An obscure economic fad known as Modern Monetary Theory is again in the news. This is in part because its leading advocates are backing away from several of its central predictions, while ...

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Good ideas don’t always outcompete bad ones. But willful foolishness usually has a cost. So it is with modern monetary theory. Ironically, this basket of economic fallacies, embraced by policymakers ...

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Constantly over the past decade, progressive economists and econo-bloggers have called on Democrats to spend boldly, run trillion-dollar deficits, and not worry about balanced budgets. Modern Monetary ...

Why is Modern Monetary Theory back in the spotlight? The leader of the Green Party, Zack Polanski – whose more assertive, charismatic and left-populist tenure has seen the party dramatically surge in ...