hurts them in elections.
PS Same for the UK.
#MMT
If you're intrigued by Modern Monetary Theory (MMT), then Dougald Lamont's blog post exploring why MMT is descriptive of the contemporary economy, not a prescription for its reform, will be worth reading (although it might take you a while to work your way through it).
#economics #MMT
h/t @Oxymetheus
https://dougaldlamont.substack.com/p/if-mmt-is-wrong-why-is-it-so-much
If MMT is wrong, why is it so much better at predicting the economy - and economic disaster?
The reason we’re in crisis is not because policymakers have been ignoring the advice of orthodox economists, but because they have been following it.Dougald Lamont (Dougald Lamont’s Substack)