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Day: March 25, 2011

Krugman on MMT

March 25, 2011 / Jim Luke / 5 Comments

Paul Krugman comments today on Modern Monetary Theory (MMT).  Unfortunately, he gets it wrong.  For example, he says: Right now, deficits don’t matter — a point borne out by all the evidence. But there’s a school of thought — the modern monetary theory people — who say that deficits never matter, as long as you have … Continue reading Krugman on MMT

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