Tags: modern money
MMT and Social Norms
January 25th, 2013
in Op Ed, syndication
Chris Hayes’ recent MSNBC show on the Trillion Dollar Coin brought four aspects of the Modern Money debate, for me at least, into a clearer focus. I list them here not in their order of appearance on the show, but in their order of importance and logi… more »
The Terrifying Danger of the Trillion Dollar Coin
January 9th, 2013
in Op Ed, syndication
Written by John Lounsbury To be fair, I have to say almost no one is talking about the basic tenet of the seigniorage proposal. Warren Mosler mentioned it this week, but it probably went right over the head of all but the most serious students of the… more »
What Does The Trillion Dollar Coin Do?
December 13th, 2012
in Op Ed, syndication
The Trillion Dollar Coin proposal for solving the debt ceiling problem is again experiencing a blogosphere explosion this past week. The precipitating factor may be that people are starting to believe that the Republicans will come to a “fiscal cliff”… more »
Metaphysical Constructs and Monetary Policy
December 9th, 2012
in Op Ed
Metaphysics is a use of language that conveys no factual information, describes no logical relations nor gives precise constructions and yet is calculated to affect conduct.– Joan Robinson After the Reagan and Thatcher governments experimented with… more »
The Gerrymander Triumph
November 10th, 2012
in Op Ed, syndication
The US Elections - an Outsider's ViewWritten by Paul Hanly As an Australian I am interested in what happens in the US for a number of reasons. When the US economy sneezes, the world gets a cold, where US troops go, Australia is sure to follow. Our cu… more »
