“For every complex problem,” wrote H.L. Mencken, “there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.” The issues of “health care, infrastructure, education,” and “climate change” could all be solved ...

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Economist Stephanie Kelton, whose view of modern monetary theory helped lay the fiscal foundation for big policy proposals such as the Green New Deal, will bring her expertise to SUNY Cortland on ...

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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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 ...

They Did Not Die in Vain: Venezuela and the Dream of Cuban Exiles Will Assisted Suicide Coupled with Organ Harvesting Come to the U.S.? When America Starts to Get a Little Motion Ten Quick Thoughts on ...

UNITED STATES - FEBRUARY 02: Stephanie Kelton, chief economist for the Senate Budget Committee's minority staff, picks up copies of President Obama's budget for fiscal year 2016, in Dirksen Building, ...

Despite James Mackintosh’s suggestion in “Streetwise: Modern Monetary Theory Isn’t Coming in the Future. It’s Here Now” (Markets, Nov. 22), MMT remains a niche theory endorsed by only a small but ...

Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) has gained mainstream popularity in recent years with Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York sharing their support of ...